As luxury UK weekend breaks for food snobs like me go, the Yorkshire Dales is the perfect destination for a gourmet weekender.

Not least because, aside from the plethora of places to wine and dine – from historic pubs dishing up proper locally produced Yorkshire grub, to intimate dining rooms with award-winning chefs creating delicate dishes of farm-to-fork fare – there is quite simply nowhere more breathtakingly beautiful to walk off all those sins than the Yorkshire Dales.

For this particular itinerary – which is ideal for anyone wanting some luxury UK weekend breaks inspiration – you’re probably going to need a set of wheels to explore the area properly. And even then, you’re only touching the sides over a weekend. The Yorkshire Dales is bursting at its dry-stone-wall-seams with off-the-scale culinary culture.

So, pack a pair of heels and a couple of posh frocks. Plus elasticated pants, walking boots and a healthy appetite – Yorkshire folk don’t do small portions.