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Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen - Season 2 Episode 3 -
Lady Anne's Way
Lady Anne's Way
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00:00She's Helen Skelton, he's Dan Walker.
00:06Daniel!
00:07Are we hanging today?
00:08Come on.
00:09Nice to see you.
00:10We are the best of pals.
00:11Which way are you going?
00:12Come on!
00:13Oh, you little cheeky rascal!
00:15Now I'll have to catch ya!
00:16And we're back, sharing our love of the great Yorkshire countryside.
00:20Look at this!
00:21Are you still there?
00:23So we're off on new adventures.
00:26Oh my lord, it is really wobbly now.
00:29Let's not break it, it's been here a while.
00:31To discover even more inspiring natural wonders.
00:34That is very impressive.
00:36Mother Nature, you are showing off.
00:37And taking the highways and byways that lead to those little hidden gems.
00:42Oh, that does not disappoint, does it?
00:44That give Yorkshire its truly special appeal.
00:47Let's see the puffins!
00:48Buffins are great!
00:49Indeed!
00:50We'll be meeting more of the lovely folk at the heart of God's own country.
00:55I want to hug you!
00:56And we'll marvel at the majestic wonder of Yorkshire.
01:00Even when we get old, we'll still play out.
01:02Okay, deal.
01:03Great and small.
01:05That, Helen Skelton, is Yorkshire.
01:08Ta-da!
01:09She's running in!
01:10Hello!
01:11I would have jumped, but you're very high!
01:12I haven't seen you for ages!
01:13How are you?
01:14Ooh!
01:15That was good, wasn't it?
01:16This is nice!
01:17This is Skipton Castle.
01:18That is Skipton.
01:19This glorious market town with its imposing castle was the birthplace of a legendary figure in the pages of Yorkshire's history.
01:26Lady Anne Clifford was a 16th century noblewoman, and was one of the most formidable people in the history of Yorkshire's history.
01:41Lady Anne Clifford was a 16th century noblewoman, and was one of the most formidable personalities in medieval society.
01:58Big legacy, stoic person, she put things in place that people in towns and villages across the North still benefit from.
02:08If you thought Helen Skelton was Queen of the North, it's actually Lady Anne Clifford.
02:12Lady Anne Clifford.
02:13Let's go!
02:14Today we'll be walking some of the route named in her honour, the Lady Anne's Way, through landscapes she would have known.
02:33The 100 mile way winds up through the Yorkshire Dales and on into Cumbria.
02:39On the stretch we're doing, we'll take in spectacular vistas, discover secret places where queens once danced,
02:46get up close to stunning wildlife, and marvel at one of the true natural wonders of Yorkshire.
02:54But our journey begins here at Skipton Castle, where Lady Anne was born in 1590.
03:03Aww!
03:04Aww!
03:09As medieval castles go, this is as perfect as it gets.
03:13I mean, it's like, I know it sounds silly, but if you go to a castle in England, you expect bits of a castle sometimes.
03:20This looks perfect, perfect windows, perfect lawn, roses.
03:24I was going to mention the lawn.
03:25Yeah.
03:26I love the building, but that, I'm very envious of that lawn, that's a great lawn.
03:30If you like the lawn, I think you're going to like the rest.
03:32Oh, shall we investigate?
03:33Come on.
03:34The castle has towered over the surrounding landscape for more than 900 years.
03:41We've been invited for a look round by current custodian, Sebastian Fattorini.
03:47Here he is.
03:48Hey rooms.
03:49Nice to see you.
03:50Nice to meet you.
03:51Thank you for letting us come into your lovely castle.
03:52It's a pleasure.
03:53Oh, you're going straight over to look at these.
03:55Yeah.
03:56Lady Anne spent decades trying to win back her inheritance after her father, George Clifford,
04:02had disinherited her in favour of Anne's uncle.
04:05From the age of 15, with the help of her mother, Margaret, she basically fought for her inheritance
04:12until the lovely age of 56.
04:15And then, for 20 years, she repaired all her five castles, all her lands, churches, schools.
04:23So, she's quite a remarkable person.
04:28All over the castle, you find evidence of Lady Anne's rebuilding.
04:35Oh, it's just amazing room after amazing room.
04:38I love, I love, love, love this.
04:44This is the watchtower, and what it shows is the old part, which is 1310,
04:51and then the bit above there is the bit that Lady Anne built when she repaired the castle.
04:56She's put some nice, decent windows in.
04:59And then she's also put a fireplace in, so it's going to be warm and light.
05:02Most important question, have you got a ride on Noah?
05:12Yes, we do.
05:13We've got a little green...
05:14Well done.
05:15Congratulations.
05:16Green one.
05:20Lady Anne was quite the Renaissance woman, with a keen sense of history and occasion.
05:26Oh, that is beautiful.
05:28Sebastian, that's amazing.
05:29A yew tree?
05:31It is a yew tree.
05:32Once Lady Anne had restored her castle, she's marked the restoration and the end of wars and all the rest of it,
05:39and she's planted this tree.
05:43Do we know when she planted it?
05:45If you look up there on the...
