3 great places to stay in Yorkshire with roll top baths. The Middleton York hotel ( city centre 55-57 Skeldergate rd YO1 6DS), The Smithy Garth (Askrigg north Yorkshire silver street, Askrigg, DL8 3HS) and Acorn Lodge, in harrogate ( 1 studley rd HG1 5JU) why do we consider these 3 great places to stay in yorkshire…
Brixworth country park-cycling On visiting Brixworth country park we found some great cycling paths, as were not quite fit yet !! but were doing our best, we decided not to do the full 7.5 mile (12km) circuit, but just do around 6km of it. Brixworth country park also has 3 marked walking only trails, the Kestral 0.5…
FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, FUN, what more can I say, Mill Rythe Holiday village was just that !!! Something for everyone. Although we don’t normally book package style holidays (by choice nothing else). Mill Rythe was great, loads to do and we never got bored. We booked a dancing showbreak for 4 nights with a…
We visited Stanwick lakes on the weekend to start our keep fit program, well to get out and about anyway. We took our bikes after getting the tyres pumped up and the wheels oiled after winter. Stanwick lakes is a lovely place to ride for all age ranges due to its flat terrain. It also has a…
We went to the area where the Battle of Flodden took place or sometimes as its known the battle of Branxton on Flodden field and it was quite amazing. The Battle of Flodden Memorial can be seen high on the hill and stands out and feels a little eerie, We love to go to battle sites…
Selkirk town on the Scottish border may at first appear to be somewhat of a drab little town (sorry if you live there) however you only have to scratch the surface to find some fantastic people, history and craft in and around the area. Sir walter Scott was the depute sheriff of Selkirk town for…
The Glen Hotel selkirk situated in on the Scottish Borders is a quaint hotel. We arrived late in the evening and due to its proximity it was a little bit of a walk to Selkirk center (well on a cold night anyway). we decided to eat in the glen hotel itself. We settled in to our room,…
