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Submitting... Oscar Boatfield, who runs guided fly fishing trips in and around Pateley Bridge, said: “I was five years old when my granddad took me fishing, and ever since it has been part of my life. I am from Hampshire originally, but I moved up to Yorkshire two years ago because the fishing is so good. I found a new home here and now I want to introduce other people to the sport. Oscar Boatfield pictured fly-fishing on the River Nidd, Pateley Bridge “The rivers in Yorkshire offer some of the best trout and grayling fly fishing in the world - honestly, they are one of the sport’s bes...

Something in Yorkshire that makes you smile   The variety of beautiful character properties. I’ve always been obsessed with looking at houses and Yorkshire really does have it all! From small, cosy cottages to grand awe-inspiring homes, I just love to take a trip to rural villages in the county and lusting over the buildings that people have made their homes.  A place you love to eat   My husband and I love a small, family run restaurant in Oakwood where we used to live called Ricos. Heather, the owner always gives us such a warm welcome and the food is to die for. Not to mention the H...

This mighty lump is a grinding stone, found by TV’s River Hunters in York. In episode two of the six-part series, to be broadcast on Sky History on Monday, US YouTube river detectorist Beau Ouimette, TV presenter and keen swimmer Rick Edwards and Durham’s own underwater archaeologist Gary Bankhead travel to York, hunting for evidence of Britain’s most notorious seafaring raiders, the Vikings. The team discovered the grindstone, of the type used since the time of the Vikings, alongside crockery and a floor tile thought to originate from the late medieval or early post medieval time...

The village of Elmsett was once home to a dropping well. - Credit: CHARLOTTE BOND It’s the curious case of the lost well of Elmsett, a magical spring which – like Mother Shipton’s Cave – had the power to turn objects to stone.  North of the village church is a stream and close by was a slope where a mineral spring once bubbled to the surface and was famed for its medicinal properties. It was also noted that it caused cystallisation of objects  In the National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland of 1868, Elmsett’s curious well was mentioned: “There is a dropping well in ...

Lara with her brother Bear Grylls - and taking part in her #FrostyFeb ice-swim challenge LARA Fawcett proved as daring as her brother TV endurance adventurer Bear Grylls when she took part in an open air ice-swimming challenge throughout February for charity. Lara, who works in PR, launched her Frosty Feb challenge to raise money for the Archbishop of York Youth Trust, for which she is a trustee. Lara, 54, from Wetherby, said she and Bear "bonded" over cold swimming and said he supported her throughout the challenge which raised £23,000 in just 28 days by her swimming in freezing water...