Flowers of the Dales Festival – March until October 2018
This year will be the 10th anniversary of this wonderful festival which celebrates everything amazing about the Yorkshire Dales and surrounding area, wild life, wild flowers, ancient woodlands, moors and valleys which
Aysgarth Falls in the glorious Yorkshire Dales National Park
I can’t believe I’ve been writing a blog for so long and haven’t written about Aysgarth Falls. There might have been mention within walks on here but not specifically about the falls.
Circular walk up Gunnerside Gill in Swaledale
Swaledale isn’t a place I’ve often walked, perhaps we feel there are so many lovely walks in Wensleydale that we don’t need to go much further afield. But a couple of friends suggested we did a circular walk up
Annual Swaledale Festival 26 May until 9 June 2018
The annual Swaledale Festival will take place again this year starting on Saturday 26 May and the last performances on Saturday 9 June. It’s always such a fabulous event. This year there will be young stars of the future alongside world-class instrumentalists, singers, actors, choirs,
Leyburn, a small market town in Wensleydale, the Yorkshire Dales
Leyburn, a popular market town, can be found luxuriating on the hill above the River Ure and has magnificent views of Wensleydale. Walk along The Shawl footpath to experience these to the full, quite, quite breath taking
Walk from Coverbridge Inn near Middleham, lower Wensleydale
Who knows how far we walked, some said seven miles, some six miles so we’ll call it six and half miles, all flat going, and really very, very pleasant. Lovely views to enjoy and walking on the sunny side of the dale!
Berry’s to Berry’s and Lunch!
You’re on holiday and maybe you feel like just having a shortish walk, with some wonderful views, a bit of a hill to make you think it’s going to do you some good, which it most definitely will, a ‘cuppa’ to start and lunch awaiting at the end.
Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3, Richmond to Scarborough Saturday 5 May!
There’ll be great excitement again at the beginning of May when the Tour de Yorkshire comes to the dales. Stage One and Two are in south and west Yorkshire but on Saturday 5 May the peloton will be setting of from
Grewelthorpe in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Beauty
Grewelthorpe, again where does the name originate from? To quote ‘the name Grewelthorpe derives from the words Gruel and Thorpe, Gruel being a family name and thorpe meaning "outlying farmstead", the village is also
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone, hope you have an excellent evening no matter where you are! Hope you’re looking forward to 2018, may you enjoy good health, happiness and peace. Talking of next year, lots going on in the
