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Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen
Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen (2024) S02E03
Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen (2024) Season 2 Episode 3
Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen (2024) S02E03
Yorkshire Great and Small with Dan and Helen (2024) Season 2 Episode 3
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00:00She's Helen Skelton, he's Dan Walker, Daniel, are we hanging today?
00:08Come on, nice 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, now I'll have to catch ya.
00:16And we're back, sharing our love of the great Yorkshire countryside.
00:20Look at this, are 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.
00:47So don't say the puffins!
00:48Puffins 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.
01:01Even when we get old, we'll still play out.
01:03Okay, deal.
01:04Great and small.
01:06That, Helen Skelton, is Yorkshire.
01:23Ta-da!
01:24She's running in.
01:25Hello.
01:26I would have jumped, but you're very high.
01:27I haven't seen you for ages.
01:28How are you?
01:29Oh, that was good, wasn't it?
01:33This is nice.
01:34This is Skipton Castle.
01:36That is Skipton.
01:38This glorious market town, with its imposing castle, was the birthplace of a legendary figure in the pages of Yorkshire's history.
01:50Lady Anne Clifford was a 16th century noblewoman, and was one of the most formidable personalities in medieval society.
02:00Big legacy, stoic person.
02:02She 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.
02:20Today, we'll be walking some of the route named in her honour, the Lady Anne's Way, through landscapes she would have known.
02:27The 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.
02:52But our journey begins here at Skipton Castle, where Lady Anne was born in 1590.
03:03Awwww!
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.
03:19This 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.
03:36The 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.
03:50Hello, nice to meet you.
03:51Thank you for letting us come in to you, lovely.
03:52It's a pleasure.
03:53Oh, you've got to look straight over to look at these.
03:55Yeah.
03:56Lady Anne spent decades trying to win back her inheritance after her father, George Clifford, had disinherited her in favour of Anne's uncle.
04:06From the age of 15, with the help of her mother, Margaret, she basically fought for her inheritance until 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.
04:29All over the castle, you find evidence of Lady Anne's rebuilding.
04:36Oh, it's just amazing room after amazing room, isn't it?
04:39I love, I love, love, love this.
04:41This is the watchtower, and what it shows is the old part, which is 1310, and 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.
05:20Lady Anne was quite the Renaissance woman, with a keen sense of history and occasion.
05:25Oh, that is beautiful.
05:27Sebastian, that's amazing.
05:30A 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?
05:44If you look up there on the...
05:46What, the drainpipe?
05:47Drainpipe.
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.
06:14That's probably three foot, that's nine foot.
06:16This is twelve inches.
06:21Done, yeah.
06:22So basically...
06:23Nine foot round.
06:32I love that.
06:33Yes.
06:34What a beautiful way to start a walk.
06:36Well, 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, it'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 gonna go meet an inspirational lady.
06:54The green and rolling acres of the Dales are the backdrop to a great Yorkshire success story.
07:09That 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.
07:32Granola Towers.
07:33Hello.
07:34You must be Liz.
07:35I am, yes.
07:36Nice to meet you.
07:37Hi, Dan.
07:38Hi, Dan.
07:39Hi, Dan.
07:40Hi.
07:41Nice to meet you.
07:42We've got white on, but I do feel like we're underdressed.
07:43Yeah, we also need a hairnet, I think.
07:44You do, yes, yes.
07:45You need to be suitably togged.
07:46Okay.
07:47Let's come through here.
07:48You've got two huge granola fans in.
07:49Oh, that's good.
07:50Excellent.
07:51We love their stuff.
07:52The herds are a fittingly named fifth generation family of sheep farmers.
07:57They started making granola in their Dales farmhouse more than a decade ago.
08:04When things took off, they moved their operation to this state-of-the-art production unit.
08:11What do you like?
08:12Do you like forward or back?
08:13Forward's good.
08:14Forward?
08:15Yeah, definitely.
08:16That's it.
08:17Come on.
08:18Right, so these are groats.
08:19Oh, yeah, groats.
08:20Get in there with your groats.
08:21The 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, into there.
08:36Oh.
