A Day Out to the Yorkshire Dales

"STOP!" That's what I would yell every two minutes as we drove through the Yorkshire Dales, I couldn't take enough photo's of the sheep who were meandering happily down the road. Luckily for me, my lovely family sat patiently and waited whilst I quietly stalked unsuspecting sheep wanting to catch the perfect photograph and make them famous on my blog.

Matthew's geneology goes all the way back to the Yorkshire Dales to I think the 1500's or so, some from the village of Swaledale I believe, it's pretty amazing that our family has gone full circle since he met and fell in love with me, his "Yorkshire Lass!".

We drove to the Wensleydale Creamery, however since we took the "scenic route", we arrived a little too late to take a tour of the cheese factory, but we did enjoy a very nice lunch together at the restaurant, and I bought a book, a little sheep for Amelia and some treats to take back home at the Gift Shop.

I set up the camera and scrambled down the hill for the photo below,

Isn't it amazing what you'll do to get a photograph with your loved one?


Here we are at the Creamery,

we enjoyed sampling the many varieties of cheese.

You are surrounded by amazing views everywhere you look in the Yorkshire Dales, I love it!

Amelia and Grandpa David played outside whilst we waited for lunch.
"Steady as you go, little one!"

Of course, you can't visit a Creamery and not try the ice cream.

Now, below, if you look really close, the shadowy hill in the very back of the photo (you can barely see it), is Ingleborough Peak, it rises 2,373 feet, and I climbed it when I lived in England along with one other of the three peaks. I, along with a small group of friends from work (might I add I was the only girl), conquered the two peaks in one fabulous day, it is an achievement I am still proud of today. Of course, I couldn't walk easily for a few days afterwards but it was so worth it.

The photo below shows the Ribblehead Viaduct from a distance...

And now for a close-up, just look at that blue sky!


Huge blocks of limestone, some weighing nearly eight tons, from quarries nearby were used to create this structure. The viaduct was opened for the Settle to Carlisle line in 1876.

So, there's a little history of some of the most magnificent places I know, and believe me, there are so many more that I have not even mentioned.

A fabulous, fun time was had by all.