The Inn Way is series of award-winning walking guide books by Mark Reid. They offer an enjoyable and unique approach to discovering the wonderful countryside of England’s North Country... as well as its wealth of hidden and unspoilt pubs.

You might bump into Mark when out walking, or relaxing afterwards in a local pub.  You can also see Mark on the TV servies The Dales.

If you are planning a walking in North Yorkshire, do check out Mark's website and books.

The Appleby Horse Fair is a long event where Romany families meet up and conduct business in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria - about 1 hour from the Yorkshire Dales National park.

The 2011 event is happening 2nd - 8th June, and worth a visit to emerse yourself in the history and excitement of the fair.

For futher details see the Appleby Horse Fair official website, or the fair page on the Visit Cumbria website.

If you are looking for accomodation, we have self catering holiday cottages and bed & breakfast accomodation in north Yorkshire.

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has developed a free smartphone app designed to help you get the most out of a visit to the National Park.

It is initially based around Malham and Hawes and there are points of interest for you to find around the area; a selection of walking and cycling trails to get you out into the countryside and background information on other outdoor activities you might like to try.

For further information see the GO DALES website.

Also mentioned by the BBC.

The best music festival in Britain is coming!

The Swaledale Festival 2011 (28 May - 11 June) offers a range of concerts in chapels, churches, village halls, pubs, castles and barns, and guided walks in the fantastic scenery of the northern Yorkshire Dales.

The Festival presents a fortnight of musical delights and wonderful walking, and hosts top-class musicians from around the world - Russia, Palestine, Korea, Czech Republic, Canada and of course Yorkshire. From solo violinists to jazz guitarists; folk groups to brass bands; Arabic music to string quartets ..... there is music for every taste as well as poetry, drama and art exhibitions.

This is an event not to be missed!  If you are in the area or on holiday nearby, pop over and get involved.  See you there!

For more information see: http://www.swaledale-festival.org.uk/index.html

“Remote communities, isolated farms, lush green valleys and limestone pavements – this landscape challenges the people who live and work here – there’s nowhere else like it in Britain. But it’s the warm Yorkshire spirit of the people who live here that keeps the heart of the Dales beating” Adrian Edmondson

In a new, 12-part series for ITV1, Adrian Edmondson returns to the county of his birth, Yorkshire, to bring us the stories behind a summer in the life of the Yorkshire Dales. The Dales started tonight at 8pm on ITV1.

Spectacularly beautiful they may be – but the Dales are also a challenging environment for the people who live there in some of its remote communities.

Adrian used to spend many of his childhood summers in the Yorkshire Dales with his family, but in this series he meets a number of characters who live all year round there amidst the stunning scenery of landmarks like Bolton Abbey and Aysgarth Falls.

They include 16 year-old Philip Mellin who has just left school and is taking on the running of the family farm, alongside his mum Carol, after the death of his dad last year. There’s also shepherdess Amanda Owen who balances’ running a 900-strong sheep farm with husband Clive, while bringing up five young children – the youngest is only four weeks old.

From the Wensleydale Railway to Leyburn Brass Band and a real life Vicar of Dibley, The Dales provides a unique insight into one of England’s most iconic locations through the eyes of the people who live there...

Aysgarth Falls, Aysgarth, Yorkshire Dales

Having parked in the George and Dragon pub car park, Aysgarth, we spent a lovely couple of hours walking from Aysgarth to West Burton and back.  This was an easy (and quiet) loop walk passing Aysgarth Falls and treking through fields and woodland to West Burton, where we refreshed ourselves at the Fox and Hounds pub.  It was then a nice stroll back to Aysgarth, and a final short climb up a couple of steep fields to the car.

Tree silhouette Brompton on Swale   

Went for a wonderful dog walk today around Brompton on Swale and Scorton, just outside Richmond and very near to Northallerton.  Lovely puffy white clouds, sunny (had to wear sunglasses!) and warm - a great spring-like day.  Had view of Richmond on the hill and beyond towards the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and the other direction views of the North York Moors - both great holiday destinations with plenty of self-catering holiday accomodation and cottages.

We spent the afternoon in Hawes today for a walk, and ended up in the Kings Head in Askrigg - the famous pub better known as 'The Drovers' in All Creatures Great and Small.

Would be interested in your stories of trips to Hawes, Askrigg and surrounding areas in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

I was out walking the dog today, an ambitious endeavour given blustery wind and rain – but boy am I glad I ventured outside!  A wonderful rainbow just outside of Richmond, North Yorkshire.  I just wish I had my DSLR camera with wide angle lens on me, as opposed to a phone with camera! 

The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority have overhauled their 'Out of Oblivion' website, which has fascinating facts and information about thousands of years of life in the Yorkshire Dales landscape.

For further information, see their website: http://www.outofoblivion.org.uk/