08:37Excellent technique.
08:38Once you've rolled it, then where do you go?
08:43Well, from there, we mix it with all the other dry ingredients.
08:47Thanks, Dan.
08:48I think that's enough for now.
08:49We'll just let that and that.
08:50Stop it.
08:51Okay.
08:52Next up, honey and olive oil are added to the mix.
08:56You do the important bit.
08:57You know, like you're putting petrol in your tank, you can get it up to six.
08:59I don't need to.
09:00I've got this.
09:01Oh, do you want me to do that?
09:02Oh.
09:03Fire up the jet.
09:04Not just jet, Helen.
09:05Oh, sorry.
09:06I'm done.
09:07Okay, six is the magic number.
09:08Six, indeed, yes.
09:09Six.
09:10Hold on.
09:11Hold on.
09:12Hold on.
09:13Yay!
09:14Nailed it.
09:15Nailed it.
09:16Oh, no.
09:17So straight into the bottom with it.
09:20Oh.
09:21Great technique.
09:22Okay, that's perfect.
09:23Okay, 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.
09:36You 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.
09:46They produce up to 600 kilos, or around 1,200 bags a day.
09:52That's perfect there now.
09:53You want 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.
10:05Like many, they've diversified.
10:07But their B&B sideline was badly hit by foot and mouth in 2001.
10:14We were closed for 12 months during foot and mouth.
10:17And when we reopened, we realised that we had to offer something a little bit different
10:22to be able to bring people back.
10:24And so I concentrated on local food.
10:27And granola was always the star of the breakfast.
10:30Now the granola is bagged, boxed and shipped all over the country.
10:37You must be very proud Liz.
10:39Yeah.
10:40You have to think, yes, we started on a kitchen table and this is where we are today.
10:44Yeah, fair play.
10:45As of all your hard work, we're going to give you one of these each for your journey on the
10:52lady on the world.
10:53Oh, thank you.
10:54Thanks for the window into granola world.
10:55Yes.
10:56Coming up, we hit the blustery heights in Wharfdale.
11:03You could have done me this.
11:06Are 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 length?
11:16Yeah, at any time now.
11:17Just one approach?
11:18Yeah, a long one.
11:19Yeah.
11:20There's something very special about that.
11:37Lady Anne's way is taking us through some magnificent North Yorkshire countryside.
11:41Just a short hop and a little stretch of the legs away is one of the jewels in this great
11:48landscape.
11:49It's quite steep towards the end, but worth it.
11:53Okay.
11:54Well, we both love views.
11:56Yes.
11:57We both love Yorkshire, so.
11:58Yeah.
11:59Yeah, I'm all in.
12:00Let's go.
12:04Emsey Crag is a stunning gritstone outcrop that rises 1,200 feet above the village of Emsey
12:11and its reservoir.
12:13You've got a good pace on you there.
12:14For little legs I can trot.
12:20What are you thinking, Walker?
12:26Well, I'm enjoying this stroll.
12:27It's starting to get a bit leggy, but we like that, don't we?
12:36Good job you are a long-limbed human.
12:38Yeah, I think my stride gets longer the steeper it becomes.
12:42I'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.
12:55I've got granola hands.
12:57Oh, it's so lovely.
12:58Cold.
12:59All right.
13:00As we approach the summit, a breathtaking 360-degree view unfolds.
13:22It really is a sight for sore eyes.
13:25Oh, she's windy.
13:28It is a bit.
13:29Wait, are you all right?
13:32I've got a bit of sand in the eye, but I'm okay.
13:34I'm still enjoying the view.
13:36I can hardly open my eyes, but I believe Skipton's over there.
13:40I think we need a little bit of protection from the rock.
13:45I've got some granola in the bag, do you?
13:47Yeah.
13:48Come on.
13:49They say you can use it like trail mix.
13:53Okay.
13:54I call upon the power of ten tigers.
14:01I've now got granola seeds in my eye.
14:06Are you still there?
14:09I think we should capture this moment.
14:10Ready?
14:11Go and hold a selfie.
14:12We'll always have this.
