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Jun 1, 20181 min read
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 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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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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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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May 13, 20171 min read
Grey skies bring sunshine under foot
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...
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Mar 28, 20171 min read
Hello hedgerow!
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...
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Oct 11, 20161 min read
How not to fall asleep while counting sheep
Steve has just put a small herd of Dartmoor on the field in front of River View Pateley. They have a with a job to do: eat off the grass lef
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Jun 2, 20161 min read
Fresh-baked summer
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
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May 25, 20161 min read
Down by the river
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
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May 17, 20161 min read
Hay there!
The field in front of the cottage is prettying up with wildflowers this month. Meadow buttercup, cuckoo flower and sweet vernal grass inters
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