Just got pulled up by the police at a checkpoint at the M62 summit on the Yorkshire border. They asked for my driving licence and then turned me back because I have a Greater Manchester postcode.
Apparently there are gangs of & #39;coyotes& #39; in Littleborough and Bacup offering to smuggle people across the border for £1000 per person.
The mayor of Mytholmroyd is appealing for funds to build a wall. Sales of hang-gliders and parasails have increased 100 fold in villages near the border.
Local garden centres are putting a 1000% markup on tunnelling shovels.
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If you& #39;re not carrying I.D, they& #39;re performing an accent test by asking people to say "Wind thi neck in lad, afore I gis thee a slap". If you can& #39;t prove you& #39;re Yorkshire born and bred, you don& #39;t get in.
There& #39;s a bloke on the pub car park selling fake Wakefield and Barnsley driving licences for 50 quid a pop.
I& #39;ve been hearing reports of people having to be rescued by emergency services after trying to swim across the Rochdale canal near Hebden Bridge. Those seemingly still waters hide many dangers: shopping trolleys, old bicycles and even the odd washing machine.
There& #39;s bartering going on at secret sites along the fenceline. Apparently a single Bury black pudding will fetch up to 3 boxes of Yorkshire tea bags.
An anonymous blogger has reported a Vietnam war era motor torpedo boat patrolling the waters of Scammonden Dam, which has one shore in Greater Manchester and the other in Yorkshire.