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About Andrew Fagg

Andrew is the Authority's Media Officer

February 27, 2026 12:31 pm Published by Andrew Fagg Leave your thoughts

In 1986 Horton-in-Ribblesdale poet Anna Adams (1926-2011) published a collection of poetry called “Trees In Sheep Country”. On its 40th […]

December 2, 2025 10:46 am Published by Andrew Fagg 2 Comments

James Newhouse is producing beef and lamb on Meg’s Farm in Long Preston, Craven. A couple of weeks ago he […]

November 20, 2025 8:11 pm Published by Andrew Fagg Leave your thoughts

Earlier this cold day I saw cattle on a Craven gritstone hill, licking their calves. Their grazing and composting are […]

August 29, 2025 5:13 pm Published by Andrew Fagg Leave your thoughts

What difference does it make to move boulders beside a beck? Or to drop dead mature pine trees into the […]

May 6, 2025 3:49 pm Published by Andrew Fagg 3 Comments

There are “lots of great options” for a day visit to the Yorkshire Dales National Park by train and bus […]

March 15, 2025 6:49 pm Published by Andrew Fagg 2 Comments

Garsdale was full of people and farming, daffodils and lambs, today. Sunshine today and shadows in the clefts of the […]

July 23, 2024 4:36 pm Published by Andrew Fagg Leave your thoughts

The finest living thinkers and publicists of “the Yorkshire Dales” have spoken on the legacy of Arthur Raistrick, as part […]

October 17, 2023 9:19 am Published by Andrew Fagg Leave your thoughts

I caught a word with Beverley Hicks at the opening of the ‘Connections and Reflections’ exhibition at the Dales Countryside […]

October 2, 2023 10:14 am Published by Andrew Fagg Leave your thoughts

It was 5am and no one seemed to be up at Low Riggs farm in Upper Nidderdale. Then a headlight […]

September 1, 2023 3:50 pm Published by Andrew Fagg Leave your thoughts

**This feature article first appeared in the Craven Herald & Pioneer on Thurs 31 August 2023. The Yorkshire Dales National […]