YORKSHIRE

The Yorkshire Dales have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Much of this is down to my father, the TV journalist Luke Casey, whose award-winning ITV series, The Dales Diary, documented the lives of numerous locals over the years.

Fresh air and long walks were Dad’s answer to almost every ill, so when, at the age of 11, I was struck with chronic insomnia, Dad sprang into