Richmond Books and Walking Festival
The annual Richmond Books and Walking Festival is well underway starting last Friday, it finishes on 29 September. This will be the festival’s nineteen year and it’s as interesting now…
Circular Walk from Marske in Swaledale
Again we set off on a beautiful clear day for a new adventure from Marske in Swaledale. Marske is a tiny village perched in amongst the trees with a church…
Beautiful Open Gardens in The Yorkshire Dales and Nidderdale AONB
Perhaps it’s at this time of year that our thoughts turn to the beautiful Open Gardens that we have. Here in the dales, do we have more than our fair…
walking from Low moor, the old racecourse, above richmond, north yorkshire
We seem to have been so lucky with the weather for our walks this year and on yet another blue sky day we set off from, Low Moor, the old…
Circular walk from Richmond to find Willance’s Leap
On a bright, shining, truly stunning winter’s day we set off from Richmond in a westerly direction to find the monument at Willance’s Leap, an interesting if gory story but well worth a read and well worth walking to!
Richmond in North Yorkshire, the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales
I picked up a leaflet about Richmond the other day, a town we’ve often visited but yet not really visited reading the leaflet. It’s known to be a town of breathtaking beauty, inspiring painters and poets, past & present. WOW!
The Fabulous annual Swaledale Festival! 23 May until 6 June 2020
The fabulous Swaledale Festival will be held this year from 23 May until 6 June. A truly fantastic and varied programme of music, arts and walking all held in a variety of places and venues in Swaledale and Wensleydale in the glorious Yorkshire Dales.
Exhibitions this summer in the glorious Yorkshire Dales and Nidderdale AONB
As always there are various exhibitions to enjoy during your stay in the glorious Yorkshire Dales and I’ve noted just a few to wet your appetite! Ripon Museums have Rogues and Vagabonds until 7 December 2019
The Fabulous Richmondshire Concerts start again in September!
For a couple years husband Geoff and I having been enjoying the Richmondshire Concerts as ‘proper’ members and many years before that as guests. The Richmondshire Concerts have been running for over 70 years, featuring professional classical musicians
Circular Walk from Richmond Racecourse
I didn’t even know there was a racecourse in Richmond, sadly it’s no longer used as a racecourse but it definitely was and was definitely used as such. Race meetings were held until 1891 when poor attendances resulted in its closure.
