Western Dales

Your theories on this curious landmark? It's Nine Standards Rigg, an odd and distinctive landmark overlooking Kirkby Stephen on the edge of…Read more
Sleeping elephants, books, fine food & wool: snuggled beneath the Howgills, straddling Cumbria…Read more
Have you visited this place? This isn't the best photo of it (if you have a better one I can use, please do send!) but I think you can see it's an o…Read more
Have you heard of the 'Terrible Knitters of Dent'? Nowadays Dent is a tiny, quiet little hill village near Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales National …Read more
David Bellamy described the area around Mallerstang as "England's last wilderness". It does feel pretty remote in the Eden Valley between Garsdal…Read more
Where can you find a quirky golf course, glorious fell ponies and a pub dedicated to motoring memorabilia? Ravenstonedale in the Upper Eden valle…Read more
Coach yards, cobbled lanes, a stunning view & tales of the Devil are all to be found in Kirkby Lonsdale, on the fringes of the Yorkshire Dales Na…Read more
Sleeping elephants, books, fine food & wool: snuggled beneath the Howgills, straddling Cumbria and Yorkshire lies Sedbergh. Its address is Cumbri…Read more
I bet the great Victorian painter John Ruskin would have had a lively debate with author James Herriot about what constituted England’s best view…Read more