Beaufort Scales

A short festive tale from the world of Beaufort Scales and Toot Hansell, featuring dogs and dragons and a little too much mulled wine …

Three years ago this month – yesterday, in fact – Beaufort Scales ambled out into the …

There’s a fine line between ‘eccentric’ and ‘a danger to oneself and others’.
And that line may just lie with the body in the freezer …

Nothing’s looking too rosy in Toot Hansell this spring …

Gilbert settled himself under the cover of a hedge, watching the bird through the window …

A quick and easy recipe for no-bake run and raisin chocolate truffles that also make fantastic gifts.

Was there some sort of official scale for these things, from harmless eccentricity to “call the care home”?

Bribery. Corruption. Murder.

Who said local politics were boring?

Lovely people, you may have noticed me mention (you know, here and there…

Murder, mayhem, and old secrets come to light in the Yorkshire Dales – with dragons, of course.