14:13Those are the scars on our eyeballs.
14:14Lock it in your memory.
14:16Come on then.
14:17Oh, Craig.
14:18Are you all right?
14:19Come on.
14:20Come on.
14:21Come on.
14:22Come on.
14:23That was fun, wasn't it?
14:24It was.
14:25You're a bit dry in the mouth now.
14:26Nice windy walk.
14:27I am.
14:28I'm actually going down here, Helen.
14:29I've got an appointment in MC with a steam engine.
14:30Oh, you like a steam train.
14:31Have a lovely time.
14:32Choo choo.
14:33Ciao ciao.
14:34Ciao ciao.
14:35.
14:36.
14:37.
14:38.
14:39.
14:40.
15:08This is a typically picturesque north Yorkshire village
15:10and a must see for anyone with a passion for the age of steam.
15:17Hello.
15:18Good morning.
15:19How you doing?
15:20Nice to see you.
15:21Oh, yeah.
15:22One single to Bolton Abbey.
15:23Coming right up.
15:24This is old school travel.
15:26There you go.
15:27So that'll be £15, please, altogether.
15:30Thank you, boss.
15:32Cheers.
15:33The Emsay 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.
15:58What's your job, Don?
15:59I'm just 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.
16:17What are you saying?
16:18I just can't explain it.
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.
16:29From the middle of nowhere to the middle of nowhere in some ways.
16:32Selling, Don.
16:33Selling.
16:34It 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, Wensleydales, those are my favourites.
17:18Hello, Pippa.
17:20Former 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.
17:30This 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...
17:39Hi, babies.
17:40..the farm has grown to more than 300 animals.
17:44These are bagot 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.
18:25Come on.
18:26Petal.
18:27Come on, Petal.
18:28Come on, Petal.
18:30These are Northern Dairy Shorthorns.
18:32It's a rare breed, traditional to this country.
18:37We 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.
19:14I 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.
19:32Come on.
19:33Hello.
19:34We'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.
19:59I feel like a train guy.
20:00On you go.
20:01On you go.
20:02Three dogs.
20:03Dogs welcome.
20:04But not as a passenger.
20:05I'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, Dan.
20:17Very nice to meet you.
20:18Hello.
20:19You must be Mac?
20:20I am, yeah.
20:21Hello.
20:22Sorry, I've got very clean hands compared to you guys.
20:23Yes.
20:24Can I do that bit?
20:25Yeah, do that bit.
20:26Just one?
20:27Just one.
20:28The Emsay steam railway only runs for four miles, but it's a great four miles.
20:43How do you know how much to put in and when to put it in?
20:49Experience.
20:50Knowing the line, knowing the gradients, knowing the engine.
20:53Knowing what's on the 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, drop it into full gear.
21:10We're three wheeling.
21:11We're three wheeling now.
21:12We're three wheeling all the way into Bolton Abbey.
21:15We have a whistle board here if you want to.
21:16Tell me when.
21:17Tell me any time now.
21:18Just one foot?
21:19Yeah, a long one.
21:20Yeah.
21:21I'll tell you what.
21:22There's something very special about that.
21:23No two trips are the same.
21:24You know, you might have a good trip, we could have a terrible trip.
21:28You know, it's...
21:29Is this a good trip?
21:30So far.
21:31Yeah.
21:32Well, this memorable trip is at an end.
21:33But it has been a wonderful ride through some of Yorkshire's finest countryside.
21:39Coming up, Helen goes weak at the knees over the River Wharf.
21:40How do you feel about a jumpy bridge?
21:41It's good.
21:42It's good.
21:43It's good.
21:44We could have a good trip.
21:45We could have a good trip.
21:46We could have a terrible trip.
21:47You know, it's...
21:48Is this a good trip?
21:49So far.
21:50Yeah.
21:51Well, this memorable trip is at an end.
21:52But it has been a wonderful ride through some of Yorkshire's finest countryside.
22:02Coming up, Helen 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.
22:11Afternoon tea is on the menu, and it's confectionery heaven.
22:15I'm entirely distracted by your cakes.
