Earlier this week I got the chance to go on a walk up to Scarhouse Reservoir with my friend. I was struck by what a completely different...

Our mini heatwave came to an end just after Easter and the snow and hail began in showers. We awoke to find tiny ice balls in the...

There are views here that make your breath catch in your throat. Even when you have looked that way a hundred thousand times, a change in...

We’ve had lots of brilliant weather this year in 2021! We have had a couple of snow days, complete with blue skies and sunny weather to...

Winter does have its disadvantages, like the cold weather and the few hours of sunlight, but it does make you appreciate the hours of...

Last day of the half term holidays and another lockdown fast approaching, it seemed more important than ever to make the most of sunshine...

We have had our rainy days and overcast skies but the past few days have been warm and balmy. Children went to school coatless. There was...

Almost a year in the making, our new two bedroom barn conversion is now ready to welcome guests. We designed it to give the best views up...

We had a deer in the meadow the other morning. Sitting out in the sunshine for a pre-work coffee, we watched her leap across the freshly...

Easter is usually the start of the season in Pateley. On a hot weekend we would expect a large contingent of day trippers too. This year...

After the floods of February, the lockdown comes. We are distracting ourselves with chicken care, pruning, weeding and garden waste....

Well, Pateley Bridge made it through the floods after Storm Ciara if only just. All the fields this side of the river were overrun with...

Fewston reservoir was as busy as it gets last Sunday, not that you would be able to tell by the photo. One dog, five children and four...

Windswept, wind blown and wonderful. Three words to describe the beginning of the new year this time around. With so much focus on...

In other places, they may welcome in the New Year with the ringing of bells, but up here most people welcome it with a good long walk....

Summer is gone and we are getting frost in the air already. Even the berries are falling now as we begin to remember the snow and ice of...

It's difficult to believe that it is nearly show time again. After the vintage car rallys and the 1940s weekend, the show ground is set...

Wow what a wonderful weather we've been having at River View and what a sweet relief it has been having those refreshing swims in the...

We are nowhere as near along with our orchard as we would like at River View Pateley. The paddock at the back of the holiday cottage is...

It is a five kilometer walk to the top of the caravan parks and back from River View Pateley holiday cottage. Just enough to fill an...