Ladies World is a handy Ripon shop stop for dog owners who like a town browse with a footwear angle and a decent chance of leaving with something useful. This long-established family-run business focuses on ladies’ and men’s shoes, handbags and small leather goods, so it is a very sensible place to pop into when the day has involved more pavements than expected or the weather has started freelancing.

It suits that gentler part of a Ripon visit where the dog is toddling along nicely and the humans are convincing themselves they are only browsing. For visitors with dogs, it adds an easy, practical little shopping stop to the town centre mix. Solid, local and quietly capable of turning “just a look” into a new pair of boots.