A plum job

At the Dales’ western edge (next stop, the Lake District) this stylish inn excels with its chic rooms and chef Nina Matsunaga’s distinctive cooking. The Bull does the rural inn bit impressively (great

Yorkshire wine is having a moment, who’d have thought it? And there’s no better time than summer to pay a visit to one of the county’s vineyards and meet passionate winemakers

A little fruit with a big personality, damsons are the wild, punchy cousins of plums. Small, oval and dark purple, they’ve been growing in Britain since Roman times, and were brought over for eating a

Shropshire is not the UK’s driest county, admittedly, but at Wildegoose Nursery in the walled garden at Millichope Park, between Much Wenlock and Ludlow, owners Jack and Laura Willgoss have taken the

The gardens at Glenarm Castle, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland The home of Randal and Aurora McDonnell

Pick-your-own flower fields are blooming across Yorkshire and a trip to one is a treat for the senses as you relax and connect with the natural world. Emma Chesworth meets some of the growers