​Just a fifteen minute drive Up Dale from River View Pateley, Middlesmoor is a world away. Looking down the valley at Gouthwaite and the...

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...

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...

Bright reds and burned oranges chased each other over polished chrome. But the owners were distracted by the soft petal hues of the Rose...

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...

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...

The Labyrinth had come to Knaresborough the day we went to visit. The pathway down towards Mother Shipton's magic waters was populated by...

Scar House was striking when we set out yesterday. We were a long thin line of children and adults of varying walking speeds,...

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....

There is definitely something other-worldly about a visit to Stump Cross Caverns. Driving up onto the moorland, we entered what seemed...

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...

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...

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...

Pateley got excited again this April in the run up to the second Tour de Yorkshire to come through the town. Bunting, bikes, chalk...

"Nidderdale in the City" graced the quad at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds on 22nd April with a mini Nidderdale Show for urbanites. The sun...

​Remember those Dartmoor ewes looking heavy and tired on our side field earlier this year? Today the first three came back with the...

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...

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...

Thirty three gorgeous, very pregnant sheep have come to stay with us at the holiday cottage before lambing time. These ladies may be...

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...