A Dalesman’s Diary December 2023 Dr Elaine Laycock on the frontline in Bosnia It will not be this Christmas, indeed, it may not be next Christmas, but one day soon, Yorkshire grit and determination will mean that humanitarian aid workers lost in conflict will be...
Penyghent and Plower Hill with Steve Goodier (February 2016) Start/Parking: The National Park car park on the main road (B6479) through Horton in Ribblesdale. This is pay and display and can get very full on fine days so aim to arrive early.Distance: 8.7 miles (14...
Spotted Dog Mrs Simkins’ Country Kitchen: Febuary 2016 Spotted dog is another name for spotted dick. It seems both names for this favourite old nursery steamed pudding come from an early colloquial word for pudding: puddick or puddog and that absolutely no...
A Dalesman’s Diary November 2023 Muker in Swaledale. Photo Rambling Tog (Adobe) Muker is slowly surrendering her secrets: this ancient settlement, at the western tip of Upper Swaledale, is gently breathing life back into her past. Long-lost place names, most not...
Seeing the light Helen Johnson talks to Architectural glass artist Alan Davis. (November 2012) Since Alan Davis came to Yorkshire in the 1980s, his work has become part of the fabric of the county. Alan is an architectural glass artist, and his stained glass adorns...
