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    Windswept apple blossom
    Admin
    • Jun 1, 2018
    • 1 min

    Windswept apple blossom

    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 as full of ancient bailer as it was at the end of autumn, and still has a couple of stubborn twice burned logs that survived a summer's camping as well as bonfire night. Frost was our enemy over winter, and although we managed to get a couple of rogue elders felled to give the trees more light to grow, the ground was frozen for much of the se
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    Winter goes on at River View Pateley
    Admin
    • Feb 23, 2018
    • 1 min

    Winter goes on at River View Pateley

    Winter is harder on the chickens at River View. The water jug freezes and so do the pellets. Worms hide deep in the soil and on the worst days, our hens don't bother leaving the hut at all. Luckily a couple of our young guests who visited at Easter gave them some comfort. Two young people gave them extra corn at least once a day and picked them up for a few cuddles. Thanks boys! BACK TO BLOG #Winter #Birds #AtRiverView
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    Chickens are top dogs at River View
    Admin
    • Oct 18, 2016
    • 1 min

    Chickens are top dogs at River View

    We have six brown hens outside the bedroom window at River View Pateley. Children will give you six individual names for them, although it i
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    How not to fall asleep while counting sheep
    Admin
    • Oct 11, 2016
    • 1 min

    How not to fall asleep while counting sheep

    Steve has just put a small herd of Dartmoor on the field in front of River View Pateley. They have a with a job to do: eat off the grass lef
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    Best seats in the House
    Admin
    • Sep 10, 2016
    • 1 min

    Best seats in the House

    Eat your heart out Rio; Nidderdale has its own premier sporting event. The Nidderdale Sprint Trainthlon takes place every second weekend in
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    See Jenny, think Sue and Mike
    Admin
    • Jun 30, 2016
    • 1 min

    See Jenny, think Sue and Mike

    A lovely couple of guests who visited us last week left us a flower to remember them by.: "lychnis flos-cuculi" or, more simply, "Jenny". Je
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    Fishing for birds
    Admin
    • Jun 24, 2016
    • 1 min

    Fishing for birds

    We accidentally feed grouse and pheasants every time we put grass seed out on the lawn. (By my calculations, there is an attrition rate of a
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    Down by the river
    Admin
    • May 25, 2016
    • 1 min

    Down by the river

    With warmer weather, it is time for dogs and children to take to the river in front of the cottage. On the right day, the air rings with the
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    Hay there!
    Admin
    • May 17, 2016
    • 1 min

    Hay there!

    The field in front of the cottage is prettying up with wildflowers this month. Meadow buttercup, cuckoo flower and sweet vernal grass inters
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    Spring is sprung
    Admin
    • May 9, 2016
    • 1 min

    Spring is sprung

    Half of Pateley have been watching this brood of ducks since the little ones hatched in March. Great conversations for dog walkers and rambl
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