05:46On the drain pipe.
05:47Drain pipe.
05:48She planted it in 1659.
05:53And the planting of the tree marked a new era of stability in England,
05:57as the turmoil of the Civil War receded, there was no better symbol of permanence than a mighty yew.
06:09Have you measured it?
06:10Yeah.
06:11So there's that left from my nose to there.
06:14And that's probably three foot.
06:15That's nine foot.
06:16This is twelve inches.
06:21Done.
06:22Yeah.
06:23So basically...
06:24Nine foot round.
06:25I love that.
06:26Yes.
06:27What a beautiful way to start our walk.
06:28Well, I also think historical figures, sometimes it's hard to really understand what they did.
06:41But, you know, that's given us a good context.
06:43It's given us a bit of wind in our sails.
06:45Get a good feel for Lady Anne.
06:46Yeah, exactly.
06:47What's next?
06:48Do you want to eat something?
06:49Oh, yeah, breakfast?
06:50Yes.
06:51Come on.
06:52We're going to go and meet an inspirational lady.
06:55The green and rolling acres of the Dales are the backdrop to a great Yorkshire success story.
07:10That story begins at Yochenthwaite Farm, a typical cluster of ancient stone buildings in the beautiful Langstrethdale Valley.
07:18It's here that one farming family turned their passion for serving their guests' breakfast cereal into a booming business.
07:28We're headed to the outskirts of Skipton to be let in on the secrets.
07:34Grenoble Towers.
07:37Hello.
07:38You must be Liz.
07:39I am, yes.
07:40Nice to meet you.
07:41Hi, Dan.
07:42Hi, Dan.
07:43Hi.
07:44Nice to meet you.
07:45We've got white on, but I do feel like we're underdressed.
07:47We also need a hairnet, I think.
07:48You do, yes, yes.
07:49You need to be suitably togged.
07:50OK.
07:51Let's come through here.
07:52You've got two huge granola fans in.
07:53Oh, that's good.
07:54Excellent.
07:55We love their stuff.
07:56The herds are a fittingly named fifth-generation family of sheep farmers.
08:01They started making granola in their Dales farmhouse more than a decade ago.
08:07When things took off, they moved their operation to this state-of-the-art production unit.
08:13What do you like?
08:14Do you like forward or back?
08:15Forward's good.
08:16Forward?
08:17Yeah, definitely.
08:18More like that.
08:19Yeah.
08:20That's it.
08:21Come on.
08:22Right, so these are groats.
08:23They are groats.
08:24Get in there with your groats.
08:25The family recipe is a blend of whole oat grain or groats, a variety of nuts and minimal
08:31added sugar.
08:32And then you just chuck them into the roller.
08:35Into there.
08:36Oh.
08:37Excellent technique.
08:38Once you've rolled it.
08:39Yeah.
08:40Then where do you go?
08:41Well, from there, we mix it with all the other dry ingredients.
08:42Thanks, Dan.
08:43I think that's enough for now.
08:44We'll just let that go.
08:45Stop it.
08:46Okay.
08:47Next up, honey and olive oil are added to the mix.
08:48You do the important bit.
08:49You know what?
08:50You put in petrol in your tank.
08:51I don't need to.
08:52I don't need to.
08:53I've got this.
08:54Do you want me to do that?
08:55Oh.
08:56Fire up the jets.
08:57Not just yet, Helen.
08:58Oh, sorry.
08:59Okay, six is the magic number.
09:00Six, indeed, yes.
09:01Six.
09:02Hold on.
09:03Hold on.
09:04Hold on.
09:05Hold on.
09:06Oh.
09:07Nailed it.
09:08Nailed it.
09:09Oh, no.
09:10Oh, no.
09:11Oh, no.
09:12Oh, no.
09:13Oh, no.
09:14So straight into the bottom with it.
09:19Oh.
09:20Great technique.
09:21Okay, that's perfect.
09:22Okay, now we need to just make sure to try not to make too much mess.
09:27We don't want to waste.
09:28We're in Yorkshire after all.
09:29Can I lick the spoon?
09:30No, I'm joking.
09:31I'm joking, Liz.
09:32I'm joking.
09:33Oh, she's going again.
09:35You never refuse her of under-whisking.
09:39A flour, salt and nut mixture is added next.
09:43See how I've bent my legs there?
09:44Yeah.
09:45I've done this before.
09:47They produce up to 600 kilos, or around 1,200 bags a day.
09:52That's perfect there now.
09:53Not to pour that onto your tray.
09:55Which is a heck of a lot of nuts, oats and honey.
10:00The Heard family has farmed sheep in Yockenthwaite for nearly 200 years.
10:06Like many, they've diversified, but their B&B sideline was badly hit by foot and mouth in 2001.
10:12We were closed for 12 months during foot and mouth, and when we reopened, we realised that
10:19we had to offer something a little bit different to bring people back, and so I concentrated
10:24on local food, and granola was always the star of the breakfast.
10:29Now the granola is bagged, boxed, and shipped all over the country.
10:36You must be very proud, Liz.
10:38Yeah.
