Enjoying retirement
In The Red Rose County
In an hour we can be over the border and in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. And who wouldn't want to be? A lovely drive to get to Grassington, just North of Skipton, and here is the view from the Trust car park. We'd planned on going down to the river, and found this well signed from the car park. .....down a narrow stone-walled lane, so typical of these parts..... and we soon saw Linton before us,.... and Linton Falls which over time had carved out its strange progress through the limestone... We then walked along the river - the Wharfe of course - past a trout farm, to an impressive set of stepping stones....... We reserved these for another time and continued on the East bank using some unusual styles with spring-loaded gates on top of steps passing half-hidden benches..... to reach the village of Grassington itself and to our surprise we happened on Sam West being filmed in the main square for the new series of 'All Creatures Great and Small'. We watched for some time, fascinated by the procedures involved... and we then had a good look around the 'set' noting how Grassington had been transformed into pre-war Darrowby a fashion shops became a bakers and a clothes shop a bookshop - such is the power of film! Having said that, Grassington is quite beautiful left to its own devices and, although there were a lot of visitors, the fabric of the place seems relatively little harmed. It was a real pleasure to wander around. and we ended up at the fudge shop where many years ago we bought home-made fudge for our own sweet shop in York. We couldn't resist of course and Frances ended up talking to the self-same owner we had dealt with all those years ago. Amazing. He brought us up to date with our icecream supplier too. Brymor the farmer we had used for our wonderful Pedigree Jersey icecream had died and the farm taken over by his son who 2 months later dies himself. Tragic. The farm was sold but someone took over the icecream side of the business which is still going strong apparently. As well as fudge we bought a boot stand for our hall from a lovely shop that specialised in wrought iron work. We can't wait to go back.
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