Byland Abbey is one of the many monastic ruins that are short drive away from Cliff House Holiday Cottages. Founded by monks who had a tough start on their journey - left to found a new abbey, founded new abbey, ransacked by the Scots, returned to parent Abbey, not...
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Clyvedon Castle and Clyvedon (aka Castle Howard and Coneysthorpe)
Clyvedon and the land of Bridgerton On Sunday we went for a walk around the Castle Howard Estate.Β Many of you will probably recognise Castle Howard as Clyvedon Castle, home of the Duke and Duchess of Hastings in the Netflix series βBridgertonβ. First, we...
North Yorkshire Water Park
North Yorkshire Water Park We visited the nearby North Yorkshire Water Park to have a go on their zip line, which was quite fun π The Water Park also offers a range of other activities to make a day of it, from climbing on the climbing wall, paddle boarding, wake...
Malton Monthly Food Market
Saturday was nearby Malton's monthly food market.Β So we got up early to visit and got some supplies from in before coming back to do change overs at the cottages. At Malton's monthly food marketΒ there are lots of artisanal food and drink producers at the market...
Helmsley Walled Garden wins award
Local attractions Helmsley Walled Garden and Scampston Walled Gardens have both recently won βhidden gemβ awards in VisitEnglandβs Visitor Attraction Accolades 2020-21. Congratulations to them both! Helmsley Walled Garden, which could be inspiration for The Secret...
What’s Your Bucket List?
Jess Power from Married At First Sight Australia has recently moved to Manchester and this is her UK bucket list... what would be your North Yorkshire Bucket list? This would be our Cliff House bucket list⦠Ice Cream Sundae at the Harbour Bar in Scarborough A...
Chafer Wood and Netherby Dale
Went out for a quick walk this morning up to Chafer Wood and down Netherby Dale. Slightly nettley - so wearing shorts wasn't the best choice π A fabulous short walk direct from our cottages, that on a day like today feels like you are walking through a rain forest as...
Kirkdale and Chafer Woods Walk
Went for a quick walk from the cottages up through Chafer Wood and then across and down through Kirkdale.Β Passing the local church and stopping to take photographs of Ebberston Hall - apparently the UK's smallest stately home. But before we made it back to Cliff...
Scampston Hall Gardens and Jackson’s Wold Garden
Why visit one country garden, when you can visit two?Β With Scampston Hall Gardens and Jackson's Wold Garden so close to each other, a visit was in order. Scampston Hall Gardens Scampston Hall Gardens, as the name implies is a part of the larger Scampston Hall Estate....
Rievaulx Terrace and Abbey
With such great weather this Easter Sunday, we made an impromptu visit to the National Trust's Rievaulx Terrace - a garden with two follys in it. The garden used to be a part of the Duncombe Estate, but was handed over to the National Trust as payment for death...
NATIONAL GUMDROP DAY
Did you know today is National Gumdrop day in the USA ? (what ever next ?) Still itβs a good excuse to pop out to the fabulous Helmsley Traditional Sweet Shop - https://www.helmsleysweets.co.uk/ They sell sweets the old-fashioned way, straight from big jars into paper...
Bridgerton
With the 2nd season of the popular Netflix show Bridgerton now announced, many of you will be doing a happy dance.Β Bridgerton is based on a series of 8 novels set in the Regency period by the historical romantic novelist Julia Quinn.Β The series revolves the eight...
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A visit to Byland Abbey
Byland Abbey is one of the many monastic ruins that are short drive away from Cliff House Holiday Cottages. Founded by monks who had a tough start on their journey - left to found a new abbey, founded new abbey, ransacked by the Scots, returned to parent Abbey, not...
New Photography for The Coach House
We had fun over the weekend taking new photographs of our Coach House self catering cottage.Β We've added a few new things to the cottage and wanted to show them off... Prints of local scenes by the artist Ian Mitchell Our new bike rack - a useful addition to our...
Made in Ebberston
Made in Ebberston Since moving to our home in Ebberston despite lockdown, weβve been able to meet so many other people who call Ebberston home.Β Many of those people are fantastic crafters and artisanal makers.Β To celebrate Ebberston and its makers, weβve created a...