We rode east into Yorkshire to visit Saltaire.

Built in the mid-19th century it served as the centre of the Sir Titus Salt empire of spinning & weaving wool.

He had an entire village built within yards of his huge mills in order to house his workforce. They were able to move out of the Bradford slums into neat terraces. The village had a church, shops, library, bathing facilities, healthcare and a huge recreational area.

Fortunately, the whole area still stands today, and not just as a monument. The village has been preserved, and the mill is a huge cultural centre with art galleries, antiques, modern furniture and great eateries. It houses a large volume of work by no other than David Hockney who was born in Bradford in 1937.

On the road home we stopped at the former Cross Keys pub on the A59 at East Marton. This once popular roadside inn has been closed for a few years and is in a sorrowful state of decline.

But a short walk from the car park hides the Leeds and Liverpool canal and the most unusual of road bridges. It features two stacked road bridges. The original arch was built around 1790 (so the arch came before the canal) to carry the Liverpool to York Turnpike Road. When the road deck was raised to carry modern traffic, they simply built another bridge on top.