When I grow up… I want to live in an English Village. By the Village Green. This is in Crakehall.

The next train was not until two hours, so I decided to bike the 18 miles into Northallerton., A good decision, as this is an easy ride and takes less than 90 minutes – mostly gently downhill, with a few little hills and some very pretty villages.

Bedale is a bit like Leyburn – smalltowny. But there is coffee and cake and ‘facilities’ as well as a Wensleydale Railway Station.