The Yorkshire Dales - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Wensleydale
Adventurer and explorer Paul Rose heads for Wensleydale in this new three-part series about the Yorkshire Dales. He starts his journey in the small town of Hawes, where locals now run many of their own services, including the buses.
Paul checks out why cycling is so popular in the Dales and tries to get to the top of the Buttertubs Pass, which is one of Wensleydale's most difficult routes. Along the way he meets a family of beautiful Dales dormice – and spends time with a man who looks after one of Yorkshire's most imposing castles.
Swaledale
Explorer Paul Rose heads for Swaledale in the latest of his Yorkshire Dales adventures. Swaledale is the wildest of the Yorkshire Dales and Paul joins the farmers who look after rare upland hay meadows. Paul also visits Muker Show and enters the cake making contest using a pressure cooker he's used on Everest.
He also goes underground to try and find rare industrial artefacts left behind by lead miners in the 19th century. Paul's journey also includes a meeting with actor Peter Davison who played Tristan Farnham in the All Creatures Great and Small TV series.
He also joins a community choir whose members include13 farmers.
Wharfedale
Paul Rose's Yorkshire Dales adventure takes him to Wharfedale. He meets the butchers in Ilkley whose Yorkshire produce is being sold all over the country. Paul also heads for Bolton Abbey and spends time with the Duke of Devonshire. He then takes time out with the Calendar Girls who shot to fame after their nude Calendar became a worldwide sensation two decades ago, and has a close encounter with bats that live along the River Wharfe. Finally, he meets the families from inner-city Bradford who are having their first Dales experience.
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