#Yorkshire Kitchen Fitters

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Concept Kitchen Fitters Bradford

Website: https://kitchenfittersbradford.uk

Address: Coop Place, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD5 8JX

Phone: 07480 787631

Business Email: info@kitchenfittersbradford.uk

Looking for a professional and reliable local kitchen installation service? No need to look any further! We are an established kitchen fitting firm based in Bradford. We are experts in transforming your kitchen into a beautiful, functional space that is tailored to meet your specific needs. Our kitchen fitters are highly trained and experienced professionals who provide exceptional service.

Custom cabinetry and countertops are just a few of the services we offer. Lighting, flooring and appliance installation is also included. From the initial consultation, and design of your kitchen through to the installation and finishing touches. This will ensure that your vision comes to life with care and precision.

We take pride in delivering fitted Kitchens that not only meet but to exceed your expectations. Our knowledge of the latest materials and trends allows us to create kitchens that are functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. Get in touch on 07480 787631 today for a free no obligation quote and experience the difference for yourself! Our commitment for quality and customer satisfaction has made us the first choice in kitchen fittings throughout the West Yorkshire area.

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Searching for a reputable & experienced professional Leeds kitchen installation service?

We are an established kitchen fitting firm based in Leeds. Our team of highly experienced and skilled kitchen fitters are experts in transforming your kitchen into a beautiful, functional space that is tailored to meet your specific needs. We offer a wide range of services, including custom cabinetry, countertops, flooring, appliance installations and lighting, ensuring a seamless approach when renovating your kitchen. Get in touch on 07480 787631 today for a free no obligation quote.

Name: Concept Kitchen Fitters Leeds Address: 2 Wellington Place Wellington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4BZ Phone: 07480 787631 Email: info@kitchenfittersleeds.uk Website: https://kitchenfittersleeds.uk

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82 Truths Tag

I was tagged by @days-unwritten . It took me a while to get around to this because I’m terrible, but thank you so much for the tag!

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, write a post with 82 truths about yourself and then tag 25 people

My Favourites:

Animal: Doggo!

Colour: Greeny-blues

Drink: English Breakfast tea. I’m from Yorkshire, there are no other options.

Food: Pasta

Time of year: Spring. Everything’s so green and bright, but it’s not too hot for me to function

Films: An Education, 

Book: Modern would be Harry Potter, classic would definitely be Little Women.

Subject in school: English Lit and History.

Flower: Apple or cherry blossom

Fruit: Mango

About Me:

I’m 20 years old.

I work as a librarian for one of the biggest libraries in the world.

I live in Oxford, England.

Back home with my parents I have one dog, Ludo, and two cats, Snatch and Cato.

I’m the youngest of three siblings, with one sister and one brother.

I’m 1/4 Norwegian through my grandma (although I’ve only been once).

My favourite tipple is rum, which I started drinking only because it made me feel like a pirate.

I moved to Oxford nearly 2 years ago now, but being from Yorkshire is an integral part of my identity.

I’m a clergy kid.

I have a pretty encyclopedic Harry Potter knowledge.

Most recent:

Phone call: The boyfriend

Text: My best friend

Food: Skittles

Drink: Green tea

Book: ‘The Creation of Anne Boleyn: In Search of the Tudor’s Most Notorious Queen’ by Susan Bordo

Purchase: A pair of headphones I really didn’t need but were on offer!

Song I listened to: ‘Swallow’ by Emilie Autumn 

Reason to be excited: My sister’s getting married next month!

TV show: RuPaul’s Drag Race

Obsession: Goodnight Moon’s ASMR videos. They’re so relaxing and beautifully done. Her fantasy series is so good!

Memories:

Happiest: Walking in the rain on my first date with my now boyfriend.

Saddest: The death of my first dog Dumbledore.

Strangest: Showering when all my housemates were out and hearing the front door open and the sounds of someone cooking in the kitchen, but when I got out of the bathroom there was still no-one in the house...

Scariest: When I was younger I was sailing and when I came to shore I couldn’t find my parents anywhere. Then someone told me my mum had had to go to the hospital and I was seriously panicking thinking something awful had happened. It turned out she had tripped and cut her leg on a metal post and just needed some stitches.

