Other must-sees? The Yorkshire Dales and Lake District (which ok, is technically not North Yorkshire, but right next to it). Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous scenery! Stu and I traveled up to his home town of Knaresborough to celebrate his mom’s 60th and had a fun-filled four days traveling the countryside. We wound our way through Wensleydale and stopped for lunch at the Wensleydale Cheese factory/visitor centre/café. Alas, no sign of Wallace or Gromit, but we did have a great salad with chicken, mango and Wensleydale cheese w/ginger (best salad ever) and stocked up on the ‘fromage!’ It was then up into the hills and dales of the Dales to stop for coffee (and some retail therapy) in the cute town of Grassington. The next day brought the Lake District. INCREDIBLE! I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. There's one posted here. We had another good lunch stop in a café next to the Theatre by the Lake (hello!), which came complete with a player piano playing Barry Manilow songs (because nothing says Lake District like Copacabana..lol). Wonder if Theatre by the Lake is hiring....Over the weekend, we explored Harrogate (home to spa water, the original Betty’s tea room, and consistently dubbed one of the best places to live in UK) and Knaresborough (a suburb of Harrogate, situated beautifully along the River Nid and home to Knaresborough Castle. Again, I’ll just let the pics do the talking and send out many thanks to Mr and Mrs C for being such great hosts and tour guides!
