Bowes and Lady Myers

As freshly minted English Heritage members, we’re very excited to get out and explore some new local places which we’ve not yet discovered, being too stingy to pay the individual entry prices (I’ve clearly been…

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Troutbeck Tongue

When day tripping to the Lakes, it pays to have a Plan B (or even a Plan C) up your sleeve incase you can’t get parked at Plan A. This is a methodology we had…

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Middleham Castle

Nestled in the heart of Wensleydale, Middleham Castle stands proudly over the tiny town of the same name. The boyhood home of Richard III, not much more than the shell of the castle remains today,…

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Arns Gill and the Head of Ryedale

Saturday last weekend was absolutely horrible. It was a day to batten down the hatches and try and catch up with the never ending mountain of washing (or, to curl up with a good book…

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Exploring Northumberland with Cottages.com

I will never stop being grateful for the opportunities which have come our way since I started this blog and my Instagram account. Last weekend, we were lucky enough to be invited to stay at…

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Two and a Half Days in Dorset

I’ve wanted to visit Dorset for years – specifically, I’d been brainwashed by Instagram into wanting to visit Durdle Door, a natural arch on the South West coast near Lulworth. The county’s gently rolling countryside…

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Around and About Ravensworth

In the throes of Winter, I always think that it’s really important to get out for a walk at the weekend, especially after a long week of being shut inside at work seeing next to…

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