10:39You have to think, yes, we started on a kitchen table, and this is where we are today.
10:43Yeah.
10:44Fair play.
10:45Because of all your hard work, we're going to give you one of these each, for your journey
10:51on the lady and her.
10:52Oh, thank you.
10:53Thanks for the window into granola world.
10:55Yes.
10:56Coming up, we hit the blustery heights in Wharfdale.
11:03He couldn't come with us.
11:05Are you still there?
11:08And a journey back in time brings out the big kid in Dan.
11:12We have a whistle board here, if you want to explore that.
11:15At any length?
11:16Yeah, at any time now.
11:17Just one part?
11:18Yeah, a long length, yeah.
11:22Ah, there's something very special about that.
11:37Lady Anne's Way is taking us through some magnificent North Yorkshire countryside.
11:43Just a short hop and a little stretch of the legs away is one of the jewels in this great landscape.
11:51It's quite steep towards the end, but worth it.
11:54Okay.
11:55Well, we both love views.
11:56Yes.
11:57We both love Yorkshire, so.
11:58Yeah.
11:59Yeah, I'm all in.
12:00Let's go.
12:01Let's go.
12:02Let's go.
12:04Emsay Crag is a stunning gritstone outcrop that rises 1,200 feet above the village of Emsay and its reservoir.
12:12Let's go.
12:13Let's go.
12:14Let's go.
12:15Let's go.
12:16Let's go.
12:17You've got a good pace on you there.
12:18For little legs I can trot.
12:20Let's go.
12:21Let's go.
12:22Let's go.
12:23Let's go.
12:24Let's go.
12:25Let's go.
12:26Let's go.
12:27Let's go.
12:29What are you thinking, Walker?
12:31Well, I'm enjoying this stroll.
12:33It's starting to get a bit leggy, but we like that, don't we?
12:36Good job you are a long-limbed human.
12:39Yeah.
12:40I think my stride gets longer the steeper it becomes.
12:43I'm like a little tiny pigeon.
12:49Oh, what a nice sound.
12:53I'd like to get my feet and my face in there.
12:56I've got granola hands.
12:59Oh, it's so lovely.
13:00Cold.
13:10Alright.
13:15As we approach the summit, a breathtaking 360 degree view unfolds.
13:21It really is a sight for sore eyes.
13:24Right.
13:25Oh, she's windy.
13:26It is a bit.
13:27Wait, are you alright?
13:28I've got a bit of sand in the eye, but I'm okay.
13:29I'm still enjoying the view.
13:30I can hardly open my eyes, but I believe Skipton's over there.
13:31I think we need a little bit of protection from the rock.
13:32Shelter.
13:33I've got some granola in the bag.
13:34Do you?
13:35Yeah.
13:36Come on.
13:37They say you can use it like trail mix.
13:38Okay.
13:39I call upon the power of ten tigers.
13:40I've now got granola seeds in my eye.
13:41She's done with this.
13:42Are you still there?
13:43Are you still there?
13:44Are you still there?
13:45I'm still there?
13:46Oh, I'm sorry.
13:47I'm still there.
13:48I'm still there.
13:49I'm still there.
13:50I'm still there.
13:51I'm still there.
13:52I'm still there.
13:53I'm still there.
13:54It's a little bit of protection from the rock.
13:55I've got some granola in the bag.
13:56Do you?
13:57Yeah.
13:58Come on.
13:59They say you can use it like trail mix.
14:00Okay.
14:01I've got granola seeds in my eye.
14:02She's done with this.
14:03Are you still there?
14:04I think we should capture this moment.
14:05Ready?
14:06Granola selfie.
14:07We'll always have this.
14:08Those are the scars on our eyeballs.
14:09Lock it in your memory.
14:10Okay.
14:11I'm sorry.
14:12I'm sorry.
14:13I'm sorry.
14:14I'm sorry.
14:15I'm sorry.
14:16I'm sorry.
14:17I'm sorry.
14:18I'm sorry.
14:19I'm sorry.
14:20I'm sorry.
14:21I'm sorry.
14:22I'm sorry.
14:23I'm sorry.
14:24I'm sorry.
14:25I'm sorry.
14:26I'm sorry.
14:27I'm sorry.
14:28I'm sorry.
14:29I'm sorry.
14:30I'm sorry.
14:31Come on then.
14:32Oh.
14:33Craig.
14:34Are you all right?
14:35Come on.
14:36Come on.
14:37Come on.
14:38Right.
14:45That was fun, wasn't it?
14:46It was.
14:47You're a bit dry in the mouth now.
14:48Nice windy walk.
14:49I am.
14:50I'm actually going down here, Helen, because I've got an appointment in MC with a steam engine.
14:54Oh, you like a steam train.
14:55Have a lovely time.
14:56Choo choo.
14:57Ciao, ciao.
14:58I've dropped into MC a typically picturesque North Yorkshire village and a must see for
15:12anyone with a passion for the age of steam.
15:15Hello.
15:16Good morning.
15:17How you doing?
15:18Nice to see you.
15:19Hiya.
15:20One single to Bolton Abbey.
15:22Coming right up.
