Christmas markets have been back across the countryside this winter. Knaresborough, Otley, Harrogate and various other towns and villages...

Nidderdale Show is the last of the season up here in Nidderdale, a traditional agricultural show with rare breeds, entertainment and...

We have had lots of families visiting us this holidays and it has reminded us just how much there is to do in the area. Hopping around on...

The hens are on strike this week. The heat has stopped them nesting in our homemade boxes in the converted garden shed, They have taken...

Six years after planting wildflower seeds harvested from a local farm - and five years after scattering extra - we are seeing the meadow...

Earlier this week I got the chance to go on a walk up to Scarhouse Reservoir with my friend. I was struck by what a completely different...

Our mini heatwave came to an end just after Easter and the snow and hail began in showers. We awoke to find tiny ice balls in the...

There are views here that make your breath catch in your throat. Even when you have looked that way a hundred thousand times, a change in...

We’ve had lots of brilliant weather this year in 2021! We have had a couple of snow days, complete with blue skies and sunny weather to...

Winter does have its disadvantages, like the cold weather and the few hours of sunlight, but it does make you appreciate the hours of...

Last day of the half term holidays and another lockdown fast approaching, it seemed more important than ever to make the most of sunshine...

We have had our rainy days and overcast skies but the past few days have been warm and balmy. Children went to school coatless. There was...

Almost a year in the making, our new two bedroom barn conversion is now ready to welcome guests. We designed it to give the best views up...

We had a deer in the meadow the other morning. Sitting out in the sunshine for a pre-work coffee, we watched her leap across the freshly...

Easter is usually the start of the season in Pateley. On a hot weekend we would expect a large contingent of day trippers too. This year...

After the floods of February, the lockdown comes. We are distracting ourselves with chicken care, pruning, weeding and garden waste....

Well, Pateley Bridge made it through the floods after Storm Ciara if only just. All the fields this side of the river were overrun with...

Windswept, wind blown and wonderful. Three words to describe the beginning of the new year this time around. With so much focus on...

In other places, they may welcome in the New Year with the ringing of bells, but up here most people welcome it with a good long walk....

Summer is gone and we are getting frost in the air already. Even the berries are falling now as we begin to remember the snow and ice of...