The Yorkshire Dales - When are you coming?

Hello friends,
Hope our latest mutterings find you well?
Just wanted to share with you this brilliant new video which truly highlights why you should be visiting our great area. Makes me very proud to say I am from Yorkshire!  Enjoy.
We still have availability at our cottages http://www.yorkshireboltholes.com/  throughout the year, so
I suppose the question is, when are you coming?
See you soon!
Best wishes

Sarah x

We've just become a 'Firm Friend of Nidderdale'

Hi everybody, hope life is treating you all well?  Am writing this listening to this years' budget being read out on Radio 4, I know I am SO 'rock and roll'!  We have had a terrific start to the year, Ashknott Cottage and Bewerley Hall Cottage are back in full swing, our booking calendars are looking busy and we are welcoming back lots of familiar faces.  Just like any business, you cannot afford to stand still and we are always trying to improve our product and our service to our guests.  We have received terrific feedback regarding our new on-line booking system and hopefully you will all agree, just how much easier it is to use and find your way around.  We are very excited to learn that we have been featured in Aprils' edition of 'Living North' magazine where they have featured great places to stay including our own 'Yorkshire Bolt Holes'.  Thank you to Georgina Farrer - http://www.livingnorth.com for requesting our info. 
We are also delighted to become involved with a new venture that has recently taken off in Nidderdale and have just become a 'Firm friend of Nidderdale'.  By becoming a Firm Friend, we are demonstrating that our business take its environmental and social responsibility seriously and that we actively encourage the patronage of local shops and produce whilst our guests are enjoying their holiday in this stunning area of natural beauty.  More info can be found at http://www.nidderdalefirmfriends.co.uk
Well back to it folks! 
Sarah x

Making booking with Yorkshire Bolt Holes, that little bit easier!

Hello there!  What a busy week it has been, lots happening within the towers of Yorkshire Bolt Holes!  A few of you may have noticed that we have recently re-launched our Ashknott Cottage website, hope you love it as much as we do?  We didn't want to leave our home page of http://www.yorkshireboltholes.com out, so why not take a peek at what our friends at http://www.stayclassycreative.com have created for us!  Think you will agree that it gives you a great feel for what we do and how we like to look after our guests at Ashknott Cottage and Bewerley Hall Cottage in Nidderdale, Yorkshire.  We didn't want to stop with just an improvement on the design and feel of the websites, so have taken, what I think is a brilliant step forward, the implementation of a brand new on-line booking system, which we hope will help you when you are checking availability and wishing to book on-line.  In the last couple of years we have seen a tremendous increase in the amount of on-line bookings that we receive and we wanted to offer you much more flexibility when you make your booking with us through this channel.  The new calendar is clear, concise and allows you to book short breaks on-line for the first time too!  You can choose your payment method, whether you wish to pay by cheque, BACS or by card and if your date of stay is outside of six weeks of booking, you just need to pay the deposit only. 
Hope you love the changes - let us know what you think, always on the look out for feedback in everything that we do.
Until the next time,

Best wishes
Sarah & Tim Manby

Ashknott Cottage website now re-launched!

Hi everybody, just a quickie to let you know that we have just re-launched our website for Ashknott Holiday Cottage in Nidderdale.  We would love to know what you think.  The guys at Stay Classy Creative have really captured the feel and atmosphere of the cottage, hope you love it as much as we do!  And if you do, why not come along and see it for yourselves!  We are delighted to offer short breaks all the year round from just £250.  The kettle will be on and the fire lit if it's chilly, see you soon!
http://www.ashknottcottage.co.uk/

Holidays are good for the soul!

Practice what you preach!  Well we have done just that recently!  Just returned from a fantastic skiing holiday in France, the sun shone, the snow came down and we met some great people to boot!  It's great to get away, to recharge the batteries, read a good book, scare yourself silly trying to ski in a white out!  Hey ho!  Back home now and in one piece which is a blessing as we are already welcoming guests to our cottages and it's only the beginning of February!  So when you can get away - get away! 
Meanwhile, we are busy working on a shiny new website for Ashknott Holiday Cottage in Kirkby Malzeard and for Yorkshire Bolt Holes Ltd, we hope you will love the new sites as much as we are excited about them!  We are delighted to be featured in the new Alastair Sawday book 'Dog friendly Breaks in Britain', it's getting some fantastic press coverage currently and copies of it are literally flying off the shelfs, there's going to be some happy dogs and owners out there! 
We are also delighted to be featured on the Yorkshire Dales website as a 'Brilliant Business' no less!  Here's the link should you wish to read the feature http://www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/index/livinghere/sustainabletourism/brilliantbusinesses.htm.
Well had better get cracking, there's ironing to be done!
Have fun,
Best wishes Sarah, Tim and Riley x

Happy New Year, Happy New You from Yorkshire Bolt Holes Ltd

Hope you and yours had a terrific Christmas?  Well it's the New Year now, thoughts turn to what lies ahead in 2012 and maybe some of you have written down a New Years resolution or two?  Should it state 'more holidays', 'more short breaks' and 'time to relax, unwind and recharge', then you are just in the right place.
We have some great offers available during January, please check out our websites below for our latest availability and rates.  It's a fantastic time to visit our cottages.  Get out there and enjoy the great outdoors of Yorkshire, whether it's walking, horse riding, mountain biking or just relaxing in front of the log burner, have some time for you.  Remember at Yorkshire Bolt Holes we offer relaxing short breaks all the year round, so why not plan ahead and have something special to look forward to?
Our popular one week holidays are booking up fast, so to avoid disappointment do have a look at our websites to see what is still available during the busier months of Spring and Summer.  Our rates include Egyptian Cotton bedlinen and towels from the White Company, locally sourced organic toiletries from Sedbergh Soap Company, welcome hamper of goodies upon arrival and no extra charge for your holidaying dogs.  We are featured on Alastair Sawdays Special Places, in their guide book Slow North Yorkshire and in Sawdays Dog Friendly Breaks in Britain.  So what are you waiting for?  We'll have the kettle on....  Best wishes Sarah, Tim and Riley the dog.
http://www.ashknottcottage.co.uk/
http://www.cottageinbewerley.com/

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

Hello everybody!  Month twelve, day seven, boy oh boy we are in December and less than three weeks before the big day!  I guess I must have been busy as this year has seriously flown by!  We are just getting the cottages ready for our Christmas and New Year guests, the trees and twinkling white lights are going up this weekend and our winter wreaths will be gracing both front doors very soon too.  It's been a terrific year, we have welcomed both new and familiar faces at Ashknott and Bewerley Hall Cottage and not forgetting our new family member in our own home - Riley the black lab!  We've also been away recently, our first doggie holiday with Riley Roo who just adored the empty beaches of Pembrokeshire in November!  (as we did!).  Having time away with your loved ones really is a great tonic, not thinking about too much, reading a book, flicking through a magazine, enjoying great local food and walks, we have promised ourselves to do it more often!  At our cottages, we offer short breaks all the year round and January really is a superb time to get away and to blow away the cobwebs!  Our three night breaks are from just £250.  We also include lots of goodies in our rates including gorgeous Eygptian cotton bed linen and towels from the White Company, locally sourced organic toiletries for you to enjoy during your stay.  BT wifi, logs for the stoves and your holidaying dogs.  Plus the odd bottle or two in the fridge to welcome you with too! 
So until the next time, have a fabulous Christmas and a happy and healthy 2012 - hope to see you in it!
Sarah, Tim and Riley x