Days out in the Dales

The Yorkshire Dales is a wonderful outdoor playground for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages. Here are a few ideas for ways to enjoy the fresh air and outdoor landscapes of the Yorkshire Dales. Why not start with geocaching? Geocaching is an outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. To take part you seek to navigate to […]

August is marching along and there’s still time to enjoy exploring the Yorkshire Dales this school holidays. I had a think about some of the lovely things to do in the area, and soon came up with these. In no particular order… Take a walk through Strid Wood on the Bolton Abbey Estate and meet […]

For those looking for a UK Cycling Holiday, Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales are ever more on the map, and for good reason.  The county has a wonderful variety of landscapes to experience up close.  Cycling is a perfect way to enjoy them.  When planning a Yorkshire cycling holiday or just a family cycle ride […]

Planning a three day break in Yorkshire without your car may seem like a headache – and not a holiday at all.  But I usually find that many things in life can be achieved with a good dose of common sense, a sense of adventure and a little planning. So first of all, what are […]

I love being outside and feeling the sun on my face, listening to the birds, walking on the grass, breathing in.  And it’s a joy to share the outdoors with little one’s too. We had a lovely time following the Malham Safari Trail through this pretty Dales village.  For five days at the beginning of […]

We had a fabulous day out to Hesketh Farm Park at Bolton Abbey earlier this month, and as a farmer’s daughter, I loved it! I sometimes find that my attention span for taking on board new facts and figures is limited these days, but there was so much to take note of at Hesketh, and […]

A couple of weeks ago on a scorchingly hot summer day, I took a journey down memory lane as I returned to Embsay Station and Steam Railway.  When I was little my Grandad used to take my brother and I there at weekends. We would admire the steam trains, take a journey to Holywell Holt […]

The chug-chug of the train and connection to our industrial past, a great appeal to visitors enjoying a trip on the famous Settle Carlisle Railway.  So popular is it that tickets are booked up several months in advance.  So what is its appeal? There is something precious about historic steam trains and the survival of […]