JOANNE AND NADINE, TEAM COUNTRY HIDEAWAYS, ARE TAKING PART IN THE TOUR DE WALKSHIRE TO HELP WITH RESEARCH TO HELP MORE PEOPLE SURVIVE CANCER IN YORKSHIRE
This year with the Tour de Yorkshire cycling race postponed until 2022 there’s going to be something different happening in the month of May. Welcome to Yorkshire, who usually organise…
WALKING FROM BALLOWFIELDS TO CARPERBY PAST LADY HILL IN WENSLEYDALE IN A CIRCULAR MANNER
As promised, our walk past Lady Hill, a fleeting yet beautiful glimpse from the footpath! A friend and I decided to walk from Ballowfields. It isn’t marked as such on…
LADY HILL IN WENSLEYDALE IN THE GLORIOUS YORKSHIRE DALES
Lady Hill in Wensleydale is a prominent landmark as you travel from Aysgarth to Hawes on the A684. Originally a rabbit warren called Woodhall Warren, it was established in the…
WENSLEY TO HARMBY, THROUGH LEYBURN, ALONG THE SHAWL AND BACK TO WENSLEY!
What an unexpectedly beautiful day we chose to go walking, the last day in March, how lucky we were! We decided to meet at Wensley, park on the newly surfaced…
THUPTON GILL IN SOUTH WALDEN TO FLEENSOP IN COVERDALE AND BACK INTO WALDEN IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
A bit of a surprise walk the other day! Our son Paul text me to ask if I would like to join him on a walk, I’d already been out…
THUPTON GILL IN SOUTH WALDEN TO FLEENSOP IN COVERDALE AND BACK INTO WALDEN IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
A bit of a surprise walk the other day! Our son Paul text me to ask if I would like to join him on a walk, I’d already been out…
JERVAULX ABBEY IN BETWEEN MASHAM AND EAST WITTON IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
Jervaulx Abbey can easily be found between Masham and Ripon just off the A6108. A truly tranquil yet atmospheric place to find peace and quiet and loved by many. Wander…
Wensley Bridge to Middleham, along The Gallops, down to West Witton, returning by the River Ure
What a fabulous walk my friend Den and I did the other day. Was it all the wildlife we saw? Geese, herons, skylarks, curlews, oystercatchers amongst them. Was it because the sun shone yet we could see others weren’t enjoying the same?
Take some time out to do some cloud gazing! Especially in the Yorkshire Dales
Take some time out to do some cloud gazing! No, really, they are there all time, never far away anyway, and they’re free.
Briar Cottage in Middleham in Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales
Briar cottage, dating from the 18th century, has been carefully renovated to reveal some of its original features and is part of a small, interesting, terrace which sits on the fringe of the cobbles looking out towards the torn ramparts of Middleham Castle.







