Given that this year's Yorkshire Day (1st August) is on a Saturday this year, I thought I'd take the family up to this year's host town - Goole - to witness the celebrations.

It's a bloody good job I checked to see what was going on, because it appears Goole Town Council can't actually be bothered to publicise any events - https://goole-tc.gov.uk/events/ - even if they are doing something.

The Yorkshire Society themselves don't seem that bothered either - they're having a private event which involves a public parade in Goole but don't want to tell people where it will be or what time it will run. I even emailed The Yorkshire Society to ask why they weren't doing anything to publicise it and they basically told me to f**k off.

I'd have thought that both these bodies would want to get some local tourism money out of an event, but apparently not.

I’m reminded of what Jasper Carrott said about it: “Weird place, Goole. All the cafes close in the dinner hours”.

Fancy not wanting to make any money for the town on a Saturday in summer on an internationally-known event. No wonder this country’s fucked.

p.s. the next time Yorkshire Day is on a Saturday is 2037.

Hey there,

I’m travelling to Skipton this weekend from Ireland and have a few hours to kill on Sunday afternoon! I was hoping on watching the All Ireland Football final!

Is there any known pubs around Skipton that show GAA matches or is it a complete non runner?

Any other recommendations in the area welcome!