15:23This is old school travel.
15:26There you go.
15:27So that'll be 15 pounds please all together.
15:30Thank you, boss.
15:32Cheers.
15:33I'm off to the train.
15:35The MC and Bolton Abbey steam railway has delighted visitors since opening in 1979.
15:42It's run by staff and volunteers like Don McKeown.
15:46He's been helping keep the spirit alive here for nearly a decade.
15:51Hello.
15:52Hello.
15:53I'm assuming you're Don.
15:54That's right, yeah.
15:55You look very official when you whistle.
15:57I wouldn't say that.
15:58Yeah.
15:59What's your job, Don?
16:00I'm one of the platform staff.
16:01Okay.
16:02So I'm just meeting and greeting people as they come onto the platform.
16:04Making sure the doors are closed when the train leaves.
16:07I'm assuming you're a train enthusiast, Don.
16:09Yes, I am.
16:10What is it you love about them?
16:11It's hard to say really.
16:12It's just in the blood really.
16:13Why do some people like watching 22 men kick a ball around the field?
16:16Okay.
16:17It's the same kind of thing.
16:18What are you saying?
16:19The people who use this station, is it sort of tourism?
16:22Yeah.
16:23Is it some people travelling for work as well?
16:25No, no.
16:26It's just tourism.
16:27Right.
16:28Yeah.
16:29The line's only four miles long and it goes from the middle of nowhere to the middle of
16:31nowhere in some ways.
16:32Selling, Don.
16:33Selling.
16:36It might only run from the middle of nowhere to the middle of nowhere, but with the steam
16:41rising and the whistle blowing, I'm moments away from a great little journey that promises
16:47a chance to step back in time.
16:56Ten miles away, high in the lush green hills above Grassington, there's another hidden gem
17:02where passionate preservation is keeping the past alive in a very different way.
17:09We've got various breeds of sheep, white-faced woodlands, Wensley Dales, those are my favourites.
17:16I like Pippa.
17:17Former teacher, Helen Ray, set up Gam Farm to save rare and endangered farm animals.
17:25My husband and myself didn't start out as farmers.
17:29This was a hobby.
17:31We just started keeping a few sheep in the garden and it just got out of hand.
17:37From that handful of sheep...
17:40Hi, babies.
17:42..the farm has grown to more than 300 animals.
17:44These are faggot goats, one of the rarest breeds of goats native to this country.
17:53They're used for conservation grazing.
17:55Quite tricky to round up and do anything to because they're great jumpers.
18:00And then the other thing they like to do is they love to get their heads stuck through fences.
18:05That's their favourite occupation.
18:07While this incredible place isn't normally open to the general public,
18:14they do host school trips and open days for the Rare Breeds Survival Trust,
18:19who are helping keep alive breeds on the brink.
18:22Petal.
18:24Petal.
18:25Petal.
18:26Come on.
18:27Petal.
18:28Come on, Petal.
18:30These are Northern Dairy Shorthorns.
18:33It's a rare breed, traditional to this country.
18:38We started keeping them in about 2005 and the numbers were really low at that point.
18:44I think there were only about 30 left.
18:46And we just started with three and we finally built up to about 55.
18:53They do very well in the Yorkshire Dales.
18:56They like the landscape.
18:57It doesn't matter what the weather throws at them.
19:00They're very resilient.
19:02I love feeding the lambs.
19:16These are two Wensley Dales.
19:18This is Roxy, the big one, and Ruby.
19:23This is my passion really, just saving Rare Breeds,
19:27because if people didn't keep them, they'd just very quickly die out.
19:31We're first generation farmers and we've come at it slightly sideways,
19:40but it's just a lifestyle now.
19:42I can't imagine doing anything else.
19:44I'm about to step back into a more genteel age of travel.
19:59Feel like a train guy.
20:00On you go.
20:01On you go.
20:02Three dogs.
20:03Dogs are welcome.
20:04But not as a passenger.
20:08I'm riding the foot plate.
20:10Hello, boss.
20:11Okay.
20:12What's your name?
20:13Martin.
20:14Oh, are you Mr. Martin?
20:15I am.
20:16Pleased to meet you.
20:17Nice to meet you.
20:18Hello.
20:19You must be Matt.
20:20I am, yeah.
20:21I've got very clean hands compared to you guys.
20:23Yes.
20:29Can I do that bit?
20:30Yeah, do that bit.
20:31Just one?
20:32Just one.
20:33Thanks.
20:34Thanks.
20:37The Emsay steam railway only runs for four miles, but it's a great four miles.
20:46How do you know how much to put in and when to put in?
20:49Experience.
20:50Knowing the line.
20:51Knowing the gradients.
20:52Knowing the engine.
20:53Knowing what sort of train you're pulling.
21:02We're just reaching the summit of the hill.
21:04Right.
21:05And I'm just going to shut the regulator.
21:07Drop it into full gear.
21:10We're three wheeling.
21:11We're three wheeling now.
21:12We're three wheeling all the way to Boltson Abbey.
21:19We have a whistle board here if you want to explore that.
21:24Tell me when.
