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03
Apr
Village idiot visits Harrogate
A YouTuber who plans to visit all 10,474 civil parishes in England is turning his attention to Harrogate.
Andy Smith, who calls himself The Village Idiot, has visited more than 1,000 parishes since he started in 2020. He expects it will take him 30 or 40 years to complete his challenge.
Mr Smith uploads a video after each trip and last Friday he published a 14-minute account of his trip to Kirk Deighton. His escapades have attracted 9,300 subscribers.
He also visited North Deighton, Little Ribston, Spofforth with Stockeld, Follifoot, Plompton, Goldsborough and Flaxby on the same two-day trip, and will upload videos about each one on forthcoming Fridays.
Mr Smith said:
Former teacher Mr Smith, who lives in Rotherham, said he usually spent two days a week on the road with his GoPro camera.
He plans to tick off all 139 parishes in the Harrogate district in the weeks ahead and upload the videos over time on to his YouTube site. He said:
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