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Yore House Proud Supporters of Yore House Farm a c c o u n t a n t s Unit 2, Olympic Court, Boardmans Way, Whitehills Business Park, Blackpool FY4 5GU t:01253 768718 e:[email protected] www.championgroup.co.uk @ChampionAccount New & Used Tractors & Tractor Parts Tunstall Tractors Ltd have been trading in new and used second hand tractors and undertaking servicing and repair work since 1984, originally under the name David Tunstall until the formation of the limited company in 1997. Proud to be suppliers to Jim Pedley of Yore House and wish him continued success. Tel: [phone] | www.tunstalltractors.com Tunstall Tractors Ltd, Foggy Gill, Fellend, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4LN ALDERSONS NATEBY SERVICE STATION 4 x 4 • ATV • CAR SALES • ALL VEHICLE REPAIRS MoTs • BATTERIES • TYRES • EXHAUSTS GRAHAM EDWARDS TRAILERS Proud to be associated with Jim Pedley & wish him all the best for the future Tel: [phone] • Mobile: [phone] Follow us on Facebook Natebyservicestation www.natebyservicestation.co.uk 48 Oct/Nov 2016 www.farmers-mart.co.uk Where sheep reign supreme Chris Berry talks with Jim and Liz Pedley at Yore House »»DO YOU KNOW WHERE Lunds is? The chances are that many won’t, but you may have heard of Garsdale Head where there is a station on the SettleCarlisle railway and you may have even visited the Moorcock Inn, which gave its name to Moorcock Show? It’s going west from Hawes on the A684 but you turn right at the Moorcock Inn rather than driving on to Sedbergh. This is a wild and woolly place, beautiful in the spring and summer, not bad in early autumn but at times fearsome in winter as the weather turns its vice-like grip. It’s where the beauty of the Yorkshire Dales turns eminently rugged, more akin to the harsh bleakness of the ridges in the North York Moors. It’s where the Pedley family has lived for generations. Jim Pedley’s parents Henry and Elizabeth made their long distance move from next door at Blades Farm in 1963 to come to Yore House where they have grown their farming enterprise to incorporate two more farms in Kirkby Stephen 14 miles north of the home farm and where sons Stephen and Martin farm in partnership with Jim and wife Liz. Their middle son David farms separately at Winton near Kirkby Stephen. The rivers Ure and Eden both start within 4 miles of Yore House and the Ure runs right down the farm’s hillside. It’s a countrygoers delight and the little bridge to be crossed just before the farmhouse adds even more character to their tenanted farm. “Mum and dad moved here from Blades because this was a larger farm,” says Jim. “I’m the youngest of four sons. I have two sisters too. Liz and I got together over 40 years ago at a dance in Dent. She’s a farmer’s daughter from Sedbergh. “In all we have around 1,230 acres which is grass and rough stuff. Up here at Yore is regarded as Severely Disadvantaged Less Favoured Area status. Here we’re at 1,100ft above sea level and at the other two farms we’re at 450ft. Our main enterprise is sheep. We have the