Arns Gill and the Head of Ryedale

Saturday last weekend was absolutely horrible. It was a day to batten down the hatches and try and catch up with the never ending mountain of washing (or, to curl up with a good book…

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Rievaulx Abbey

Every year, I’m tricked into thinking that autumn and winter aren’t so bad after all by some lovely sunny autumn days. And then we get to the end of November and those crisp autumn days…

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Hutton-le-Hole & Lastingham

Every year we get to the end of the summer and I say ‘I wish we’d managed to get over to the Moors for a walk’. The Dales are on our doorstep and we can…

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Staithes

The section of the Yorkshire Coast known as the ‘Dinosaur Coast’ is littered with fossils and picturesque fishing villages. Staithes is the epitome of the charming coastal hamlet, and visitors flock to the village in…

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Arden Great Moor & the Cleveland Way

It feels like a long time since I’ve written a blog post about the North York Moors (probably because it has been quite a while). Living just outside the Dales means that it’s just too…

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