At the end of June, I had a weekend away in the Yorkshire Dales, a part of England that I have not explored much. Several years ago when I went to Harrogate, I went into the southeast tip of the Dales, but this time, I stayed at the Pheasant Inn near Kirkby Lonsdale in the southwest part of the country. The accommodation was a pub-restaurant with a garden and located in a small settlement of buildings bordering sheep pastures.
I had a nice four-poster bed in the bedroom, and it included an en-suite bathroom with bath. The window looked out over the road in the small country village, and I watched the tractors carrying cut hay in wagons back and forth through the village. The booking included two nights, which was a gift to me. This also included breakfast every morning and dinner on the first night. (Dinner included a starter or dessert and a main; drinks and a third course were charged extra.)
To celebrate some much-needed time off, we had three courses. I had the vegetable soup, which came served with a slice of fresh bread. My only complaint was that the soup was too thick. The rest of the meal was good, though! The soup should have been thinner, not lumpy.
The bloke had steak, and I had chicken risotto.
For the desserts, the bloke had ice cream. I had the brownie.
Now to cover what I got up to in the Yorkshire Dales. In the short of it, I visited castles, abbey ruins, show caves, and the Wensleydale Cheese Factory. I had part of a day in the Lake District as well, but I did not get a good sense of discovering it. I went on a boat trip to Piel Castle, which was probably the highlight, to a castle and an abbey.
A Visit to Bowes Castle (County Durham, England)
Exploring White Scar Caves in the Yorkshire Dales, England
A Visit to Egglestone Abbey (Country Durham, England)
A Visit to Barnard Castle's Castle (County Durham, England)
An Afternoon at Wray Castle in England's Lake District
A Morning at Piel Castle, Piel Island
Days Out: Furness Abbey (Cumbria, England)
Days Out: Wensleydale Cheese (Yorkshire Dales, England)
Days Out: Ingleborough Cave (Yorkshire Dales, England)
A Visit to Pendragon Castle (Yorkshire Dales, England)
An Afternoon at Brough Castle (Cumbria, England)
One of my stops in the Lake District was to Fell Foot on Windermere Lake. This was only a fleeting trip. The area is picturesque with sailboats and people enjoying the sun and the water.
A Roman villa was discovered here in the flat area near the parking, but there's no remains visible of it. There is also a boat house here.
That concludes my visit to the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District. Hopefully I am able to take more time off in the future to make it a longer journey, but I could not take much time off at the moment.
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