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Flying High in Ripon
All the fun of the fair without huge crowds! We could not have wished for better luck when we visited Lightwater Valley during half term....
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- Jun 1, 2017
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Fossil Hunting in Fairyland
There is definitely something other-worldly about a visit to Stump Cross Caverns. Driving up onto the moorland, we entered what seemed...
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- May 24, 2017
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Walking into sculpture
The wind always blows on the 500m walk up to Coldstones Cut. The carpark is nestled into the hillside, in a place you can still hear the...
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- May 13, 2017
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Grey skies bring sunshine under foot
Who would have thought grey skies would be so beautiful? The end of the recent dry spell has meant a small explosion in buttercup numbers...
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- May 8, 2017
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The Treasures of Fishpond Wood
The General and I dipped into Fishpond Wood this week after dropping the children off at school. A walk in here is always a treat for...
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- May 1, 2017
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Tour de Yorkshire takes in a River View
Pateley got excited again this April in the run up to the second Tour de Yorkshire to come through the town. Bunting, bikes, chalk...
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- Apr 27, 2017
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Nidderdale's Grand Day Out
"Nidderdale in the City" graced the quad at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds on 22nd April with a mini Nidderdale Show for urbanites. The sun...
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- Apr 20, 2017
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Expectant no longer!
Remember those Dartmoor ewes looking heavy and tired on our side field earlier this year? Today the first three came back with the...
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- Mar 28, 2017
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Hello hedgerow!
If you have ever wondered what 96 meters of unplanted hedgerow looks like, now is your chance to find out. 22 Elders, 10 Honeysuckle, 10...
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- Mar 21, 2017
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Spring walk through Spring Wood
What better way to celebrate the end of winter than a walk through Spring Wood? The General and I took a stroll there the other day, past...
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- Mar 9, 2017
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Beautiful mothers to be
Thirty three gorgeous, very pregnant sheep have come to stay with us at the holiday cottage before lambing time. These ladies may be...
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- Feb 15, 2017
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Late winter's walk brings February cheer
It was one of those days that made you glad to be alive. Nidderdale had got itself dressed up moody and sultry in dramatic colours and...
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- Jan 31, 2017
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BIG Garden Birdwatch (well, more of a listen really).
"There are loads of blackbirds!" cried the five year old when we stepped out into the BIG Garden Birdwatch at River View Pateley this...
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- Jan 10, 2017
- 1 min
Night time spectacular!
Winter is a time for enjoying the night's pleasures. The Yorkshire Dales is one of England's darkest areas. On a clear night, we see...
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- Nov 23, 2016
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Hygge Yorkshire!
All those candles and throws miss the point of Hygge, or so my radio told me this morning. In sparsely populated Scandanavia, Hygge is...
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- Oct 18, 2016
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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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- Oct 11, 2016
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Everything you would expect from a show, plus a few things you didn't.
Nidderdale Show is the last agricultural show in the season and a popular time to visit our Dales holiday cottage River View Pateley.
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- Oct 11, 2016
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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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- Sep 12, 2016
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Pastoral paradise
'Painter of light' William Turner left a pictorial record of his visits to other areas close to the cottage like Fountains Abbey, Masham Mar
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- Sep 10, 2016
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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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