Up and down Dale

I have been away for a few days in the Yorkshire Dales where life is a bit slower. In the Midlands we have a few, for want of a better phrase, sweetshop boutiques where Uncle Joe's Mintballs and Sherbet Lemons are sold in trendy retro shops.

In the Dales and around places such as Skipton these sweetshops never seem to have gone away, they are still there among the corner shops. There also seem to be at least one tea shop for each person on the electoral roll.

If you are ever up in that neck of the woods and are feeling fair clemmed (a northern expression for feeling hungry to get you in the swing of things) then I can heartily recommend the The Cavendish Arms at Embsay just outside Skipton, Friendly staff, good food, good prices and well kept ale