Funniest: Staying in a holiday house with some friends and trying to decide if we would be murdered if we went into the woodshed to find more kindling at 3AM. 

Exciting: Being woken up by the phone call telling me I had got the apprenticeship position!

Proudest: Being offered a full-time contract once my apprenticeship finishes.

Boring: Waiting in the hospital waiting room while my sister had an operation for four hours when I was seven and staring at the fish tank for most of it.

Biggest Fears

Being put on the spot in front of people.

Someone I care about dying in an accident

Being stuck in a social situation I can’t escape from

Spiders

Heights

Excited for in Life:

Finally finishing my first novel.

Having a house or flat I don’t have to share (unless I want to!)

Getting my own dog and cats

Going on that dream holiday to Italy

Many more walks in the rain with that special someone...

Being financially stable enough that I don’t have to worry about money

Seeing where all my friends end up in their lives

I am always…

Reading

Failing to write

Thinking about dogs

Procrastinating

Watching YouTube videos

Watching new series on Netflix before finishing the last one

Internally sarcastic

Sleeping

Trying to organise my life in ways that aren’t actually productive

Daydreaming

I wish I was, and I eventually will be…

Able to speak my mind

Less nervous

Less stressed all the time

Able to properly prioritise

Financially stable

More comfortable with myself

Fitter and healthier

Less tired

Happier

Petting a dog :D

Favourite Things about Myself:

My blue eyes

I genuinely want people to be happy

My good nature

My quick wit

I’m a people pleaser

My (dyed) red hair

I always try my hardest

My willingness to see the good in people

My patience

Finally, my blog…

Relaxes me

Connects me with other readers and writers

Gives me a reason to write

Most of my followers have probably done this already, so if you see it and you haven’t done it then TAG! you’re it :P

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2019 plumber of the year announced

Martin Warnes, from Essex, has been crowned the 2019 UK Plumber of the Year, in the nationwide competition run by JT, Bristan and Wolseley UK.

The 2019 competition saw over 400 plumbers enter from across the country, with Martin taking not only the crown but also the £15,000 prize pot. Martin’s success was announced this week at national heating and plumbing trade show, Installer Scotland.

A judging panel made up of experts from JT, Bristan, Wolseley UK as well as Official Judging Partner, Watersafe, shortlisted ten plumbers across the UK based on their skills, qualifications and experience. The top ten then went head-to-head to win public votes where the five individuals with the highest number of votes went through to the final stage.

In the final stage, which involved in a 30-minute interview with the judging panel at Bristan HQ in Tamworth, Martin managed to impress the judging panel with his excellent qualifications and the organic growth of his customer-centric business.

Martin has been a plumber since 2007, starting out as a local apprentice to becoming self-employed in 2009 as the owner of M L Warnes Plumbing & Gas Services. He has expanded his business fantastically with four other plumbers on the books, plus two kitchen fitters, three office staff and a kitchen designer.

Along with his title as UK Plumber of the Year for 2019, Martin also wins his share of the incredible prize pot which includes JT, Bristan and Wolseley products/vouchers plus products from Proper Job Beer, Rothenberger, BigWipes, Vendigo Finance, Fortress Distribution and Chapter 8.

Now in its fifth year, the competition called on plumbers nationwide to enter in a bid to be crowned Britain’s finest. The competition takes place over the course of six months and is designed to reward and recognise the remarkable talents within the UK’s plumbing industry and asks entrants to demonstrate their plumbing, service and business skills.

The other finalists in the competition were:

Paul Clark, Merseyside

Christopher Clare, Merseyside

Caine Curtis, Somerset

Dan Tempest, Yorkshire

Speaking of his win, Martin said: “I’m thrilled to have been crowned the UK Plumber of the Year 2019, I still can’t believe I’ve actually won! I absolutely love what I do and to be recognised for it by such a fantastic competition really is just the icing on the cake.” 

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If it’s Friday and also the day after Peter’s 70th Birthday then we must be going to Whitby. Just to add a bit of interest I go from York and this includes 2 changes.

