From across the globe with Yorkshire Bolt Holes!

Well here we are at the end of May.  How did that happen?  It was a bit damp at the start and then went from lighting the log burner to getting the BBQ out!  How we love the British weather! 

We have welcomed many guests this month, from across the globe, which is just fantastic.  Amsterdam and Canada are visiting this weekend.  Yorkshire Bolt Holes is now truly international!  We have also been lucky enough to look after a few of you celebrating your weddings, and with the recent fabulous weather, we were so happy for you, Yorkshire is truly spectacular when the sun shines on it, there is no place like it.

The interior design fairy has been working her magic on both Ashknott Cottage and Bewerley Hall Cottage and we are thrilled with the results.  Our friends at Stay Classy Creative are coming down  next weekend to take some gorgeous new photos, cannot wait!  Keep an eye on our websites to see what we have been up to!  http://www.yorkshireboltholes.com/

We are nearly fully booked throughout the Summer, however we do have the odd gap here and there at both our cottages so please check our websites for the latest availability.  We are even starting to get bookings coming through for 2013 - you have been warned, we hate to disappoint.

For our doggie friends out there, can you believe it, we have shared our life with Riley our rescued black lab, one year today!  How that time has truly flown.  Tim and I picked him up this time last year.  He didn't stop panting for about 48 hours and wouldn't settle that first night, but here we are one year on, and boy oh boy, what a difference that year has made.  He's happy, fitter and trimmer, loves his ball, adores swimming and really does have the life of Riley!  (This picture was taken on our first holiday with Riley last November down in South Wales).

Well this forthcoming weekend sees the true start to the Jubilee celebrations, hope you have fun whatever you decide to do.  We are sharing it with neighbours and a glass or two....  Then we've got the Olympic torch coming to the local area from Monday 18th June 2012 and then of course the Games in London commence in July!  It's all happening in 2012!

Best wishes

Sarah, Tim and Riley
Yorkshire Bolt Holes Ltd

Spring Lambs, Wild Garlic and Bluebells

Hello everybody, well here we are in May!  The year is passing us by yet again!  How I love Spring!  Just walking the dog down by the River Nidd recently in Nidderdale, I noticed that nature had got a spurt on too!  Riley and I passed fields of Spring lambs, skipping around and their Mums bleating at us loudly.  The smell of wild garlic wafting up into the air as we walked by and that glow of purple and blue from the woodland bluebells - how wonderful!  You know we can take so much for granted, it's good to just stop for a while and take in the sights and smells that are all around us, we are so lucky to live in such a special area. 

Business is great and we are nearly full this Summer.  We have the odd gap here and there so if you fancy a short break, do get in touch.  Alternatively why not look ahead and book something for late Summer?  It's a super time to come to Nidderdale and we do offer short breaks all the year round. Although the cottages are busy and we are even receiving bookings for 2013, I am always looking at how I can improve the experience of staying at our cottages for our guests.  At the moment I am busy putting together some fantastic local information packs for our guests to browse during their stay.  I do get to meet most of our guests and always point them in the right direction, but that is not always possible when guests are travelling some distance to reach us, so the best thing to do in this situation, is to provide these guests with my assistant - Sarah 2!  Within these info packs I've mentioned all the great places Tim and I like to visit when we are in the area, where we like to walk, which are our favourite pubs to enjoy a tipple and what are the 'must see' places to visit.  We hope you will love these places as much as we have enjoyed researching them!

Looking ahead, we are making some internal improvements to our cottages at the moment.  Just having some fantastic new solid wood furniture made by hand ,by a local company called 'Pine Junction' who are based in West Tanfield, Ripon for the bedroom at Ashknott Cottage in Kirkby Malzeard.  Carol Ayres, also from Kirkby Malzeard, who is in fact our neighbour up there too, has just made some gorgeous new curtains, blinds and cushions for Bewerley Hall Cottage.  Carol's work has really given a lift and a super fresh look to the place, so much so, we have decided to say cheerio to the four poster in the bedroom and it will shortly be replaced with a wonderful new king size wrought iron bed frame in cream - a bit more country living!

The improvements are not stopping there, watch this space and keep an eye on our website www.yorkshireboltholes.com for more updates as they happen!

Have a fantastic May, enjoy the Bank Holidays and get out there and enjoy nature at it's best!

Sarah, Tim and Riley x