Yorkshire Dales, TV Soap Country
At the Wensleydale
Creamery in Hawes we had the opportunity to taste many different
cheeses and see the cheese making process. References were made to Wallace
and Grommit and we had great fun having our photos taken with the characters. 
We went to
the Woolpack Inn for Sunday lunch, with Yorkshire puddings all round! The
Woolpack is the pub featured in the popular TV soap Emmerdale. Everyone had a
chance to pull a pint behind the bar and we all thought we would make great bar
staff!
Our first stop was The Carding Shed at Jackson Bridge. Here we
saw a collection of car related memorabilia before stopping in the café for tea
and coffee which was served in vintage cups and we tried their homemade
cakes. The waitresses were fabulous in their 50's dresses. 
A
short drive and we were amongst the film locations for The Last of the Summer
Wine. We visited a museum which is in Nora Batty's Cottage with lots of
memorabilia. We
had our lunch in Sid's with cardboard cut outs of Nora with her broom! 
We also took a tour in a vintage bus around the area, with great commentary from the
driver.
In Pickering we caught the train to Goathland. After a journey through some stunning countryside we stopped at another old station
which was used as Hogsmeade Station in the first Harry Potter film. Goathland
is known as Aidensfield in the TV series Heartbeat. We had a cream tea in the
café where the police car from the series is parked.
In York we caught
the open-top bus and had a tour of the city which took us into the suburbs as
well as pointing out all the places of interest inside the city. We learnt that
in York, streets are called gates. Gates are called bars and bars are called
pubs! All very confusing! We saw the fantastic York Minster and walked through
the tiny street.
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