So I’m checking the departures board on York station and notice the train that’s taking me to Darlington and the first change, is running late. No probs thinks I until I conduct a few mental gymnastics with arrival times and departure times and finally come to the conclusion that if I go on my designated train, I’m doomed to failure so I hitch a ride on a passing NLER (Richard’s failed enterprise that makes a profit in public hands but fails miserably in the private sector). I’m not meant to be on this train so I’m keeping my head low. I learnt all this subterfuge from a master, the illustrious Peter Fleming.

    We’re well past half way when the guard tells us that the next station is Darlington and we’ll be there in 11 minutes, now I can’t hold my breath for 11 minutes but I’m beginning to feel confident when the carriage door does its Starship Enterprise ‘sssshhh’, and a lady in a uniform steps in. I’ve been rehearsing some bullshit and do a final silent run through when she walks past and ignores us all to deal with a lost bag. 12 minutes later I’m standing on Darlington Station with breathing returning to normal, and waiting for the Saltburn connection. I’m not sure I’d make a good fraudster, they’d see it on my face. 

    The Saltburn train makes an appearance bang on time so no subterfuge necessary. It looks quite old but internally it’s well kitted out and very nearly comfortable. It stops at every station and halt on the way with the guard ensuring folks exit and alight safely and offers assistance without prompting. We stop at Middlesbrough and the guard, once again, offers help regarding the platform for the Whitby train.

Now for the wonderful Esk Valley line – this is ‘a great service’ AND ‘great service’.

We’re all aboard the Whitby ‘express’. It also calls at James Cook Memorial Hospital so Graham, the guard, is on standby yet again to ensure infirm or anyone struggling is taken care of.

As the train begins to move he announces the route and the stops along the way, he mentions the quirks of any of the stations and throws in a few safety instructions too but here’s the twist – he does all this in rhyme! As I look around the coach everyone is smiling.

The tiny, two coach unit is jogging along now and Graham, is checking or selling tickets but, with each one, he adds some pearl of advice, “Be careful when you step out at that one, there’s a bit of a gap” or, “There’s some lovely walks from that station”, all delivered with a smile.

He’s joking with some people buying tickets, there’s a few of them so he’s referring to the roll of tickets winding their way off his machine, “You’ll be able to decorate your house when I’ve finished”, he says, then someone asks for a discount, “Discount, you’ll wanting Green Shield stamps next”,. He’s none stop and wonderfully refreshing. Ok, it’s not going to win any prizes for intellectual humour but it’s first rate fun.

The stations along the way are decorated, some are festooned with knitted lambs, others have pictures of cartoon sheep on ships and all are interconnected by this fabulous line winding its way through countryside that would do justice to any chocolate box or inspire a new Constable.

We stop at Battersby Junction and here’s a tip. If you want to complete the rest of the journey to Whitby pointing forward, make sure you go into Battersby sitting with your back to the front of the train. At this station, the driver walks from the current front to the new front and the train leaves the station the way it came in. As we leave I see a scarecrow sheep with a smile on its face and a pointer indicating the way to Whitby.

We’re heading for Kildale now which is a halt servicing a community of 147 in an area of 5730 acres and it’s here that we pick up the rest of the team. The station itself nestles in a glade surrounded by broad leafed trees with a footbridge usually associated with another platform, but not this one, it leads to the church! There’s also a tiny free car park with toilets looked after by ghosts that are never seen but the facilities are always clean and, more importantly, open.

    The ‘boys’, if I use the term with a touch of irony as Peter’s birthday has just tipped the balance from average age late 60’s to just over 70.

  The rest of the journey is through Postman Pat countryside with lanes and narrow roads linking the stations and halts to villages of 5 or 10 properties and the occasional minor town but all seem to have a pub or tiny shop and sometimes both.

