The Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival 23rd and 24th July 2022 - The Hairy Bikers

Hey guys, Thought that I'd write a post on my recent trip to the Yorkshire Dales. For those that don't know, the "Dales" are one of the hilliest areas in the UK and this is where the attraction

From Sedbergh including Winder, Arant Haw, Calders, The Calf, Hazelgill Knott, West Fell, Bowderdale, Randygill Top, Kensgriff and Yarlside. Route- Ascending Winder looking over Sedbergh On Winder looking

One of my favourite hikes in the UK is the Yorkshire Three Peaks which consists of Whernside 736 m (the highest in the Yorkshire Dales), Ingleborough 723 m (probably the most popular) and Pen-y-ghent 694

Here we have another public thouroughfare where a myriad of different flowers and fauna can be seen, including these Fragrant Orchids, Butterfly Orchid, Common Eyebright, Goatsbeard and Yellow Rattle all

Alongside another public pathway in upper swaledale is a wonderful meadow where these Butterfly Orchids grow, also in the meadown are Pryrmid Orchids, Meadow Vetch, and a plethora of wild dog rose bushes.

The Common Blue butterfly often visits one of our local hay meadows, but are very difficult to get a picture of, they are very lively indeed. Whilst on a walk on the fells we found this butterfly on the

In a quiet place and roadside verge we found these unique hybrids of the Common Spotted Orchid, they grow right next to the main road where most people walk straight past them without ever noticing these

As keen outdoor folks we spent a lot of time in our local area and other dales adjoining Swaledale, here is a sellection of our own photo's taken over the last 25 years. I will be doing a series of ten

these i have found on the moors , the winter rain washs away the soil , these moors were wooded and were only cleared of trees relativly recently to turn the area into grouse shooting areas and to rear

High up on the Yorkshire Dales is a hidden cave , with court yard and stone stair case leading into it , at least two thousand years old  you have to walk through woods over moores , until you come