Happy New Year! All the very best for 2025
Well, that’s it! Here is 2025! Christmas is officially over, trimmings down yesterday and packed away for another year, the New Year was duly brought in and celebrated and now…
Sunset, Sunrise, Dusk and Dawn with Twilight in Between
A friend who lives in Ripon asked if I would like to join her attending the Great Yorkshire Christmas Fair in Harrogate, usually happening on the last weekend in November.…
Christmas in West Burton
We do hope you’ve had a really brilliant Christmas and now looking forward to bringing in the New Year with style and then our thoughts of course will turn to…
West Burton Art Group, West Burton Village Hall 8th and 9th April 2023
If you’re here in the dales Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th April don’t miss the West Burton Art Group exhibition in West Burton Village Hall from 10am until 4pm. An…
Doggie Holidays in The Glorious Yorkshire dales
Does your dog enjoy going on holiday with you? If so, did you know that quite a few of our cottages welcome a dog with most accepting two? Nothing could…
A lovely, Easy Going Circular Walk from West Burton
Some friends hadn’t done much walking from West Burton so of course it had to be me to lead! A lovely low level walk about five miles and if you…
Find your way around with OS Maps on foot, cycling, riding….
For a while now I’ve felt I should be talking about OS Maps for digital devices. I’m sure quite a few of you will have already experienced this invaluable tool…
Upland calcareous grassland in the Yorkshire Dales?
You’ll have to bear with me for this one, and there again you may be interested, but as you’ve been walking the hills in the Yorkshire Dales have you noticed…
Baler Twine? How many uses? See how many you can find in the glorious Yorkshire Dales!
Perhaps it’s a little strange for a topic for a blog but I’ve had baler twine on my mind for a few days. Ever since I came to the Yorkshire…
PL@NTNET TO HELP YOU IDENTIFY ALL THE WONDERFUL PLANTS AND WILD FLOWERS HERE IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
I’m really quite excited at the moment and have even more reason to go out walking and wandering the glorious Yorkshire Dales. Having been chatting to a friend about all…
