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 last winter. Early morning dog walks mean crisp grass underfoot, and the General runs around like she is a puppy again and that every touch of ice is a game. By afternoon, the air has warmed, and the rich autumn feels balmy by comparison. Our General will have to give up her fun this Saturday as we celebrate a late bonfire night. The neighbo

​Just a fifteen minute drive Up Dale from River View Pateley, Middlesmoor is a world away. Looking down the valley at Gouthwaite and the rolling hills is breathtakingly beautiful. Turn around and the eyes can drink in the apparent wilderness of the kind of moorland that inspires great literature. Working the land up there is just as breathtaking as the views, although for different reasons. We soon found out what "hill farming" actually means, as we trudged up the rugged land

All those candles and throws miss the point of Hygge, or so my radio told me this morning. In sparsely populated Scandanavia, Hygge is about getting outside and reconnecting with nature rather than hibernation. We'll raise a glass to that, given the late autumn spectacular. Yorkshire has really got its glam on this November with some startlingly beautiful weather, roads less traveled, bright mornings, and scenery that changes from sparkling silver to golden glow. VISIT RIVER

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

'Painter of light' William Turner left a pictorial record of his visits to other areas close to the cottage like Fountains Abbey, Masham Mar

Eat your heart out Rio; Nidderdale has its own premier sporting event. The Nidderdale Sprint Trainthlon takes place every second weekend in