Drawn by the possibilities for walking, climbing and cycling, ‘enthusiastic, hard-working’ Amanda Walker and Peter Jaques invite visitors to share in Dales living at their lovingly restored Victorian house. Guide inspectors praised the many ‘clever touches’ from a thick, colourful rope acting as the wall’s handrail up the stairs, to handmade cast iron wardrobes. Oblige the ‘tempting’ cakes, available in the reception room (their sign says ‘Please eat me’); carry on into the book-lined sitting room, where drinks are available from the vintage honesty bar, and study the eclectic display of prints, watercolours, etchings and photos. A curving staircase leads up to ‘well-designed’ bedrooms, each with a ‘comfortable’ bed, ‘good lighting’ and ‘plenty of hot water’. A room at the front of the house will let you wake to ‘that wonderful view’, all the way to Howgill Fells. Served in the ‘light, bright’ dining room, on crisp linen, breakfast is ‘excellent’: ‘delicious’ local yogurt, fresh berries, creamy scrambled eggs, ‘proper’ home-baked sourdough bread, home-made marmalade – splendid preparation for a hearty hike to the Dales High Way, observed by resident red squirrels and curious sheep.