21:25Any time now.
21:26Just one foot?
21:27Yeah, a long one.
21:32I tell you what.
21:33There's something very special about that.
21:36No two tricks are the same.
21:38You know, you might have a good trick.
21:40We could have a terrible trick.
21:42You know, it's...
21:44Is this a good trick?
21:45So far.
21:46Yeah.
21:49Well, this memorable trip is at an end.
21:52But it has been a wonderful ride.
21:54Through some of Yorkshire's finest countryside.
22:02Coming up.
22:03Helen goes weak at the knees over the River Wharf.
22:06How do you feel about a jumpy bridge?
22:08It's got...
22:09It's got a bit of sway on it, isn't it?
22:10Yeah.
22:12Afternoon tea is on the menu.
22:13And it's confectionary heaven.
22:15I'm entirely distracted by your cakes.
22:17Sorry.
22:18I did dream about a Victoria sponge.
22:20He dreams about cake every day.
22:22And I get a rare glimpse of one of Yorkshire's best-kept secrets.
22:27Look at that, Mark.
22:29You get hit by the grandeur of it, don't you?
22:31That's right.
22:32When I saw it for the first time, I burst into tears.
22:36I'm sorry.
22:37I'm sorry.
22:38I'm sorry.
22:39You're sorry.
22:40I'm sorry.
22:41I'm sorry.
22:42You're not sorry.
22:43I'm sorry.
22:45You're not sure I have to come here at the end.
22:46I am sorry.
22:47You're not sure the day of it.
22:48I've been in trouble.
22:50We're walking through the Yorkshire Dales, following part of the Lady Anne's Way through
22:57this magnificent countryside.
23:03After my steam train ride, I'm back on foot, heading to meet Helen overlooking the River
23:07Wharf, nine miles from Emsay.
23:10She tells me a real hidden gem awaits.
23:14Oh, you're like a damsel on the bridge, looking into the middle.
23:18I've never been called a damsel, a danger maybe.
23:22I was just enjoying the water, isn't that a nice sound?
23:29That's a proper river there, isn't it?
23:30This is a good little bridge, but there's a better bridge.
23:32This isn't the real bridge?
23:33No.
23:34I've always wanted to say this.
23:35Take me to the bridge.
23:36I knew you were going to say that.
23:37I gave it longer though.
23:39Isn't this what summer is?
23:49This light, this sound, this smell.
23:51Oh, look at this.
23:52The money tree.
23:53That's like made for your backside, that.
23:55Oh, yeah.
23:56I don't like to sit in the chair unless it's got loads of sharp coins sticking out of it.
24:00Hold on.
24:01I don't normally carry coins, but you're meant to bash them in and make a wish.
24:04Let me get you a rock.
24:05What do you want?
24:06Make a wish.
24:07It can't be a private wish, so you need to tell me what it is.
24:12Okay.
24:13I wish that my children learn to wash their own school uniforms.
24:19I'm going down here.
24:22What are you wishing for?
24:23Er, are you making a food sign?
24:25No, go ahead.
24:26What are you going to wish for?
24:27I'd quite like a Victoria sponge.
24:28That's my...
24:29Is that what you...
24:30Is that a bay wishes for cake?
24:33The bridge we're headed for is Hebden Suspension Bridge, built in 1885 by the village blacksmith
24:41William Bell, after a local man is said to have drowned while attempting to cross the
24:46river using stepping stones.
24:48Ah, Helen.
24:49That's a bridge.
24:50Hey!
24:51Isn't it?
24:52Oh, look at this.
24:57Isn't this fun?
24:58How do you feel about a jumpy bridge?
25:03It's got a bit of sway on it, isn't it?
25:05Yeah.
25:06Oh, my Lord, it is really wobbly now.
25:11Isn't it?
25:12Yeah, I mean, let's not break it.
25:14It's been here a while.
25:16Doesn't this just say English countryside?
25:19Yeah.
25:20Rolling green fells, dry stone walls.
25:23Ah.
25:24I was going to say a man fishing for his evening meal.
25:28A man fishing for his evening meal.
25:30We're not in South America.
25:31I couldn't think of the words.
25:33We're in Yorkshire.
25:34Lower Wharfdale, to be precise.
25:38A treat for the eye, but it's a different kind of treat we're after.
25:42And I've got a feeling we'll find it here in the hamlet of Hebden.
25:47Let's do this.
25:48Tea room me up.
25:49Oh.
25:50Wishes do come true.
25:51The old school tea room is cake heaven.
25:54Hello.
25:55Hello.
25:56Hello.
25:57Maggie.
25:58Maggie.
25:59Emma.
26:00Emma.
26:01Hi.
26:02Hi.
26:03Hi.
26:04Nice to meet you.
26:05This building could not be more perfect, could it?
26:08It's so picturesque.
26:09I know.
26:10How long have you been here?
26:12Um, 18 years now.
26:13Yeah.
26:14I'm entirely distracted by your cakes.
26:16Sorry.
26:17That's the idea.
26:18Why don't you chat and I'll stare at these?
26:20Clearly this was once a school.
26:22Yes.
