Hi all,
We have unexpectedly got 4 days free and my wife wants to go to Yorkshire, we live in London.
I think she’s been watching too much All Creatures Great and Small. She keeps going on about ‘The Dales’ 
Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions of where to go, what to see or do?
We like walking, exploring new areas, nice restaurants, scenery and maybe something a bit different.
Nice hotel or AirBnB, we’re easy but we like a bit of comfort in our old age.
Thx, Tony
Plenty to do and see in York. North Yorkshire Moors are nice.
Try Masham. Great pubs, two breweries, and a good restaurant (you would need to book!)
Also Middleham, if you like racehorses. Open day Good Friday.
Into the Dales, Hawes is touristy but worth a visit. The list is endless (I live in North Yorkshire btw).
James Herriot was my first encounter with British culture in the eighties when my mum was addicted to it and I watched it with her. My favourite character was Mr Biggins. Tell your wife most people up there are like Mr Biggins and perhaps she does not want to travel anymore 
as a consequence of the story above I’ve also been to Yorkshire as a teenager (and later a few times more). Fountains Abbey, Ripon cathedral, Brimham rocks and Whitby spring to mind first together my my first Pub experiences. Nice old pubs with traditional Ales. Dogs, pub cat and all that.
The county is huge ranging from the coast in the east to the Dales in the west. You have a choice of chalkland in the wolds, gritstone in West Yorkshire and the north York moors to limestone under the Dales.
Easter is very busy here in the Dales so last minute accommodation will be a challenge.
Also, you have York with it’s medieval streets and wonderful minster.
For landscape and walking you can’t beat either the moors or the Dales. For the latter look for accommodation around Settle.
If you have time check out Robbie Roams on YouTube. He has 3 great podcasts on Yorkshire - the Dales, North Yorkshire & 10 must see places. Check those out and you can’t go wrong. I’m a coast man myself so Flamborough/North Landing (take your cossy), Whitby, Robin Hoods Bay, Staithes etc would be my go tos. Inland Malham Cove/ Gordale Scar are Dales essentials for me. Truth is you’re spoilt for choice. York of course if you want a City, the capital. Harrogate might be a good base.
The only trouble with Yorkshire is those Yorkshire people who seem to think they are God’s gift to mankind, and there are all too many of them. There are great big fat flies too. Derbyshire is so much nicer.
There’s some great walks and good pubs to stay at in Malham, Settle, Kettlewell or Arncliffe for the Dales. Skipton is well located as the gateway to the Dales and also not far from North York Moors and coast.
How very dare you!
Yes I agree, better come to Lancashire instead 
Loads of great suggestions. It will be in about three weeks so time to plan and book!
Thanks everyone,
Tony 
The “Visit Yorkshire” site is worth a look when planning a visit.
Bronte Country.
Look around, then dinner in Haworth.
Then short drive to where you you can park up and walk to the Bronte Waterfall.
Whatever you do, don’t shout AYE UP near any of the sheep you will come across. Apparently it makes them very nervous.
Whitby and Robin Hood’s Bay are worth a visit, Egton and Egton Bridge are pretty, or were when I lived there for a year as a child and when I visited for a few days in my teens. Lots of good hill walking if you like that. There is a steam railway that gets good reviews, I believe, and some of the other closed lines are now cycling and walking routes. I keep meaning to go back sometime, so I would be interested to read your observations of the area and what you would recommend now.
Are you sure you’ve got your tongue inside the proper cheek there, H?
Hawes is a good place to base yourself. There are good Airbnb options and Simonstone Hall (of Jeremy Clarkson fame!) is nearby, if budget allows.
From Hawes, you are in striking distance of numerous day-trip options:-
Nice market towns:- Settle, Leyburn, Richmond, Reeth.
Ribblehead Viaduct.
Malham Cove.
Masham with its breweries.
Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes itself.
There are excellent walks from Hawes (it’s on the Pennine Way) and it has a handful of good pubs including the Green Dragon at Hardraw near the waterfalls.
Leyburn is also a good place to base yourself for the dales.
Your suggestions are spot on. I also like Wensleydale, with Hawes a good base, but Swaledale is my favourite for walking.
