Happy Yorkshire Day

Oh dear. Bless me Blogging Father for I have sinned -- it has been a year since my last post! Still ... nothing like the chance to wish everyone a 'Happy Yorkshire Day' on the same day that TeamGB win their first gold medal to re-start. Infact the first medallist in London2012 was a Yorkshirewoman. So that's all (sort've) working out. I've noticed that whenever you talk to a Northerner there's always a 'first' conversation waiting to spring on you ... 'he was the first in the family to go to university / earn a million / finish his tea' for example; clearly we like to be up-front and out-front. Which is why I am surprised that it has taken so long for swanky to hit Hull. Leeds has the first Harvey Nichs outside of the capital, Manchester and Liverpool vye for top ranking on the football tables (I'm ignoring Chelsea), Edinburgh and York are No 1 tourist attractions and World Heritage sites respectively. Even my home town of Doncaster can boast of the first (I think) and certainly the oldest horse race. Why has Hull become last in the first-stakes? Well ... swanky has now hit Hull in the form of new restaurant '1884' ... which I'll be dining at tonight to raise a glass to Yorkshire folks everywhere. So enjoy the day and make today one where you do something great for the first time!