26:23It was a school up to about 50 years ago, but we still get people that come in that came
26:28to school here.
26:29Yeah.
26:30Well, I've been told that the cakes are magnificent.
26:32That's why we're here.
26:33So, can we...
26:34Yes.
26:35What would you like?
26:36Of course.
26:37What do you fancy?
26:38Oh, my Lord.
26:40I did dream about a Victoria sponge earlier.
26:43He dreams about cake every day.
26:45I think a bit of cherry and almond.
26:48Yes.
26:49Oh, no.
26:50Bakewell shortbread, surely.
26:51Okay.
26:58Oh.
26:59Oh.
27:00Emma.
27:01Oh.
27:02Oh.
27:03Well, these are mine.
27:04What are you getting?
27:05Okay.
27:06I'm going in.
27:07You're just straight in, are you?
27:08Is that all right?
27:09Is that rude?
27:10Can I do that?
27:11Oh.
27:12Oh.
27:13And Esme's joining us.
27:14Your daughter, next generation.
27:15What are you thinking, Esme?
27:16I think, like, I would like to run it and make some changes to it.
27:20What changes would you make?
27:21Different cakes?
27:22Different layout?
27:23I'm thinking.
27:24Cakes of the future has.
27:25Cakes of the future.
27:26What are you thinking now?
27:27Cakes of the future?
27:28Cakes of the future.
27:29What are you thinking now?
27:30Go on, Esme.
27:31You top cake.
27:32Victoria sponge.
27:33Oh, well done.
27:34You've got to get the Vicky sponge in there, haven't you?
27:37Thank you very much for having us.
27:38Oh, it's been a pleasure.
27:39It's been lovely.
27:40Yeah.
27:41Cheers to you, because this is a really special place.
27:43Cheers.
27:48That was nice, wasn't it?
27:49It was genuinely lovely.
27:50Do you want to put your cake in my bag?
27:52No.
27:53Oh.
27:54I'm going to keep that.
27:55Well, you're going to have your cake.
27:56I'm going to have a very exciting, where Mary Queen of Scots once did a beautiful dance.
28:00One of my favourite Mary's, Mary Queen of Scots.
28:02Who are your top Mary's?
28:03Mary Earps.
28:04Oh, goalkeeper.
28:05Mary's...
28:06Did you do that?
28:07That was in time, that wasn't it?
28:08Helen needs a wee.
28:09You go and find the toilet.
28:10Mary J. Blige.
28:11My auntie Mary.
28:12I had a teacher at school, we called her Scary Mary.
28:13Oh, oh, oh.
28:14Right, you go and find the toilet.
28:15I'm going to have a cake.
28:16I'm off to see one of your favourite Mary's.
28:17Oh, oh, oh.
28:18Oh, oh.
28:19Oh, oh.
28:20Oh, oh.
28:21Oh, oh.
28:22Oh.
28:23Oh, oh.
28:24Oh, oh.
28:25Oh, oh.
28:26Oh, oh.
28:27Oh, oh.
28:28Oh, oh.
28:29Oh, oh.
28:30Oh, oh.
28:31Oh, oh.
28:32Oh, oh.
28:33Oh, oh.
28:34Oh, oh.
28:36I'm heading out of Wharfdale and into Wensleydale, where Lady Anne's way takes me to the remarkable
28:4215th century manor house that has strong links to Lady Anne Clifford herself.
28:52I'm with former publican Mark Thompson, who bought this medieval marvel back in 2008.
29:01Look at that, Mark.
29:03You get hit by the grandeur of it, don't you?
29:05Yeah, that's right.
29:06I'm very proud of it.
29:07I love it.
29:08Napa Hall in the village of Asgrig is virtually unchanged since it was built nearly 600 years
29:15ago, and it was love at first sight for Mark.
29:21When I came, actually, Dan, and I saw it for the first time, I burst into tears when I looked inside.
29:27Really?
29:28Like an emotional connection to you?
29:29So emotional.
29:30I felt so, so overawed by the originality of the place.
29:33I felt they haven't been altered and spoiled over the centuries, yeah.
29:36I think you're right, because there's lots of buildings of this age in this part of the
29:39world, and they're very well known.
29:41Yeah.
29:42Brown signs all over the place.
29:43That's right.
29:44Coffee shops.
29:45Very rugged and original.
29:46Yeah, yeah.
29:47It's supposed to be the most unspoiled medieval manor house in the north of England.
29:54Built in 1459 by James Metcalfe, this fortified manor was once the Metcalfe's family seat.
30:01Linked to the Battle of Flodden, it later became a shooting lodge, and then a farmhouse.
30:07But its towers still stand proud.
30:10What's the connection to Lady Anne Clifford?
30:12Because she would have obviously known about this place and been here many times.
30:15Yeah.
30:16That's right.
30:17Because when she inherited, re-inherited the land, she'd go around all the properties
30:20and repair them, and she would probably stay here a number of times.
30:26I love the fact that you're sort of protecting it.
30:29You feel quite like a steward of this place.
