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...

The first of our crab apples are standing tall this springtime on the path from River View holiday cottage towards Pateley Bridge. We...

​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...

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...

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...

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

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