We used to divert off the A1 to visit the ice cream farm at Masham. And you're not too far away from the coast to have a trip to Whitby or Scarborough if you fancied it.
Nero’s for a good coffee and cake
I dispute both of these, better than Costa or Starbucks though. There must be better cake closeby surely?
When in Masham, Theakston's Old Peculier.
Oh yes, I forgot the cheese place in Hawes. I just had to eat so many of the sample pieces before I could choose which to buyWensleydale Creamery at Hawes, is worth a visit for some cracking cheese, as recommended by Wallace & Grommit, ...