22:17Sorry.
22:18I didn't dream about a Victoria's 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.
22:38After my steam train ride, I'm back on foot, heading to meet Helen overlooking the river
22:56part of the lady anne's way through this magnificent countryside after my steam train ride i'm back on
23:05foot heading to meet helen overlooking the river wharf nine miles from emce she tells me a real
23:11hidden gem awaits oh you're like a damsel on the bridge looking into the middle i've never been
23:19called a damsel a danger maybe i was just enjoying the water isn't that a nice sound
23:26that's a proper river isn't it this is a good little bridge but there's a better bridge this
23:32isn't the real bridge i've always wanted to say this take me to the bridge i knew you were going
23:37to say that i gave it longer though isn't this what summer is this light this sound this smell
23:51oh look at this that's like made for your backside that oh yeah i don't like to sit in the chair
23:58unless it's got loads of sharp coins sticking out of them i don't normally carry coins but you're
24:02meant to bash them in and make a wish let me get you a rock make a wish it can't be a private wish
24:09so you need to tell me what it is oh okay i wish that my children learn to wash their own school
24:18uniforms i'm going down here what are you wishing for uh are you making a food sign no go ahead and
24:25what are you going to wish for i'd quite like a victoria sponge that's my is that a bay wishes for cake
24:31the 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 river using
24:47stepping stones ah helen that's a bridge isn't it
24:51oh look at this isn't this fun how do you feel about a jumpy bridge it's got it's got a bit of
25:05sway on it isn't it yeah oh my lord it is really wobbly now yeah i mean let's not break it it's been
25:14here a while doesn't this just say english countryside yeah rolling green fells dry stone walls
25:24i'm gonna say a man fishing for his evening meal a man fishing for his evening meal we're not in
25:30south america i couldn't think of the words we're in yorkshire
25:37lower wharfdale to be precise a treat for the eye but it's a different kind of treat we're after
25:44and i've got a feeling we'll find it here in the hamlet of hebden let's do this
25:50tea room yeah
25:53wishes do come true the old school tea room is cake heaven hello hello
26:04hi nice to meet you this building could not be more perfect could it it is so picturesque
26:10i know i know how long have you been here i'm 18 years now yeah i'm entirely distracted by your
26:16cakes why don't you chat and i'll stare at these clearly this was once a school yes it was a school
26:24up to about 50 years ago but we still get people that come in that came to school here
26:29well i've been told the cakes are magnificent that's why we're here so can we we're out to
26:34grab some what would you like yeah what do you fancy i'm one of everything please okay oh my lord
26:40i did dream about victoria sponge he dreams about cake every day i think a bit of cherry and almond
26:49yes oh no bakewell shark bread surely okay
26:59oh emma oh well these are mine what are you getting
27:06okay i'm going in you're just straight in are you is that all right is that rude can i do that oh
27:11oh and esme's joining us your daughter next generation what are you thinking in esme i think
27:17like i would like to run it and make some changes to it what changes would you make different cakes
27:22different layout you're thinking well whatever like cakes the future has
27:28cakes of the future what are you thinking now just go on esme your top cake um victoria sponge
27:34ah well done you've got to get the vicky sponge in here thank you very much for having us oh it's
27:39been lovely yeah cheers to you because this is a really special place that was nice wasn't it it
27:50was genuinely lovely do you want to um put your cake in my bag no oh i'm gonna keep that are you
27:55gonna have your cake i'm going to have a very exciting where mary queen of scotts once did a beautiful
27:59dance one of my favorite mary's mary queen of scotts who are your top marys
28:04mary erps oh goalkeeper
28:11i was in time i was there
28:14ellen needs a wee i would you go you go find the toilet mary j blige mary my auntie mary
28:20i had a teacher at school we called her scary mary oh um right you go and find a toilet i'm gonna
28:26i'm okay i'm off to see one of your favorite mary's
28:37i'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
28:47i'm with former publican mark thompson who bought this medieval marvel back in 2008
28:58look at that mark you get hit by the grandeur of it don't you that's right i'm very proud of it i love it
29:08napa hall in the village of asgrigg is virtually unchanged since it was built nearly 600 years ago
29:18and it was love at first sight for mark
