Blog: From A Small Place
The well-known children’s nursery rhyme says ‘August brings the sheaves of corn, then the harvest home is borne’ That’s in an ideal world of course! At the time of writing harvesting continues to be held up by the wet weather with frustrated producers desperate to get onto the land with…
Phew…what a month! July has been both a hot one and a hectic one. We were thrilled to be able to get back to the Great Yorkshire Show earlier this month and, after weeks of cautious planning due to uncertainties caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, we organised lovely new banners,…
The month of all new! Here at Yockenthwaite, it’s all change this month; June turns out to be the Month of all new! We say goodbye and a huge thank you to Milly who is leaving us to have a baby and to Hazel, Lois and Phil, who have helped…
The postbox on Yockenthwaite bridge had a new coat of paint last year and I hadn’t realised just how bright and ‘red’ it was until I took this snowy picture earlier today. It is a little worse for wear, but for a roadside postbox of over 60 years of age…
I have always taken down my Christmas decorations on January 6th. My mum did, my nana did and I have always done the same, I have never questioned it, the 6th is twelfth night; but is it? This year, after reading an article in the newspaper I am beginning to…
Slow Release, Wholesome Foods Ask any athlete or fitness instructor how they’re able to do what they do, and the answer will always be the same; it’s as much about what you eat as it is about how you train. We’ve heard many reports of how our granola has been used to…
It’s up in the Dales, the Yorkshire Dales; in a remote and lesser known stretch of Wharfedale called Langstrothdale; Langstrothdale chase to be precise. Only a few miles downstream from the source of the river Wharfe, Yockenthwaite is a small hamlet of nowadays just three farm houses. Years ago it…