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Appletreewick in Wharfedale

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PictureImage thanks to Jason Richards www.yorkshiretriketours.co.uk
​Appletreewick sounds like it belongs in a children’s picture book, the sort of place that magically appears and disappears, depending on who is trying to visit.

It’s a bit like that in real life. You could very easily drive along the little lane joining the two pubs with Masons Campsite and think that was it.

It sort of is, and yet there’s so much more besides.

It’s almost as if Appletreewick has entered a village competition that no one else even knows about – how much history, intrigue and general curiosity can you pack into one small hamlet?
 
First of all the name. Old English for something like ‘apple tree farm or hamlet’. But locals don’t call it Apple – Tree – Wick. You could get in and out of the village before you'd even finished saying the name. ‘Aptrick’ is their name for it. Interestingly there’s no real mention of apples in local histories, just an annual Onion Fair, commemorated by Onion Lane.
 
It’s unusual for such a small place to support not just one but two pubs and they’re both good – the New Inn, and the Craven Arms, each with their claims to fame. How many ferret-racing venues do you know that have been featured in the Wall Street Journal? The Craven Arms was. In addition to the very cosy interior, there’s another surprise at the back of the pub, namely the cruck barn, recently built using traditional methods and materials. In the 1970s the New Inn apparently became the ‘first no-smoking inn in the world’ thanks to the then publican, characterful John Showers.
 
At one time Appletreewick had many different tradespeople including blacksmiths, cobblers, weavers, corn millers and tailors. Many of the houses were built when lead mining was at its peak. You can still see evidence of the former mines in the hills above the village. Wandering around the village now, many of the houses and buildings are listed, with date stones going back to the 16th and 17th century. Appletreewick’s most famous inhabitant, William Craven, was born in 1548 to a poor family. He somehow managed to make his way to London, become a Merchant Tailor and eventually Lord Mayor of London. Some say the story of Dick Whittington was written about him, although records show it was written before he became Lord Mayor.
 
The pubs are able to flourish thanks to the influx of visitors who come to enjoy the river Wharfe (some good swimming spots) and surrounding countryside. Nearby is the gorgeous Parceval Hall Gardens, originally built as a retreat, and Trollers Ghyl where the terrifying Barguest beast reportedly hides. He’s said to be inspiration for Sir Arthur Conan Doyles’ Hound of the Baskervilles. The craggy summit of Simon’s Seat attracts many walkers, some of whom stay at the popular Masons Campsite on the banks of the Wharfe. Just outside Appletreewick is Fancarl stone circle, made up of 6 stones, possibly dating back to the Bronze Age.
 
Appletreewick plays host to numerous events through the year, including the ferret racing and music concerts at the Craven Arms but possibly the oddest is Winter Cricket, an annual fixture played between teams from Appletreewick and Malham, sometimes even in snow!

Images below by Paul Harris
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Yorkshire Dales shepherdesses

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There are more than 600,000 sheep in the Yorkshire Dales, thirty times more sheep than people! They may look like they just wander around without too much human attention but the reality is that farmers do of course look after them. Thanks to TV programmes like The Dales and Our Yorkshire Farm, Amanda Owen is one of the most famous sheep farmers. Known through her twitter feed as the Yorkshire Shepherdess, Amanda has attracted the attention of millions of TV viewers. Amanda and her husband Clive farm at Ravenseat on an isolated farm a few miles from Keld in Swaledale. Her stories of daily life with 1000 sheep and 9 children have captured the public's imagination. Walkers on the Coast to Coast route enjoy making a break at Ravenseat for scones and tea. 

Amanda's the best known shepherdess in the Yorkshire Dales but far from being the only one. At Firbank near Sedbergh, overlooking the Howgill Fells is the wonderfully named Shacklabank, home of Alison O'Neill, sometimes known as the 'Barefoot Shepherdess' thanks to her love of walking bare foot and feeling the land underfoot. Alison delights in living quietly on her small farm, woven to the landscape that is dear to her. You can make an appointment to visit her farm, meet her sheep and sheepdogs or to walk with her. Alison is also passionate about creating beautiful clothes and products out of wool - sustainable fashion, made locally. 

