Fiona Duff: Ey up! 'Ow's it goin – it’s grand and clean in Yorkshire

So at every opportunity (when there was some sort of wifi signal) I have had to check to see if there has been an email asking me to get going. Despite that, I am really pleased that I came.

It sure is lovely down here – the sunshine has really helped – and I don’t think that I am the only one to think so. This morning we tootled along to Grassington, where the Channel 5 re-boot of All Creatures Great & Small was filmed.

Arriving at 10am there was only one parking space at the decent sized carpark. The place was awash with people in proper hiking boots looking like they were there for some serious walking business. We just pottered about the town, noting that despite it being so very pretty in the centre it would probably be a flipping nightmare to live here.

There isn’t much parking in the middle and if there are this many visitors on a Wednesday in March goodness knows what it is like on a summer weekend. The one thing we noticed about this whole area around the Dales and Harrogate is how there is virtually no litter.

One of the oddest things about this revelation is that it was quite difficult to find anywhere to actually put any litter that you might have.

The roadside hedges are trimmed to perfection and many of the verges alive with daffodils.

The towns and villages also have an abundance of flowers, every garden is in tip-top shape and it has been pretty difficult to find either a boarded up shop or one of those discount stores which just lower your endorphins looking at them.

Independent cafes, bars and shops are very much the order of the day. I have heard about the pride of the Yorkshire people, and now I understand why.

I just wish we could have a bit more of that in Edinburgh. So take your rubbish home and plant some daffodils.