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Leeds – ett område med flera anrika golf- Alwoodleys granne Moortown har alltid klubbar, speciellt topptrion Alwoodley, haft ett välförtjänt rykte av att vara en av Moortown och Moor Allerton. Alwoodley landets främsta mästerskapsbanor, även den Golf Club var Alister MacKenzie’s första signerad MacKenzie. Över 175 hektar har bandesign 1907. Här har han skapat en han rullat ut en bana med dramatiska kon- Alwoodley, strax utanför Leeds, är en klassisk naturlig layout med ett intellligent varierande traster i ett skogs- och hedlandskap. 1929 hedbana designad av Alister MacKenzie (1907). bunkersystem. Senare fortsatte den interna- stod banan värd för den första Ryder Cup- tionellt hyllade arkitekten sin karriär med att tävlingen på europeisk mark. layouta mästerverk som Royal Melbourne, Lite längre bort ligger Moor Allerton, Cypress Point och Augusta National. den första golfbanan i landet som designats av amerikanen Robert Trent Jones och som 523025.',)'%. +!,,!$%3 Alwoodley bär flera av hans signum. De grunda bunk- för ”The Sunningdale of the North”. rarna, enorma utslagsplatserna, dammarna, Banan löper över naturliga hedar där fair- sluttande fairways och stora greenerna är way består av mjuk torv som skär genom alla kännetecken som representeras på de ... ljung, ärttörne och små skogspartier. 27 hålen. - I år är vi för första gången på plats 93 Denna utmärkta parkbana har varit värd för två Europatourtävlingar och i slutet av sjuttiotalet var spelare som Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros och Tom Weiskopf stam- gäster på klubben. %&4%2!44(! spelat Alwoodley åker vi till York och tillbringar natten på The Grange Hotel – ett typiskt brittiskt stadsradhus från 1834, som byggts om till ett prisvinnande 36-rumshotell. Med tanke på de historiska erövringar som gjorts av vikingar, romare, anglosaxer och normander så är det inte förvånande att York är en av Storbritanniens mest intres- santa städer. På behagligt gångavstånd från Grange ligger några av stans höjdpunkter: stadsmuren från 1200-talet, som byggdes av Yorks vikingar för att hålla angripare borta, samt Yorkkatedralen från 1100-talet som är ... '/,F2%3!.s %.',!.$s9/2+3()2% Yorkkatedralen – Englands största gotiska katedral. '/,F2%3!.s %.',!.$s9/2+3()2% Ovan Ganton Golf Club – en klassisk hedbana med gott om både ärttörne och bunkrar. Nedan Scarboroughs hamn. '/,F2%3!.s %.',!.$s9/2+3()2% ”Golf spelades för första gången på Ganton 1891 och Harry Vardon, sexfaldig vinnare av British Open, var pro här mellan 1896 och 1903” en av de största gotiska katedralerna i norra på Ganton, men om du bara ska spela en Europa med världens största glasmålningar bana i Yorkshire, så är det ändå denna du från medeltiden. ska välja. Hotellchef Stewart Perkins utanför Andra sevärdheter är Jorvik Vikingamu- White Horse & Griffin, Whitby. seum, Nationella järnvägsmuseet och the .¿'2! +),/-%4%2 &2¿. Ganton ligger Nedan: kön för att köpa fish and chips Shambles – en välbevarad medeltida gata Scarborough, en klassisk brittisk kuststad med på Magpie Café. (ursprungligen slaktargatan), där korsvirkes- en lång strandpromenad. En typisk sommar- hus lutar sig mot varandra likt berusade sjö- dag är stranden packad med semesterfirare män. På ett ställe är det till och med möjligt som kopplar av i solstolar medan barn byg- för två grannar att skaka hand med varandra ger sandslott och skriker förtjust när de rider över gatan från andra våningen. åsna. Lite längre norrut står de imponerande Om du blir törstig under sightseeingen, ruinerna av ett 1200-talskloster och blickar passa då på att besöka en av stans många ut över valfångsthamnen Whitby, där smala pubar för lite förfriskning. Lokalbefolk- kullerstensgator och röda tegelhus löper ned ningen säger att det finns en pub för varje till udden av en naturhamn. dag i York. Väljer du att gästa Cock and Bara några hundra meter från det berömda Bottle Inn får du räkna med att springa klostret ligger White Horse & Griffin, på ett av stans spöken – 1600-talets Duke som erbjuder högkvalitativt boende och of Buckingham som enligt ryktet ibland efter att ha checkat in tar vi en eftermid- uppenbarar sig i hög hatt i ett lysande dagspromenad för att utforska staden. Vid grönt ljus. hamnen blandas musiken från spelhallarna med plingande ljud från enarmade banditer. %&4%2 %. 