Shepherds Inn

The Shepherds Inn at Melmerby is a very classical looking boozer and you have to hand it to Hesket Newmarket Brewery - one of Cumbria's first microbreweries - who manage and provide this pub as much beer as it needs. Now there are at least three to six award-winning ales from the brewery to notch up the excitement, alongside lagers and wines.

With local Cumbrian suppliers knocking at the kitchen door, dishes are deliciously fresh and well presented, like the shredded honey roast duck, Asian spiced king prawns and home cured local salmon, served with crisp Lakeland oat cakes, cream cheese and balsamic vinegar. Next you could find a luxury Shepherds Inn shepherds pie with mutton and pork topped with a rich wholegrain mustard mash and melted cheese, and there is a 10oz Askerton rib eye if you'd like to indulge in bovine pleasures.

Watching mountaineer Doug Scott's escapades in the Himalayas could bring much cheer to those with an adventure streak, and these individually signed photographs are up for sale as well.