NEWS AND EVENTS
Photography Workshops on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is running a series of photography workshops in 2020. Why not stay with us, we offer a warm welcome and an excellent base for exploring the rest of Yorkshire with your camera.
Scarborough Gold Wing Light Parade 2020
The annual charity Scarborough Gold Wing Light Parade and Firework display will be held on Saturday the 12th of September 2020. The all day event, which finishes with a fireworks display on the beach at South Bay in Scarborough, is organised entirely by volunteers to...
Yorkshire Mountain Bike Marathon
Hosted entirely on the private Birdsall Estate, the Yorkshire Mountain Bike Marathon is organised by the Birdsall Estate and the Northern Ride bicycle shop in Malton. This offroad mountain biking event is run for one day a year (in 2020 on the 7th of June) and is a...
Coffee Cups and Christmas
Here's a story that caught our eye. North Yorkshire coffee shop Baltzersen's, based in Harrogate, has since 2018 stopped using disposable paper cups. By their own admission in this Facebook post they have lost out financially because of that decision, but still stand...
Yorkshire Tea – the number 1 tea in the UK
According to the Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Tea, has become the number 1 tea in the UK - congratulations! Not only is it the number one tea in the UK, but it is made by local company Taylors of Harrogate who have really strong community, environment and sustainability...
The Secret Garden
There is a new version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's children's novel The Secret Garden starring Colin Firth (he also stared in the 1987 film version!) and Julie Walters coming to cinemas in early 2020. Set locally within the North Yorkshire Moors National Park,...
Malton Dickensian Festival
Malton holds its annual Dickensian Festival, celebrating the association between Malton and the writer Charles Dickens. Stay in our self catering cottages.
Small Businesses and the Environment
Great article on the BBC website about what the Honey Pot Cafe in Penzance is doing to do its bit for the environment. We want to do our bit too, it will be difficult at first, but as we grow with the business we hope it all becomes second nature. This is what we...
Illuminated Whitby Abbey
Whitby Abbey, is once again lighting up for Halloween. Between Fri 25 Oct - Sat 2 Nov 2019 you can visit Whitby Abbey in the evening and see it bathed in light. There will also be story tellers telling their spooky tales..... For more information and costs visit...
Malton for Good Food
One of the things that attracted us and our family to the Vale of Pickering was the small town of Malton, a lovely market town that like many places in the Vale of Pickering wouldn't be out of place in the Cotswolds. Malton, now famed for its good food, whether that...
Surfing in Yorkshire
Saltburn up in the North of the county of Yorkshire gets a mention in the Guardian as one of the top ten surfing beaches in the UK. Aside from Saltburn, the beaches in Whitby and Scarbough are also good if you want to go surfing in Yorkshire and all three have surf...
National Railway Museum, York
York is an ideal day trip location from our self catering holiday cottages in the Vale of Pickering. You can either drive in to York in under hour or drive as far Malton and then let the hourly train service from Malton take the strain and take you in to York. York...
A Visit to Malton
We popped up to Malton to visit our new solicitors and accountants, as we are that stage where things are starting to feel very real. A visit to Malton is always worthwhile - its a proper little market town with the complete range of shops you'd expect to find...
North Yorkshire Moors Railway – Northern Lights
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is running some fantastic night "Northern Lights" services this winter (2019) with specially lit up trains running from nearby Pickering. To find out more visit the Northern Lights page for more information. (Photo Credit :...
New Beginnings
Hello and welcome to our website and the start of our great big adventure as we go about moving to North Yorkshire to take on a small self catering cottage business in the Vale of Pickering - which stretches from the market town of Pickering in the West all the way to...
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Pickering 1940s Weekend Accommodation | Stay Near Pickering at Cliff House
Operation Pickering 1940s Weekend: Your Base Is Confirmed Transmission begins. Orders are now confirmed. The Pickering 1940s Weekend will take place from 9 to 11 October 2026, bringing one of North Yorkshire’s most immersive heritage events back to the town of...
Christmas and New Year at Cliff House Holiday Cottages 2026
Christmas and New Year at Cliff House Holiday Cottages We have recently updated our Christmas and New Year page at Cliff House Holiday Cottages, so it felt like a good opportunity to explain what a winter stay here is actually like and who it tends to suit. Cliff...
Winter beach walk from Whitby to Sandsend
A winter beach walk from Whitby to Sandsend A stretch of coast that works in every season, the walk along the beach from Whitby to Sandsend is one we return to time and again. This time, it felt especially well suited to the days between Christmas and New Year, when...