Our Country Hideaways Brochure for 2024 is Ready!
Great excitement in the office as our Country Hideaways 2024 brochure is ready for you to view, download, save, print and share if you wish! We know many of you…
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…
Templar’s Chapel, Thupton Gill and Home!
Quite an eventful walk the other day a lesson in being prepared for just about anything! We set off from West Burton on a relatively calm day and our planned…
Walking in Walden to see the Wild Flower Meadows
To be walking up Walden, a dale that adjoins Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales at West Burton, on a beautiful spring morning can be a wonderous thing to do, in…
A BEAUTIFUL LINEAR WALK FROM WEST BURTON TO BUCKDEN VIA BUCKDEN PIKE
On yet another beautiful day we set off to scale the heights of Buckden Pike. This was to be a linear walk from West Burton to Buckden and Geoff, my…
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…
Circular walk into Walden from West Burton in Wensleydale
A lovely walk from the Cauldron Falls in West Burton into Walden and back down via the old/now newly planted plantation. Park your car at the waterfall area or by the village green and please wear suitable clothing and good footwear as the route takes you through pasture and moorland. Always a good idea to plan your route and take the map. The walk is about seven miles, quite easy going but some inclines. Fantastic views all the way. If you’re staying at Hill Top Cottage in Walden please pick the route up at the *.
Our cottages in Walden dale in the Yorkshire Dales
For the last couple of weeks Joanne and I have been visiting the cottages for their annual inspection by the VisitEngland assessor. Not all cottages are inspected every year but this year first on the list was Grange House and Hill Top Cottage in Walden.
The Return of the Salmon to Walden Beck, West Burton
Every year in October for many, many years the salmon have travelled along their demanding route upstream from the sea to Walden Beck, when they get to West Burton they are nearly at their journeys end but there is just
