My Yorkshire: Richard Smailes, Feather Smailes Scales

Richard Smailes is a partner at Feather Smailes Scales Estate Agents in Harrogate.

Where do you live/where are you from?

I currently live in Bramham and love it, but as a boy grew up in Nidderdale. I had a brief ten year spell living in the centre of Harrogate, but clearly I’m a country boy at heart.

What is your favourite place to visit in Yorkshire and why?

The “two stoops” above Bewerley near Pateley Bridge is one of the most magical and mesmerising views

What is still on your “to do” list in the region?

To pay a visit the Black Sheep Brewery

What is the most memorable meal you’ve ever had in Yorkshire?

My wedding breakfast at Rudding House in August 1994

What is your most Yorkshire trait?

My straight forward honest approach

Favourite piece of trivia about the region.

That the railway between Wath and Pateley Bridge was constructed and worked on by Prisoners of War during the Second World War

What is your favourite cultural icon to come out of Yorkshire?

The Brontë Sisters

Worst experience or thing about Yorkshire?

Leaving!

What is one thing you’d steal from Lancashire (or other UK regions) if you could?

The sunnier weather from the South of England

What is the most overrated thing about Yorkshire?

Nothing Yorkshiremen are always so honest and humble, they say it as it is!