I’d not spent a night away from home for 18 months, so it felt like a big deal to spend 4 nights in Skipton, even though its only 21 miles from where I live. I booked a cottage in the middle of a l -o -n-g terrace of houses that retained a lot of their charm, not to mention their coal bunkers, outside loos and wheelie bins by the score.

  • My back street
  • Skipton castle. I did the self guided tour for the first time. Part of it is still lived in.
  • Old church window next to the castle
  • Skipton roof tops from my bedroom window
  • Pansies and a parish church
  • delicious anchovie salad in a little courtyard
  • Bus ride to Settle for the plant pot festival
  • Settle
  • Journal writing courtesy of Anna. My last trip was to Paris with Anna.
  • One of the most amazing and unexpected buildings in Settle
  • Hedgehogs and dahlias – what more could I ask for?
  • Where?
  • New top from Skipton outdoor market
  • Watching Euro 2020 in 2021
  • A sign of the times in Grassington
  • Canal life in Skipton
  • Afternoon tea in Skipton
  • Skipton Market
  • Roof tops
  • Breakfast on the patio – quite a treat
  • The castle
  • In the inner courtyard
  • A school tour group
  • Golly – when did I last have Coco pops for breakfast?
  • Experimenting with my new Hipstamatic filter.
  • Town and country
  • The castle from below
  • Castle
  • Entrance to a courtyard in the town
  • Back streets and wheelie bins