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Nearby is another farm within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, where Cumbria meets the Dales. Andrea Meanwell, the 'Westmorland Shepherdess' writes beautifully about the hill farm she started and the native flock of sheep she rears. She is a great champion of the importance of hill-farming, rearing sheep and working with nature. Perseverance and courage feature strongly in her life, alongside the beauty of her surroundings. Andrea also has a range of knitwear, Hefted Handknits, knitted from the fleeces of her sheep and alpacas. You can join one of Andrea's farm walks and see their Rough Fell, Herdwick, Swaledale, Welsh Hill Speckled, and Oussent (smalles breed in the world) sheep, visit the Roman Fort on the farm and buy lamb, mutton or Andrea's books. 
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If you'd like to stay on a working farm, meet sheep, and see how farmers work in partnership with nature, you will enjoy spending time in either the bunkbarn or holiday cottage at Hilltop Farm in Malhamdale, farmed by Leigh Weston and Neil Heseltine. Staying there, you'll have the chance to see their Swaledales, Mules, Blue-faced Leicesters and Black Wensleydales. Neil and Leigh are leading the way in looking at how farms can be more sustainable environmentally and economically, constantly seeking the right balance and to increase biodiversity on their farm

If you already had hundreds of Swaledale sheep on your farm, how would you feel if your husband interrupted your Christmas lunch to ask you to pop outside and help him with some sheep? Glenda may have felt like it was business as usual but Chris had a special surprise for her - two Herdwick ewes. Not everyone's idea of a perfect Christmas gift when you've already got a few hundred other sheep but luckily Glenda was delighted. This is just one of the tales Glenda tells in her blog, and that you may hear if you choose to stay in her B&B, holiday cottage or shepherd's hut near Keld where you can experience the sights and sounds of everyday life on a working hill farm. ​

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Photo: Glenda Calvert, Upper Swaledale Holidays
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Yorkshire Dales curiosities

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In these days of homogenous high streets, chain stores and mass production, I love to find places and things that are less predictable and ooze curiosity or eccentricity. Some of them can be explained but have perhaps long forgotten origins that aren't immediately obvious to the casual observer. 

The Nine Standards Rigg and Big Stone of Fourstones are impenetrable landmarks, attracting walkers to speculate on their origins.

​Some curious landmarks such as Druids Temple near Masham look much older than they really are. There's a surprising number of follies like Druids Temple around the Dales, including the rocket ship near West Burton and Two Stoops in Nidderdale. Ian Scott Massie's book Tales of the Dales tells some of the stories behind them. 

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We're used to seeing wall plaques to commemorate key events and famous people. Sometimes though you'll see one that warrants a second look.

Two spring to mind: the 'Viking bones' from the lost cemetery in Masham and another in Grassington. Most people pass by the Grassington plaque without noticing it, yet those who see it enjoy a wry smile and fleeting thoughts about whoever created it.

Some plaques are more serious, tantalising glimpses into the past such as firemarks or the brass plaque outside the Worshipful Company of Fellmongers in Richmond. 

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Not every curiosity is easily explained. Some of my favourites clearly took effort to create, and clearly had sound purpose behind them but barely anyone sees them, such as the compass points by the bothy on the moor above West Scrafton.

​If you've spotted any curiosities in the Yorkshire Dales, I'd love to read about them!

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Kirkby Malham

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Kirkby Malham lies on the River Aire, a short distance from Malham. It's so small that most people simply pass through on their way to better known beauty spots, and yet despite its size, Kirkby Malham has a cornucopia of  interesting connections and curiosities. 

Bill Bryson, the American author of the best-selling Notes from A Small Island lived in Kirkby Malham for several years.

Many years earlier another literary great, Charles Kingsley, stayed in the hamlet, and immortalised the church bells in 
The Water Babies, written in 1863: 'Under the crag where the ouzel sings, And the ivied wall where the church bell rings'.

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The church of St Michael the Archangel is sometimes called 'the Cathedral of the Dales'. Its foundation goes back to the 9th century, with the church being rebuilt in the 15th century.

It's a fascinating church to look around, said to have been visited twice by Cromwell to attend weddings. There is evidence of the church's connections to the monks at Fountains Abbey, as much of the land around Malham was once owned by the cistercian monks.

​Just inside the church gates are the old village stocks. I've often seen double stocks but don't think I've ever seen a triple set like these - they're incredibly close together so miscreants were either all very skinny or children? 


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Also in the graveyard is an another curiosity, known as the 'Watery Grave'. Colonel John Harrison had a career in his army so he was often separated by water from his wife Helen. She had asked ‘as water parted us in life, so it shall in death'. Helen's grave was built over a small stream running through the graveyard, with the intention that her husband would be buried on the other side of the stream. But when the Colonel died, try as he might, the gravedigger couldn't manage to dig beyond the impenetrable rock to create a separate grave, so he had to be buried with his wife. 

Nearby is what locals refer to as the 'Vic' pub or Victoria Inn, once known as the Victoria Hotel, commemorating the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The former owner, Mr Serjeantson liked sun dials and arranged for one to be erected above the door of the Inn, created '
according to the directions given in the "Encyclopædia Britannica," set up with the help of a candle, a piece of string, and the North Star.'  As you wander around Kirkby Malham, you'll see other sun dials as well as a number of 17th century date stones.

