Celebrating All Creatures Great & Small - Companion Book Launch
The official companion to the hit TV series All Creatures Great & Small launches on 26th September in hardback. The book offers a glimpse...
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May 63 min
Yockenthwaite Farm Granola - diversification in the Dales (at Helen's Farm!)
I’m sure many people have watched the new series of All Creatures Great and Small and seen the beautiful farmstead at the foot of the fells
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Apr 234 min
Aysgarth’s Edwardian Rock Garden – a hidden gem in the Dales
Not a stop I make on every tour in Wensleydale I do, but last week I had a couple who loved gardens so I thought I would treat them to a...
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Apr 124 min
The Lilla Cross – the oldest Christian memorial in the North
High above Fylingdales Moor at a place called Lilla Howe is one of the most important crosses on the North York Moors if not the whole of...
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Mar 253 min
Wakefield’s Chantry Chapel - one of only 5 surviving bridge chantries in England
With my tour guiding business, I often have cause to take visitors to the Hepworth Sculpture Gallery in Wakefield. From the outside car...
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Mar 74 min
Season 5 of All Creatures Great and Small starts filming straight away in Grassington
Well, there were All Creatures Great and Small fans across the world waiting with baited breath recently as no mention of another series...
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Feb 223 min
The Yorkshire Medieval Priory and its part in the WW2 D-Day Landings…
Either coming back from tours of Whitby or on my way to Castle Howard, I often visit the ruins of Kirkham Priory. Once home to a...
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Feb 194 min
Goodmanham – a sacred religious site in Pagan times and a turning point in Yorkshire’s spiritual & political history
I first came across Goodmanham during lockdown when my wife and I decided to explore the Yorkshire Wolds a bit more. This less well known...
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Nov 1, 20233 min
The Marmion Tower in West Tanfield
When you travel on the road between Ripon and Masham, you come to the town of West Tanfield. After crossing the bridge over the River Ure...
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Oct 3, 20233 min
A lovely loop walk around Grimwith Reservoir from The Craven Arms in Appletreewick
I’d not been to Appletreewick for a couple of years, but having read that The Craven Arms in the village was used for the inside shots of...
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Aug 28, 20234 min
The Abbey Inn at Byland – a Perfect Sunday Lunch at Tommy Banks New Pub
I’d heard that Michelin starred chef Tommy Banks had recently bought the Abbey Inn opposite Byland Abbey and turned it into a pub. It...
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Aug 7, 20234 min
A walk past Danby Castle and up and over Danby Rigg with standing stones and heather in bloom
We were looking for a shortish walk from the North York Moors National Park visitor centre as my wife was recovering from a nasty cold....
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Jul 24, 20233 min
Cawthorn Roman Camp - remnants from the Roman Expire outside Pickering
Close to Pickering lies the historic site of Cawthorn Roman Camps. Roman Yorkshire has always fascinated me and so on a rare day off on...
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Jul 5, 20233 min
The Wensleydale Heifer – wonderful sea food in Wensleydale
After walking the 6 Dales Trail between Otley and Middleham, we had decided to spend an extra night in Middleham and have a rest and...
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Jul 4, 202311 min
Walking the Six Dales Trail – 38 miles between Otley and Middleham
I had heard what a great walk this was from a couple of friends who had both walked the 6 Dales Trail, so myself and my wife took a...
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Jun 18, 20234 min
Brimham Rocks – man made or natural - how this iconic rock formation came to be?
In Nidderdale not far from Pateley Bridge is the National Trust site of Brimham Rocks. This collection of dramatic, weirdly shaped rocks...
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May 15, 20235 min
The Day we bumped into James Herriot in Arncliffe
With the new series of All Creatures Great and Small proving so popular, not just in the UK but also across the globe, I have been...
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May 2, 20234 min
Baugh Fell – a difficult hike up the twelfth highest peak of the #YorkshireDales30
I’m gradually working my way through the #Yorkshire30 – the 30 Highest Peaks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Whilst with boundary...
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Apr 30, 20238 min
Transforming Grassington into Darrowby for the filming of All Creatures Great & Small
Every year in April or May, the Yorkshire Dales town of Grassington is transformed over a few days into a film set for the popular TV...
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Mar 1, 20235 min
Buckden Pike Circular – a hike up Yorkshire’s 7th Highest Peak
As I’m off in May to the Highlands of Scotland for a few days walking with some old friends, it has motivated me for the need to get a...
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