29:20when i came actually down and i saw it for the first time uh i burst into tears when i
29:28like an emotional connection so emotional i felt so so overawed by the originality of the place i
29:33felt it hadn't been altered and spoiled over the centuries yeah i think you're right because there's
29:37lots of buildings of this age in this part of the world and they're very well known yeah brown signs
29:42all over the place right coffee shops but this feels very rugged and original yeah it's supposed
29:48to 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
30:02linked to the battle of flodden it later became a shooting lodge and then a farmhouse but its towers
30:09still stand proud what's the connection to lady anne clifford because she would have obviously known
30:14about this place and been here many times yeah that's right because when she inherited re-inherited
30:18the land she'd go around all the properties and repair them and she would probably stay here a number
30:24of times i love the fact you're sort of protecting it you feel quite like a steward of this place all i can
30:33do in my limited way all i'm going to do is to put the roofs on keep it water tight uh and hand it on
30:41in a better position to somebody else in the future
30:51just 10 miles west of napa hall in the heart of the yorkshire dales lives a tiny local treasure
30:58charming elusive and now sadly endangered conservation officer ian court has one of
31:07the most enviable jobs in the county if not the country and the reason
31:15red squirrels
31:19they've been pushed out of much of their natural territory by invasive gray squirrels
31:24but here in this remote northern part of the dales they've found sanctuary
31:32since 2000 a lot of these conifer woodlands have actually come to corn bearing age
31:36so they've started producing cones which can contain a lot of seeds so what we've found is
31:41that the red squirrels have moved in from areas of cumbria into these conifer blocks and have now
31:46made them at home and are doing really well we have a feeder here so if people do come up here
31:57they 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 all right so we don't get many uh red squirrels in london no no it's fantastic
32:18to come to places like this it's great to see people we've been coming for a number of years now
32:23so every time we're in the north of england we try and get over here you can't be watching the
32:27squirrels like this can you it's fantastic perfect day for isn't it it is it's beautiful
32:32there's one just run across the bath here running across towards our feeders if you can get a shot
32:38of that oh beautiful just went on to the feeder now look showing really well oh beautiful lighting
32:44beautiful lighting
32:45they're a fantastic species they are under threat from the non-native grey squirrel
33:00so to have a healthy population within this area of the orchardales national park is just fantastic
33:06coming up i put my foot right in it in a traditional yorkshire dales pub it's illegal
33:18for you to be in a pub without pulling something isn't it that sounded really bad i meant pulling a
33:23pint and our walk ends in spectacular fashion oh i'm so cross i don't have my swimmers on that is very
33:33impressive
33:48we're walking through great yorkshire landscapes and visiting places lady anne clifford knew
33:54including my current stop napa hall mark thompson bought this in 2008 and has been renovating it
34:01ever since so this is the oldest part of the building i think so yeah this is the old original
34:08brew house for the the building we look at you can you can see the age in that can't you these are
34:14really old i think the 12 1200s this part predates the hall and was where beer was brewed perhaps using
34:23water from this hidden well it may even have provided refreshment for their most famous visitor
34:29this is the great hall love it uh originally here there's a screens passage and a minister's gallery
34:35just there right now when mary queen of scots stayed here for two days she danced in here and
34:42she enjoyed her evenings and there were people the musicians up there playing the music so musicians on a
34:47sort of balcony up here and then one of the great figures of british history mary queen of scots that's
34:53right actually danced in this room thank you mary for having us
35:03oh yes i love a spiral staircase i feel like rapunzel
35:07i'm not that good with heights well yeah it's waiting to go down it's even worse
35:17keeps like this provided quick access to the roof where invading enemies could be spotted from miles
35:23away today the view is total peace i'm imagining what the view looks like mark as we walk up it's
35:30absolutely fantastic you see half of wednesday from here
35:33oh you have a look at that that does not disappoint does it
