Bobble hat; sheepskin mittens; rucksack; walking boots; flask of tea; Christmas cake; map…………come on…….we are going on a little adventure!
I’m going to share a little secret……Swaledale! My favourite Yorkshire Dale. I’m back from Spain and I did not want to come home! 😆 I’ll tell you all about that very soon, because there’s lots to share so it may take me a little longer.
This is just a little interim update on today’s adventure! We are two hours away from a huge Yorkshire snow storm, so I thought if I’m going to get a bit of fresh air before going back to work on Monday, I need to go today.
So this is Swaledale! How absolutely gorgeous is she! 😍 Quite possibly my favourite dale and no-one else there today. Enjoy the pictures……..not many words because the pictures just speak for themselves.
It’s hard to describe Yorkshire in winter………it’s bitterly cold, it’s bleak, it’s lonely, it’s unforgiving………….but it’s still so unbelievably beautiful.
There were icy waterfalls…….
There were Swaledale sheep………lots of them. 😍 Yes, the dale even has its own breed of sheep…….the Swaledale. It has a black face with a white nose, white eyes, and curly horns. It has really thick wool for it to survive in these harsh conditions. It is bred for its meat, which is really sweet and flavoursome.
There was a tea shop….
There was home made Christmas cake and tea by the river……
There were gorgeous icy views down the valley from up above……..
There were wet feet 😂…………
Tractor driving……
Glorious mother nature…….
But goodness it was cold…….even the trees seemed to be reaching out their naked branches to get closer to the sun……………
So I feel like I’ve had a little productive, lung busting adventure while everyone else seems to have been huddled inside waiting for the snow. So the secret it out………Swaledale……..my favourite Yorkshire dale that I wanted to share. Don’t tell everyone though……it’s a secret. I’ve managed to convince myself that Yorkshire is not too bad after all…………….but I’m still missing my little Christmas trip………so much so that I managed to find Rioja Blanco and Tapas on the way home😂😂 Where there’s a will there’s a way! A little bit of Spain in Yorkshire!
