Quick Yorkshire-related question

[strange_complex]

Julius Caesar answers are on hold until Monday, I'm afraid. I've half-written them, but was too snowed under to post them on Thursday, and then Mum arrived for the weekend so I'm busy doing stuff with her now - shopping, house-hunting and the opera this evening.

Just time to post a quick question relating to her visit, though. She's come up in the car, so we thought it would be nice to drive out to a local village tomorrow for a pub lunch. Does anyone from this part of the world have any recommendations? For example, which direction out of Leeds would we be best advised to drive in if we want nice scenery and pretty villages-with-pubs? And does anyone know of any particularly good places for a nice pub lunch?

Thanks in advance for any tips!

Comments

[nigelmouse.livejournal.com]

I think I'll watch this thread for any answers you might get, as I'm curious about any recommendations for this too. I've lived here a while and always meant to look into this but never have.

As for direction to drive, you hit scenery pretty much any way you drive out of Leeds (one of the reasons I like it here). My gut feeling would be to drive north west though, as you've got Otley, Ilkey and Burley in Wharfdale which are all nice little villages/towns with lots of picturesque scenery around them.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tips on direction. We did drive north west in the end actually, and ended up in Burley in Wharfdale, sampling the very fine carvery in their Red Lion. Most tasty!

As for meaning to look into local villages and their pubs, I'd certainly be up for exploring a few more some time of them if you want to head off on some Sunday outings - and from his comments below, it sounds like big_daz would, too!