9 ways to exhaust some children & have fun yourself:

1. Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival - celebrating 30 years, bigger and better than ever before
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You would think that in an area known as the 'Yorkshire Dales', where the dales themselves are the main attraction, that some one would be able to tel…

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The lovely hamlet of Arncliffe feels like it's tucked away in its own special time zone, safely distanced from the troubles of the world. The houses a…

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Bones in the market place, an odd name, plenty of beer, sheep and creative people - where? Masham - it’s ‘peculier’…

The ‘peculier’ bit doesn’t relat…

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What does 'sense of community' mean to you? Is there one where you live? If it wasn't for a blizzard, a sense of community, & a plucky older lady I …
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Are you worth your salt? A ‘salt of the earth’ character or do you ‘take things with a pinch of salt’? Read on to find out why we use those expression…

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Looking for a very different walk? There's a very special place, not very well-known, despite it being one of England's most significant and mysteri…
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Have you heard of the Hecklers of Smelthouses? Neither had I until Amanda Brown wrote this! There was a lot of heckling in the Nidderdale hamlet of Sm…

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Wool's such a fantastic, sustainable material. Laura Rosenzweig is an artisan weaver, previously with a studio in Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales and …

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