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

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

The fields clothed themselves in sunshine today and we have to say they scrub up well. Buttercups are pushing their way through the summer g

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

The field in front of the cottage is prettying up with wildflowers this month. Meadow buttercup, cuckoo flower and sweet vernal grass inters

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

Cycling is a hard sport for hard athletes and, it turns out, hardy spectators. Stage one coming through Pateley Bridge this Friday proved th