What with trips up to Scotland, across to the Lakes and down to the Cotswolds, the last few months have been fairly hectic. On the odd weekend we’ve had at home (where we’ve not been…

Reflecting on the last year, we’ve had some fantastic trips around the UK, but I realised as I did some housekeeping on my blog at the start of the year that we’ve been neglecting the…

Nestled in the heart of Wensleydale, Middleham Castle stands proudly over the tiny town of the same name. The boyhood home of Richard III, not much more than the shell of the castle remains today,…

We had a proper dump of snow last weekend – just to remind us that winter’s not quite finished yet! After waking up to a good foot of snow on Friday morning, most of it…

We are so lucky to have the Yorkshire Dales National Park on our doorstep. It feels like recently we’ve been neglecting our local fells whenever the weather is nice, heading for the Lakes or Durham…