Lots going on in the Yorkshire Dales and Nidderdale
Still an amazing number of events and so much going on in the Yorkshire Dales and Nidderdale in September and October so come and stay in one our beautiful Country…
Fancy a Holiday in the Yorkshire Dales in September?
Fancy getting away in September? Of you do! Visit the famous Masham Sheep Fair, get lost in The Forbidden Corner or find out how Wensleydale Cheese is made! Take a…
Country Hideaways Summer Sale up to 25% discount
Still haven’t made plans for the summer? Come and experience all the dales has to offer. Properties are booking up, but we still have a availability at a number of…
Hackfall Woods near Masham
There’s a moment, as you step into Hackfall Woods, when the world seems to hush itself, if you’re really quiet and listen! The trees rise tall and close, their branches…
Ripon Spa Gardens
Ripon Spa Gardens is one of those places you wander into thinking you’ll stay ten minutes… and somehow an hour disappears even longer if you visit the café for a…
Peculier Plaques in Masham!
Have you noticed as you walk around Masham there is something else ‘peculier’ going on. Just found one or two the other day, bright blue plaques with little bits of history…
Henge hunting in the Yorkshire dales?
A friend from the village was asking me if I’d noticed a ‘hump’ in the fields above Sorrelsykes. The area, on the map, is called MountStritch and the hump can…
Where to Walk in the Glorious Yorkshire Dales?
A little while ago someone asked me what my favourite walk was. Where to start! Long or short, just in between. Local, further afield? I needed to think and think…
The Station in Richmond just on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales is a wonderful area to visit in North Yorkshire, having lived here for over fifty years there are still things to find and explore and, of course,…
Full Moons in the Glorious Yorkshire Dales
Happy New Year everyone! Joanne and I wish you great joy, peace of mind, happiness and wonderful holidays in the glorious Yorkshire dales! But did you see the moon over…