30:32All I can do in my limited way, all I'm going to do is to put the roofs on, keep it watertight,
30:39and hand it on in a better position to somebody else in the future.
30:51Just ten miles west of Napa Hall, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, lives a tiny local treasure.
30:57Charming, elusive, and now sadly endangered.
31:04Conservation officer Ian Court has one of the most enviable jobs in the county, if not the country.
31:10And the reason?
31:15Red squirrels.
31:16They've been pushed out of much of their natural territory by invasive grey squirrels.
31:23But here, in this remote northern part of the Dales, they've found sanctuary.
31:27Since 2000, a lot of these conifer woodlands have actually come to cone-bearing age.
31:36So they've started producing cones, which can contain a lot of seeds.
31:39So what we've found is that the red squirrels have moved in from areas of Cumbria
31:44into these conifer blocks, and have now made them at home and are doing really well.
31:48We have a feeder here, so if people do come up here, they can actually see the squirrels actually feeding.
32:06Amateur wildlife photographer Jonathan Warner is a regular visitor to the reserve.
32:11Well, we're from London, but we don't get many red squirrels in London.
32:16No, no, it's fantastic to come to places like this.
32:19It's great to see people.
32:21We've been coming for a number of years now, so every time we're in the north of England, we try and get over here.
32:26You can't beat watching the squirrels like this, can you? It's fantastic.
32:29Perfect day for you, isn't it? It is. It's beautiful.
32:33There's one just running across the bath here, running across towards our feeders, if you can get a shot of that.
32:38Oh, beautiful, yeah. Just running onto the feeder now, look.
32:41Showing really well.
32:42Oh, beautiful lighting, beautiful lighting.
32:55They're a fantastic species. They are under threat from a non-native grey squirrel,
33:00so to have a healthy population within this area of the Orchardales National Park is just fantastic.
33:11Coming up, I put my foot right in it, in a traditional Yorkshire Dales pub.
33:16It's illegal for you to be in a pub without pulling something, isn't it?
33:19That sounded really bad. I meant pulling a pint.
33:23And our walk ends in spectacular fashion.
33:27Oh, I'm so cross that I don't have my swimmers on.
33:30That is very impressive.
33:32We're walking through great Yorkshire landscapes and visiting places Lady Anne Clifford knew.
33:54Including my current stop, Napa Hall.
33:57Mark Thompson bought this in 2008 and has been renovating it ever since.
34:03So this is the oldest part of the building?
34:06I think so, yeah. This is the old original brew house for the building.
34:10Look, you can see the age of that, can't you?
34:13These are really old. I think the 1200s.
34:17This part predates the hall and was where beer was brewed,
34:21perhaps using water from this hidden well.
34:24It may even have provided refreshment for their most famous visitor.
34:28This is the great hall. Love it.
34:31Originally here, there's a Screens Passage and a Minstall's Gallery just there.
34:35Right.
34:36Now, when Mary Queen of Scots stayed here for two days,
34:39she danced in here and she enjoyed her evenings.
34:42And there were people, the musicians up there playing the music.
34:46So musicians on a sort of balcony up here.
34:48That's right, yeah.
34:49And then one of the great figures of British history, Mary Queen of Scots.
34:52That's right.
34:53Actually danced in this room.
34:55Thank you, Mary, for having us.
35:02Oh, yes. I love a spiral staircase.
35:05I feel like Rapunzel.
35:08I'm not that good with heights, Mark, you know?
35:12Just wait till you go down, it's even worse.
35:16Keeps like this provided quick access to the roof,
35:19where invading enemies could be spotted from miles away.
35:23Today, the view is total peace.
35:27I'm imagining what the view looks like, Mark, as we walk up.
35:30It's absolutely fantastic.
35:31You see half of Wednesday there from here.
35:38Ah!
35:39You have a look at that.
35:40That does not disappoint, does it?
35:42Oh, Mark, it's incredible.
35:47Beautiful.
35:49I mean, I know people sometimes say they buy a house with a view alone.
35:52That's not bad, is it?
35:53No, you wouldn't get better, would you?
35:56Look at the way the sun just catches the hills and the dales in the background.
36:00The valley there.
36:01It's about perfect.
36:02Yeah, it is.
36:03As the rest of the world feels like it's racing on at 3,000 miles an hour.
36:09It's not a case of taking a step back in time.
36:11It's just a, it's sort of as things were.
36:13That's right, it is.
36:14Yeah?
36:15I see why you fell in love with it, Mark.
36:16Why?
36:17I love it till the day I die.
36:19I'm going to take a mental picture in my mind, Mark, because that for me, that is Yorkshire.
36:35We've covered 30 odd miles of the 100 mile Lady Anne's Way, and the end is in sight.
36:42But it finishes in style near Hawes, where a natural Yorkshire wonder awaits.
36:47First, though, refreshment is called for, and my partner in crime is on his way.
36:54Oh, we double high-fiving.
36:56Woo!
36:58Woo is a bit excited, but am I right?
37:00Sorry about that.
37:01How was your day?
37:02I've had a lovely day.
37:03Let me show you.
37:04I've been to this place, Napa Hall.
37:06Oh!
