South down the A1, right, then left at Scotch Corner for Richmond, straight through that lovely little town and then left toward Leyburn, pulling into Cow Close Farm just before we get into Leyburn itself. And what a delightful little site this is - in fact it's so delightful I hesitate to tell you about it, and Mick the owner is a very friendly chap with a good sense of humour - he tells us that you can see for 40 miles in one direction - we can barely see the other side of the field it's so misty!
We're quickly settled in and I chuckle as they make their tea...they came prepared for a barbie (No, not the doll - that would just be weird) but instead turned it into a grillie, on account of it being misty (as in foggy, not as in roots) - still they enjoyed themselves.
The following morning they're up early and after a muesli (yes, muesli, not measly... but is there a difference?) breakfast they set off in the slowly lifting mist for a walk along Leyburn Shawl, down to Wensley, along the banks of the River Ure where they see lots of butterflies
and then back to Leyburn. And very enjoyable it was too - especially the romanticism of the Shawl, the giant yorkie and steak'n'ale pie in the Three Horseshoes pub in Wensley, Holy Trinity Church, also in Wensley, and additional mucky beers in Leyburn.
That night, it was a new jig, a chill out to some groovy beats and a good night's sleep.
The following day it was up early for Him - cooking breakfast while She relaxes in bed reading the newspaper (I only mention this, because it's unusual for it to be this way round!!) and then, after paying Mick and packing everything up it's off to Aysgarth Falls
which they spend ages looking at and photographing and then it's home, past Bolton Castle, to the constant chatter of "We'll have to watch Robin Hood Prince of Thieves to see the fight scene between Robin and Little John..." apparently it was filmed at Aysgarth.
You can see more of their photos from this trip to Leyburn here.
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