    The communities in this dale are scattered but they’re still close knit and look out for each other. I remember fifty years ago as a fitter with the North Riding County Council working on snowblowers in the depths of winter. I only once had to call upon the hospitality of these lovely people and on the cold snowy day that I did it was warm, generous and without hesitation. The snowblower had water in the diesel and it had frozen and a farmer’s plough had clipped my van when it slid across the icy road realigning the front wheels and rendering it unusable. I was cold and whilst I could have kipped down in the van for the night if I’d left the engine running, it can be risky due to fumes finding their way back into the vehicle as the heat creates channels in the snow that can bleed back into the vehicle. Apart from all that Ken, the tractor driver that had clipped the van was insistent and we made our way back to his cottage where a fire was lying dormant but ready for the opening of the grate. Even though there were no flames the cottage felt warm relative to the ice and snow outside. Within minutes the flames were licking the fire back and the heat was making our faces glow. I don’t remember seeing a TV but there may have been one, it certainly didn’t get turned on if there was and we just talked whilst his wife, who had been busy in the superheated kitchen making something that looked like stew bubbling on an Arga like oven,  made ham sandwiches the size of doorsteps with what looked like home made pickle liberally spread on top of butter so thick that, when you bit into this super-sarnie it left tooth marks through the yellow spread. The astonishing thing is that I didn’t like pickle; however, I loved it that night and have used it to lift a sandwich from very nice to gourmet ever since. To help you anchor the year The Move were going down the charts with “Blackberry Way” and Peter Sarstedt was on the ascent with “Where Do You Go To My Lovely?”

Onwards we go along the beautiful Esk Valley. The stations are all well kept and have buddleia with attendant butterflies; foxgloves, their spikes bowing to the train; numerous border plants in white, blue, red and viviid yellows, the care and pride is obvious but there is no sign of the guerrilla gardeners, just the results of their labours; whoever, you are, we’re all grateful.

    At Glaisdale we learn about the Beggar’s Bridge. At the eastern edge of the village the bridge was built by Thomas Ferris in 1619. Ferris was a poor man who hoped to wed the daughter of a wealthy local squire who really wasn’t that impressed as poor Thomas was exactly that, poor. In order to win her hand with an option on the rest of her, he planned to set sail from Whitby to make his fortune. On the night that he left, the Esk was swollen with rainfall and he was unable to make a last visit to his intended. This part of the story has all the potential for doom; however, he eventually returned from his travels a rich man and, after marrying the squire’s daughter, built Beggar’s Bridge so that no other lovers would be separated as they were. The real twist is that we learn all this on a two carriage train wending its way through the lush valley via an oratory by Graham, our guard, who tells us all about the Beggar’s Bridge but he does it in rhyme.

    The bridge is now grade 2 listed and I’ll tell you all about that in the future.

More walkers embark on the last few stations and they’re welcomed like long lost friends by Graham as he swaps a small amount of cash or the flash of a card in return for a ticket to ride – cue for a song.

We know we’re nearly there as we pass under the majestic 13 arch Larpool Viaduct near Ruswarp. I have a quick look on line and find and few interesting facts. This beautiful structure was built to take a single track line to connect Whitby and Scarborough. It was completed in 1884 and mentioned only 13 years later in Bram Stoker’s book Dracula. Two men fell from the arches as it was being constructed but lived to tell the tale. Its 120 feet high (37m) and three of the piers are deliberately skewed so as not to impede the tidal flow in the Esk. The line was closed as a result of Dr. Beeching’s report in 1965 and became grade 2 listed in 1972 to protect it from the threat of demolition. I’m told that it’s now a wonderful walk and cycle track called the Scarborough to Whitby Rail Trail sometimes referred to as the Cinder Track. I make a mental note to walk it sometime.

    The final bridge as we enter the town is the functional but unimaginatively named New Bridge finished in 1980 and carrying traffic that would have otherwise clogged the town especially when the swing bridge is open.

  Just before we enter Whitby proper we’re treated to a steam training heading the other way, I’m a bit slow on the uptake but manage to get a shot just as we pass, it sets us up for a great visit.

    Whitby station feels familiar probably because of its use in so many TV productions. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway have permission to share the track between their own privately funded and operated service at Grosmont and Whitby Station bringing much appreciated extra revenue to the town and adding further to its popularity.

We have a table booked at Trenchers. It’s always good service and excellent quality although I have never had poor fish and chips in the cafes or restaurants of Whitby and would be reluctant to promote it above the others; however, it is nice but top endish on price. As an aside, I’ve had variable quality stuff served in pubs but that’s another story.