35:42oh mark it's incredible beautiful i mean you i know people sometimes say that they buy a house
35:52with a view alone that's not bad is it oh you wouldn't get better would you look at the way
35:57that the sun just catches the hills and the dales in the background the valley there it's about perfect
36:03yes as the rest of the world feels like it's racing on at 3 000 miles an hour it's not a case of
36:11taking a step back in time it's just a it's sort of as things were that's right yeah i see why you
36:16fell in love with it wow i love it till the day i die
36:20i'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 ann's way and the end is in sight but it finishes
36:43in style near hawes where a natural yorkshire wonder awaits first though refreshment is called for
36:50my partner in crime is on his way oh don't we double high-fiving whoo
37:01sorry about that how's your day i've had a lovely day let me show you i've been to
37:04this place napa hall oh this is mark ah he owns the gaff you know where mary queen scott's one of
37:11our favorite mary's was dancing in the hall yeah this is where she was um talking of old stuff yeah
37:17this one needs rehydrating shall we pub yes over the bridge absolutely okay
37:22right love a village church that's what's good about our friendship because i love a village pub
37:37the green dragon dates back to the 13th century and is your classic yorkshire dales watering hole
37:43andrew also runs the tan hill england's highest pub we've met him there in the past and just like
37:54last time he's letting me do the honors let's not break tradition oh yeah come on i get excited
38:01it's illegal for you to be in a pub without pulling something isn't it that sounded really bad did you
38:07just say it's illegal to be in a pub without pulling something yes i meant pulling a pint
38:20technique good andy yeah glass placement just maybe a little bit all right sorry i'm restricted by my
38:27gilet i'm gonna give that a minute might need a bit longer than a minute that
38:36i'll tell you what i've found have you got some salt vinegar crisps come on egg me up
38:43there we go let's see if your eyeballs sweat
38:51been a while since we've shared the people's eggs daniel
38:53yeah two years ago to take your back nothing says don't walk her like a vinegar den
39:06perfect fine that cheers
39:10but hiccups already that's not a good time is it oh excellent oh great brew that great brew
39:16now there's one last stop before our journeys end for a small fee payable at the pub you gain access
39:28to a secret and secluded place just a stone's throw away
39:31what a lovely way to end the day is it not bad for a pub beer garden this either is it
39:50loving that noise love the noise
39:52it's got a touch of the indiana jones about here this place i haven't got my hat on though for that
40:05oh i'm so cross i don't have my swimmers on
40:10that is very impressive
40:11so
40:15at 100 feet hard draw force is the highest single drop waterfall in england famously used as a backdrop
40:21in the film robin hood prince of thieves people go all over the world and spend a fortune
40:27trying to see stuff like that yeah it's right here on our little island it's so powerful isn't it oh wow
40:34wow mother nature you are showing off
40:41the falls tumble over limestone thought to have been laid down millions of years ago
40:46then after the last ice age hard draw beck began carving through the rock
40:50to create the waterfall we see today
40:56quite overpowering isn't it yeah well visually
40:59emotionally emotionally yes are you all right i just like a waterfall
41:07it's amazing helen
41:15what if someone came to the top with a bow and arrow now i'd go like this
41:20yeah you take me but you wouldn't you know what i'd say no i'd go for because i'm ferreti so i
41:25distract them and you yeah i think we might have ruined the moment
41:31i wish i was artistic but that is art to me yeah
41:36but isn't it the older you get the more you appreciate stuff that when you're a kid your mom
41:40and dad would bring you up here and go look at that and you'd be like what am i looking at and
41:43now you're like flipping out yeah aren't we lucky we are should we just stand here for a bit and admire
41:50it and if anyone does appear with a bow and arrow i've got you back i'm expecting you to stop talking
41:56there while we advise it but i don't even know why i said i got you back because i haven't i've only got your shins
42:04next time we're on the east yorkshire coast where it's on the warm side but the views are worth the
42:21efforts oh my word this is impressive isn't it it's impressive it's also very hot but look at that
42:27this is the best view we've had on yorkshire it's more and it's a first for helen at the majestic
42:35benton cliffs i've never seen a puffin i'm i'm so thrilled buffins are great
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