37:07This is Mark.
37:08He owns the gaff.
37:09You know where Mary Queen Scott, one of our favourite Marys, was dancing in the hall?
37:13Yeah.
37:14This is where she was.
37:15Talking of old stuff, this one needs rehydrating, shall we?
37:19Pub?
37:20Yes.
37:21Over the bridge?
37:22Absolutely.
37:23Okay.
37:28Right.
37:29Love a village church.
37:32That's what's good about our friendship, because I love a village pub.
37:36The Green Dragon dates back to the 13th century, and is your classic Yorkshire Dales watering hole.
37:43Ah, there he is.
37:44Good to see you.
37:45Nice to see you.
37:46You okay?
37:47Andrew also runs the Tan Hill, England's highest pub.
37:51We've met him there in the past, and just like last time, he's letting me do the honours.
37:57Let's not break tradition.
37:58Oh, yeah, come on.
37:59Oh, go ahead.
38:00I get excited about it.
38:01It's illegal for you to be in a pub without pulling something, isn't it?
38:03That sounded really bad.
38:04Did you just say it's illegal for you to be in a pub without pulling something?
38:09Yes, I meant pulling a pint.
38:19Technique good, Andy?
38:20Yeah, glass placement, just maybe a little bit.
38:23Alright.
38:24Sorry.
38:26I'm restricted by my gilet.
38:30Hang on, I'll give that a minute.
38:32Might need a bit longer than a minute, though.
38:36I'll tell you what I've found.
38:38Have you got some salt and vinegar crisps as well?
38:40Right then.
38:41Come on, egg me up.
38:43There we go.
38:45Let's see if your eyeballs sweat.
38:51It's been a while since we've shared the pickled egg, Daniel.
38:53Two years ago.
38:56Did it take you back?
38:59Muffin says, don't walk her like a vinegar egg.
39:06Perfect.
39:07Cheers.
39:09I've got hiccups already.
39:10That's not a good sign, is it?
39:12Excellent.
39:14Oh, great brew, that.
39:15Great brew.
39:16Now, there's one last stop before our journeys end.
39:24For a small fee payable at the pub, you gain access to a secret and secluded place.
39:30Just a stone's throw away.
39:31What a lovely way to end the day.
39:42Is it not bad for a pub beer gardenist either, is it?
39:49Loving that noise?
39:50Love the noise.
39:51Love the noise.
39:55It's got a touch of the Indiana Jones about here this place.
39:57I haven't got my hat on there for that.
39:58Oh, I'm so cross that I don't have my swimmers on.
40:08That is very impressive.
40:10At 100 feet, Hardrow Force is the highest single drop waterfall in England.
40:18Famously used as a backdrop in the film Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.
40:23People go all over the world and spend a fortune trying to see stuff like that.
40:29Yet it's right here on our little island.
40:32It's so powerful, isn't it?
40:33Oh, wow.
40:35Mother Nature, you are showing off.
40:40The falls tumble over limestone thought to have been laid down millions of years ago.
40:45Then, after the last ice age, Hardrow Beck began carving through the rock
40:50to create the waterfall we see today.
40:56Quite overpowering, isn't it?
40:58Yeah, well, visually...
41:00Emotionally.
41:02Yes. Are you alright?
41:04I just like a waterfall.
41:07It's amazing, Helen.
41:08Hello!
41:15What if someone came to the top with a bow and arrow now?
41:17I'd go like this.
41:19Yeah, you... Take me!
41:21But you wouldn't. Do you know what I'd say? No.
41:23I'd go for it because I'm ferretty, so I'd distract them.
41:26And you, yeah.
41:28I think we might have ruined the moment.
41:31I wish I was artistic, but that is art to me.
41:33Yeah.
41:35It's funny, isn't it? The older you get, the more you appreciate stuff.
41:38But when you were a kid, your mum and dad would bring you up here and go,
41:40look at that! And you'd be like, what am I looking at?
41:43And now you're like, flippin' heck.
41:45Yeah.
41:46Aren't we lucky?
41:47We are.
41:48Can we just stand here for a bit and admire it?
41:51And if anyone does appear with a bow and arrow, I've got you back.
41:55I was expecting you to stop talking there while we advise it.
41:57I don't even know why I said I've got you back.
42:02Because I've only got your shins.
42:15Next time, we're on the East Yorkshire coast, where it's on the warm side,
42:19but the views are worth the effort.
42:22Oh my word, this is impressive, isn't it?
42:24It's impressive. It's also very hot.
42:26But look at that!
42:29This is the best view we've had on Yorkshire Way and Small.
42:32And it's a first for Helen at the majestic Bempton Cliffs.
42:37I've seen a puffin!
42:39I've never seen a puffin. I'm so thrilled.
42:43Puffins are great.
42:44Indeed.
42:56I have never seen that doe.
43:03Good morning, Monique.
43:05It's also very good.
43:06Buty!
43:07I'm so ONE.
43:10How was beautiful?
43:11Very, very cute.
43:13Maybe we were 0.176.
43:16If I could have any more attention on this,
43:17it was simply a puzzle.
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