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The large and handsome mill building on the Aire gives an indication of Kirkby Malham's former importance. Known as both Scalegill Mill and Hanlith Mill, it was originally used to grind corn, and then either re-built or adapted to take advantage of the cotton boom in the 1790s. By 1821 it had been taken on by Dewhirsts. I remember learning to sew using Dewhirst Sylko cotton (although that wasn't until the 20th century...). In later years as demand for cotton reduced, the mill was used as a sawmill and eventually to provide electricity for nearby Hanlith Hall. After that it was taken over for poultry farming until being converted to housing in 1975. 

Don't leave the area without visiting Airton Meeting House and the excellent Town End Farm Shop. 
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Autumn in the Yorkshire Dales

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PictureImage by Neil McNair Low Mill Guesthouse, Bainbridge
Is there any other season as rich in special gifts as Autumn in the Yorkshire Dales? It offers so many uplifting moments.

It's the perfect season for a good long walk, when the colder air makes you want to walk faster and further, maybe even tackling one of the Dales 30. 

The changing colours of the leaves on the trees in woods such as Hackfall, Freeholders Wood in Wensleydale and Skipton Castle Woods are fantastic, and then there's the crunch of fallen twigs and leaves underfoot.

It's time to dig out your woollens and enjoy wrapping yourself in them. Every walk becomes a chance to discover some special treasure in the form of berries, conkers and nature's windfall. Sloes picked from a hedgerow may find their way into a sloe gin...

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Mushrooms shoot up, creating magical fairy rings in fields, with the wonderful surprise of fly agaric in hidden corners. You can almost imagine the fairies and pixies enjoying a picnic underneath them. 

The weather may sometimes be changing for the worse, but that means that the waterfalls are full and more spectacular. In some rivers you can even see salmon leaping.

​This is the time of year when it's even more enjoyable to take refuge in the cosiness of a traditional Yorkshire Dales pub. 



PictureEasby Abbey by Matt White
In the Autumn the light is often really special, making for some great photography.
Familiar sights look even more attractive when the Autumn light picks out every detail.

Mornings start with remarkable sunrises, or beautiful swirling inverted mists, full of promise.

​The night skies become increasingly dramatic, consolation for the shorter daylight hours. ​​

​Autumn images below by Guy Carpenter, 
Gullwing Photography

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Little Alf

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Sometimes life takes an unexpected turn and you wonder how it'll ever improve. But then you never know when you'll meet someone who will change your life for the better. 

17 year old Hannah Russell was wondering what she'd do with her life after realising she could no-longer ride and couldn't do some of the things she'd planned. A knock at the door by a woman looking for a new home for her miniature Shetland pony was the starting point for a whole new life, bringing pleasure to thousands. 

Little Alf is just 28 years old and has a rare condition of dwarfism, and was bullied by other horses.

He came to live in the Yorkshire Dales with Hannah and they quickly bonded. Hannah started to write about his cheekiness and their blog grew and grew, with thousands of social media followers. Since then Little Alf has featured in a series of popular children's books written by Hannah. 
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When she's not writing, Hannah invests her time in motivational speaking telling the story of her new life and acting as an ambassador to 'Helping Rhinos' and 'Brooke - Action for Working Horses & Donkeys' charities. Little Alf has become a local celebrity in the Yorkshire Dales, attending events, and Hannah Russell has a whole new career path. 

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Glencroft, woollen mills & the Three Peaks

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As the temperature starts to drop and the weather gets colder, it's time to reach for warmer clothing. More and more of us are also looking for more environmentally-friendly materials and there's little more sustainable than clothing made from wool, particularly British wool. 

Snuggled in a 200 year old converted cow barn in Clapham, one of the loveliest spots of the Yorkshire Dales, is a family-run business taking their inspiration from the surrounding scenery. Richard and Justine Sexton established Glencroft over 30 years ago to offer classic British country wear made from natural fibres such as British wool.

Now the business is also run by their son Edward who's maintained their business philosophy of using high quality materials to produce good clothing that lasts, working with British manufacturers. They sell direct to the public through their website, and in their shop as well as through independent retailers. The Glencroft range includes rugs, throws, woollen wear, hats, gloves and scarves. All are designed to be long lasting and hard wearing, something that hopefully more consumers will start to value again. Over 80% of their products are made in the UK, many in the same factories by the same people for the past 30 years. 

After living in London for a while, Edward clearly enjoys being back in the village where his old school is next to the office! He's keen to build relationships with local farmers and look at ways of reducing waste, for example by making baby gloves out of remnants from other products - just as people have done for generations. 

One of their new products is a Yorkshire Three Peaks Project Lambswool Scarf, available in five different colours and woven in a traditional Yorkshire woollen mill. All profits from sales of these scarves will go to  support the maintenance of paths and combat erosion on Ingleborough, Whernside and Penyghent. 

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Doors and windows

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I remember, a long time ago, my father telling me that when you look at a photograph or painting, it's often the white spaces or the gaps that tell an important story. Some of what you see isn't actually there, but our eyes and minds fill the spaces and create a story in our minds.