2%*¾, frukost med ägg och Den salta havsdoften smälter samman med bacon tar vi A64:an mot kusten för vår söta aromer från sockervadd och kanderade andra omgång på Ganton Golf Club – äpplen. Färglada fiskebåtar kommer in och också den en topp-100-bana. Denna smala lägger till för att lasta av dagens fångst, som och prövande hedmarksbana är gräddan av Yorkshirebanorna. Gary Player sa en gång att Ganton är den enda inlandsbanan som skulle kunna stå värd för British Open. Dit har Ganton inte kommit ännu men på banans meritlista står Ryder Cup 1949, Curtis Cup, 2000 och Walker Cup 2003. Golf spelades för första gången på Ganton 1891 och Harry Vardon, sexfaldig vinnare av British Open, var pro här mellan 1896 och 1903. På 30-talet planterades banans signum in – gult ärttörne och det har bestått sen dess. De tjocka, taggiga, ogenomträngliga buskarna kantar fairways likt murar. Som om det inte vore nog med 111 aggressivt placerade bunkrar. Gantons största bunker, 70 meter bred och 45 meter lång, ligger 136 meter från 16:e tee och sträcker sig över hela fairway. Under rundan lär vi oss att det är omöjligt att undvika både ärttörnen och bunkrarna ... '/,F2%3!.s %.',!.$s9/2+3()2% senare ska ut till stadens alla fish and chips- man fairways. På botten av ravinen går en restauranger. gångstig till stranden. – Norra Storbritanniens bästa fish and Från Whitby tar vi vägen genom North chips finns på Magpie Café, berättar en York Moors naturreservat. Hjärtat av reser- gammal väderbiten yorkshireman. vatet består av vidsträckta ljunghedar som Turister och lokalbor tar den här rät- under större delen av året är bruna, svarta ten väldigt seriöst. Faktum är att många och lite dystra. Men när ljungen blommar i kommer hit enkom för att promenera augusti förvandlas allt till ett purpurfärgat hav. längs hamnen med en låda fish and chips Längre västerut kommer vi till Dales i handen. som med sina vackra stenmurar över gröna En träbro leder dig över ravinen efter att du har Klockan är bara strax efter sex på kvällen ängar symboliserar Yorkshires verkliga själ. slagit ut på sjuan på Whitby Golf Club. och vi har sällat oss till en liten grupp män- I pittoreska byar som Hawes, Grassington niskor som samlats utanför den blankt vita och Kettlwell kan du tillbringa kvällar byggnaden där Magpie café är inhyst. på traditionella tavernor mumsandes på – En vanlig dag, men speciellt på helger engelsk husmanskost såsom rostbiff och och lov börjar köerna innan vi öppnar halv yorkshirepudding, ackompanjerat med tra- tolv. Som mest hade vi 150 gäster i kö, men ditionella ales med namn som Black Sheep, tyvärr har vi bara sittplats för 130 personer, Roosters och Thekston’s Old Peculiar. säger Ian Robson, ägare av Magpie Café Söder om Dales ligger industristäderna sen 1990. Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Bridge och – Även om vi erbjuder andra fiskrätter, Haworth som byggdes upp under indu- kolja eller torsk så är fish and chips den strirevolutionen och har en alldeles egen överlägsna favoriten. charm. Skorstenar, fabriker, graciösa via- dukter och lugna kanaler är alla prov på .¾34!-/2'/.4!2 vi tillfället i akt och den arkitektur som kom till regionen under spelar en snabb runda på Whitby Golf Club 1700- och 1800-talen. – en fascinerande 18-hålare på klipporna över havet. På två av de mest spektakulära -)44%-%,,!. Halifax och Haworth ligger hålen, sjunde och 16:e, kommer en ravin i den sista golfbanan vi besöker under vår spel och endast en smal träbro håller sam- Yorkshireresa. Femfaldiga Open-vinnaren ... En vandrare i Yorkshire Dales, med det speciella landskapet av ringlande stenmurar. Till höger: Den populära hamnen i Whitby. '/,F2%3!.s %.',!.$s9/2+3()2% Kanalbåtar på Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge. Kyrkogård och Brontës prästgård i Haworth. Yorkshire är välsignat med riktiga ales så som Theakston’s Old Peculiar. '/,F2%3!.s %.',!.$s9/2+3()2% &!+4!9/2+3()2% Var: Nordöstra England. 1, 2, 3 s York Huvudstad: York. s s s Antal invånare: ca 4 milj. s s s Ta sig hit: Leeds inter- s nationella flygplats, eller Leeds motorväg från London, ca 3,5 timmar. Kuriosa: Namnet kommer efter vikingarnas namn på staden – Jórvik. Mer information: Sök efter golfpaket och resor till Yorkshire på www.golfresan.se/england Läs mer om regionen på: www.yorkshire.com och www.englishgolf-courses.co.uk/yorkshire '/,&"!./26)30%,!4 Det finns hundratals golfbanor i Yorkshire, men vi har bara hunnit med dessa 10: 1. Alwoodley Golf Club: www.alwoodley.co.uk 2. Moortown Golf Club: www.moortown-gc.co.uk 18:e green på Woodsome 3. Moor Allerton Golf Club: www.magc.co.uk Hall Golf Club.
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