We missed out on a window view for our final breakfast in the hotel. Unexpectedly, breakfast was fully self service rather than waiter service as on previous days. Once again, we lingered a while before loading the car with our luggage and checking out.
On our journey home we stopped off at Bradford to visit the [...]
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Harrogate – Day Four
2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 15th 2021
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Harrogate – Day Three
We had the perfect window seat for breakfast so once again we sat and lingered enjoying the atmosphere and view.
The forecasted weather wasn’t favourable but we decided to stick with our plan to visit Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. The weather was cloudy with the occasional burst of sunshine leading to an ever changing palate [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2021
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The Stowaway Advises…
… He is back from his recent adventures in Harrogate
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 9th 2021
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2020 Reviewed in 12 photographs…
… one from each month of the year
For some of the months it was difficult to choose only one photograph.
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 4th 2021
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Brodsworth Hall Gardens
Take a stroll in the labyrinthine ‘grand gardens in miniature’ now restored to their Victorian heyday. Enjoy the garden vistas and discover enchanting features like the pleasure grounds with their fountain centrepiece or the classical summerhouse or the fern dell and pet cemetery.
With snowdrops and winter evergreens, spring tulips and laburnum and summer roses and [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2020
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Conisbrough Castle
The magnificent keep at Conisbrough Castle is one of South Yorkshire’s most striking landmarks. The castle was the centre of a great Norman lordship, given by William the Conqueror to William de Warenne. The keep was probably built in the 1170s or 1180s. Escaping damage in the Civil War, it became a picturesque ruin in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 25th 2020
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Bebra Gardens – Knaresborough
Bebra Gardens is a small, attractive park close to Knaresborough Castle.
This hidden gem, which provides a haven from the hustle and bustle of the town centre is named in honour of the town’s links with Bebra, Germany.
The gardens are on a steep slope and there are sloping, meandering pathways leading through mature trees and conifers. The [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2020
