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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...
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May 25, 20181 min read
Walking the back way from River View Pateley
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...
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May 18, 20181 min read
Release the hedgerow
The first of our crab apples are standing tall this springtime on the path from River View holiday cottage towards Pateley Bridge. We...
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May 11, 20181 min read
TGI springtime!
After the seemingly endless months of snow, a blazing hot early May bank holiday seemed a heaven sent reward ay River View Pateley. ...
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May 6, 20181 min read
The Tour de Yorkshire wore sunshine in Pateley... and what a race!
We could not have asked for better weather for our cycling fans at River View Pateley for the Tour de Yorkshire. After a cold winter...
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Mar 16, 20181 min read
The Goneaway World
We've pinched this title from a Nick Harkaway novel that this morning's walk reminded us of. Fog came down on the moors above River...
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Mar 5, 20181 min read
Life on pause
The schools shut. The roads half closed. The world was bathed in white. Our walks this week have been to the sound of crunching snow, the...
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Feb 23, 20181 min read
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...
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Oct 30, 20171 min read
Eerie dismembered clothing takes over the countryside
City dwellers visiting Pateley Bridge this Halloween are experiencing shocks and thrills. Locals and walkers have been picking up...
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Oct 13, 20172 min read
An Up Dale farming education
Just a fifteen minute drive Up Dale from River View Pateley, Middlesmoor is a world away. Looking down the valley at Gouthwaite and the...
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Sep 28, 20171 min read
Digging in for the winter
The leaves are starting to fall and it is time to think about the orchard plans at River View Pateley. The apple pruning workshop I went...
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Sep 8, 20171 min read
A bumper crop in the hay meadow
Growth in the hay meadow caught up in spades at River View Pateley despite an unusually dry start to the year. Guests at the holiday...
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Jul 17, 20171 min read
When Harley met the Rose Queen
Bright reds and burned oranges chased each other over polished chrome. But the owners were distracted by the soft petal hues of the Rose...
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Jun 29, 20171 min read
Hot histories
No, we don't mean "hawt" like the social media term for attractive, we mean the type of heat that reminds you of the underworld. Toft...
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Jun 23, 20171 min read
Bird Listening with the AONB
The problem with bird watching is that you cannot always see them. Last Saturday The Wild Watch taught us to use our ears instead, with a...
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Jun 21, 20171 min read
Eerie-ish days at Mother Shipton's Cave
The Labyrinth had come to Knaresborough the day we went to visit. The pathway down towards Mother Shipton's magic waters was populated by...
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Jun 18, 20171 min read
Crystal clear walking at Scar House
Scar House was striking when we set out yesterday. We were a long thin line of children and adults of varying walking speeds,...
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Jun 15, 20171 min read
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, 20171 min read
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, 20171 min read
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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