​I often think of that when looking at buildings in the Yorkshire Dales. Some of the most beautiful farm buildings, barns and houses are incomplete, sometimes even derelict, ruins that are gradually sinking into the ground. 

I particularly love the doors and windows of many Dales buildings, cobwebby, barely there, or boarded up, hanging on by a few strands of baler twine.

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One of my favourite doors in the Dales. A small bar door in Arncliffe, where someone once cared enough to carve these hearts. Wonder if anyone still remembers wht?
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The frames have rotted, the class has broken, but somehow the window holds its place in this bothy on the moor.
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A modest barn door, just like so many others, and yet each one is so distinctive.
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Every now and then you happen upon a grander door than all the others. This one is in Linton.
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One of the Dales' most photographed windows. Image by Guy Carpenter
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Wonder if anyone even still knows what's stored in here? When did it all become so forgotten? What happened? What's the story?
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Ancient building, ancient machinery & a motley collection of doors & windows, standing the test of time
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A masterclass in window blocking - the barn equivalent of a tapestry sampler with so many different ad hoc ways to block the windows from the elements.
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No one really knows the story of Lobley Hall. Look closely and you can see how the surrounding ground is now higher than the building, and how it was once a grand place, evidenced by the dressed stone by the windows.
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One of my favourite windows in the Yorkshire Dales, at the top of Bolton Castle. What a view!
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How many thousands of people have enjoyed the view through this doorway at Jervaulx Abbey?
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Transports of Delight

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Forget commuter trains and unforgiving morning timetables. Here trains are much loved and celebrated.

​The awe-inspiring journeys are as important and dramatic as the destinations themselves.

Ride on the Settle to Carlisle, Wensleydale Railway or Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and enjoy scenery that’s often inaccessible by road. 

Enjoy sauntering through the countryside with a new friend on a llama or alpaca trek. Take a step back in time and travel on a vintage bus or you could travel in real style, in a classic car. 

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Try a Trike. Not the bright red three wheeled toddler bike variety, but a friendly silver monster driven by Jason from Yorkshire Trike Tours who will give you an in-depth and amusing commentary as you take a tour and see the Yorkshire Dales sights. 

Enjoy the wonderful whoosh feeling of freewheeling down a hill with a mountain bike from the Dales Bike Centre (they also have excellent cake!) by Reeth or Stage 1 Cycles in Hawes. Fed up of cycling 50 yards behind your partner? Don’t get left behind. Try a Discover Tandeming Day! 

For a different view, drift along a canal in a narrow boat, catching glimpses of another era on the 200 year old Leeds and Liverpool Canal with Pennine Cruisers, Snaygill Boats or Pennine Boat Trips of Skipton.

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Yorkshire Dales Animal Artists

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There are many artists living and working in the Yorkshire Dales. Several of them create work inspired by the wildlife and animals around them. 

Studying maths at university isn't the most obvious route to becoming a successful wildlife artist but it's what Nolon Stacey did before returning to his childhood passion for drawing.

His work is very distinctive as he creates incredibly detailed drawings of animals using just a pencil.

​I'm intrigued at the way he builds depth layer by painstaking layer, giving each creature life on the page.

It's not surprising that his drawings can take up to 100 hours to complete, particularly if you look at some of his pictures such as this Swaledale, where the fleece looks textured and thick enough to bury your hands and feel the lanolin. Nolon's lovely gallery is in Masham, tucked away behind Cafe in the Square. 

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Stacey Moore is another self-taught animal artist, working from her studio in Hawes. Her fresh, vibrant animal drawings are created in coloured pencil. Stacey's background in marketing is evident she's just won anotehr business award. Stacey has exhibited nationally and is recognised as one of Yorkshire's leading wildlife artists. She is very supportive of several charities, using her work to raise awareness and fundraise. 

Over in Hebden near Grassington, Chris Foster studied at art college and worked for some years as a french polisher before becoming an artist and photographer. Many of his animal portraits are on commission, taking up to a month to complete. He visits each animal 'client' to take their picture and get a sense of their character before painting them in acrylics, starting with their eyes and then carefully adding detail to accurate represent each animal. 

Fiona Clark's animal portraits feel loose and relaxed, reflecting the way she feels about her Oughtershaw home right in the centre of the Yorkshire Dales. She enjoys sitting in a quiet spot - every spot is a quiet spot - on her farm and experimenting with inks, watercolours and rolls to convey the sense of the animals she loves, rather than the fine detail. 

Sharon Russell's work is very different. Going under the name of Quirky Cows, Sharron creates lively and primitively colourful cow pictures which remind me of the cow equivalent of Thelwell 's ponies. Her work can be seen in her gallery in Leyburn. ​

​Pictures left to right: Sharon Russell, Fiona Clark, Chris Foster

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