After much banter followed by the delivery of several portions of small and medium cod for the jolly band and a large cod for the birthday boy plus a Trenchers Seafood Salad for me; I ask the waitress if I should top it up with some chips and she smiles, “I wouldn’t if I were you, it’s really quite substantial and if you do need some more I can respond immediately”.  There’s a food induced silence for the next twenty minutes with only an occasional interruption by the Trenchers staff to ask if we’re happy with the fayre.  We leave somewhat full in the stomach and lighter in the pocket into beautiful sunshine for a wander around the harbour area and a few photographs of the controversial Endeavour. Apparently, someone had the temerity to build it using steel instead of wood and it’s not appreciated locally. It looks good to me though and I do look forward to being able to go in to it and spend some time mooching around it’s bowels.

    We spend a wonderful, relaxing couple of hours appreciating the delights of both banks and walk to the end of East Pier, again we chose this walk because we haven’t done it for some considerable time and it affords another view of this wonderful and quirky town. We follow this with an excellent trip up-stream rather than out to sea for no other reason than we hadn’t done it before and I can thoroughly recommend it.

    We pass the Little Yellow Cottage currently festooned in scaffolding and ready for renovation as permissions are granted followed by a close quarter look at a fishing boat being refurbished and our skipper tells us about the eye-watering cost of buying a boat, buying appropriate permits, acquiring quotas and the risks of being at sea. I’ll not be complaining about the cost of a cod and chips again although I may whinge a bit about the proprietors of the cafe marking them up when the people who suffer the real risks get all the physical and financial hassle. I’d recommend this little excursion as it takes in one or two parts of Whitby that you’re unlikely to see from the streets.

      Our plan is to arrive back at the station twenty minutes before boarding time to ensure a seat as this train is timed such that there is an avalanche of people leaving Whitby and the numbers are swollen by youngsters from the local schools going back to their various homes nestled in this beautiful valley. It’s a little bit selfish in fairness as within twenty or so minutes they’ve all disembarked vacating the carriages and affording seats for for those that came late. We feel a little bit guilty!

A word about the youngsters, you’ll find them loud because they’re teenagers but they’re also full of fun, well turned out and, most importantly, they’re impeccably polite. If you have children that ride this train, take a bow, they’re a credit to you.

Peter the birthday boy is reviewing his photos and occasionally stops to show one whilst the train starts, accelerates to twenty or thirty miles per hour then slows and stops at the next stop. It sounds tedious but the scenery is stunning and the slow rate gives us the opportunity to take it in. It does speed up a bit on the longer stretches but we’re still left with the rhythm of Robert Louis Stevenson:- 

Faster than fairies, faster than witches, Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; And charging along like troops in a battle, All through the meadows the horses and cattle: All of the sights of the hill and the plain Fly as thick as driving rain; And ever again, in the wink of an eye, Painted stations whistle by.

Here is a child who clambers and scrambles, All by himself and gathering brambles; Here is a tramp who stands and gazes; And there is the green for stringing the daisies! Here is a cart run away in the road Lumping along with man and load; And here is a mill and there is a river: Each a glimpse and gone for ever!

We’re back at Kildale in the blink of an eye, thanks George Renwick, Dave Rider, George Preston, Robin Wright, Tony Wright and Hayden Kirby but mostly thanks to the Birthday-Boy himself, cheers Peter Hymer, hope there are many more.

Back to rambling the Moors and Dales next week. Enjoy the snaps…G..x

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Day trip to Whitby- Esk Valley Line If it's Friday and also the day after Peter's 70th Birthday then we must be going to Whitby.

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Best collection of Beeck Kitchens showroom in Leeds (Yorkshire) with an impressive display of 19 plus Kitchen fronts including Kuhlmann Kitchens. Get your own handmade dream kitchen today. Contact Arlington Design for more information.

https://arlingtondesign.uk/beeck/

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Best collection of Kuhlmann Kitchens showroom in Leeds (Yorkshire) with an impressive display of 19 plus Kitchen fronts including Kuhlmann Kitchens. Get your own handmade dream kitchen today. Contact Arlington Design for more information.

https://arlingtondesign.uk/kuhlmann/

2 Limewood Road, Leeds LS14 1LU 0113 487 27 77 https://www.arlingtondesign.uk