5 Weeks and Counting
29th March 2013
With only five weeks until Thisledo Holiday Cottage in Skipton reopens, we’re busy getting ready for the start of another season.
Bookings for the first three months are significantly up on previous years, as Skipton provides as an ideal base to explore the Yorkshire Dales.
We have two weeks available in May – Week Commencing 11 May 2013 for £255 & week commencing 18 May 2013 for £275.
If you are looking for a self catered property in the Yorkshire Dales this summer, Thisledo Holiday Cottage is an ideal choice.
Accommodation In Skipton & The Yorkshire Dales
23rd February 2013
Skipton has a wide choice of accommodation, including Bed & Breakfast, Holiday Cottages and Hotels. Of course, we would love you to come and stay in our holiday cottage, but if that is not for you, here’s some links to other great accommodation in the area.
Rendezvous Hotel – A large family run hotel on the outskirts of Skipton, winner of many awards, great restaurants and also many great events.
Travelodge Skipton – great value accommodation, just off the A65/A59 roundabout.
Boutique 25 – Skipton’s first contemporary boutique hotel offering exclusive, stylish and luxurious town centre accommodation.
Woolly Sheep Inn – Pub accommodation in the very heart of Skipton, with a great pub serving excellent beers and food.
Herriots Hotel – Just across from the railway station and a few minutes walk in the twon centre. Tastefully and individually furnished bedrooms make this a great place to stay.
Skipton Park Guest ‘Otel – En suite bed and breakfast just minutes from the twon centre.
Skipton Guest House – Another great B&B in the town centre which has been in business for many years.
Chinthurst B&B – Award winning 5 star B&B accommodation.
Skipton Woods – The Hidden Woodland in Central Skipton
16th February 2013
Many people come to Skipton and fail to realise that there is a wonderful woodland circular walk right in the very heart of Skipton. The entrance to Skipton Woods can be found a 5 to 10 minute walk from the holiday cottage at the end of Water Street as you walk into the town centre.
The wood can be found behind Skipton Castle and has been there for over a thousand yearsproviding a source of fuel and energy for Skipton Castle and local industries.
On your walk through the wood, keep a look out for wildlife such as bats, deer if you are really luck. Llowering plants, trees, grasses, sedges and ferns also flourish in Skipton Wood.
The map below is produced courtesy of Skipton Castle website.
Learn all about Skipton with Skiptonweb
10th February 2013
Skiptonweb has been around since 1999 and is a fantastic resource for learning all about Skipton.
The website is full of great content about Skipton and the Yorkshire Dales. It includes wonderful gallery images, lots of ideas about what to do and where to go, detals of local events in Skipton & The Dales, loads of tourist information, the list goes on and on.
If you are planning to come and stay in Skipton and the Yorkshire Dales, Skiptonweb is a must visit website to help you plan and get the most of your holiday.
Days Out In The Yorkshire Dales – Malham
2nd February 2013
Situated in Skipton, the Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales is Thisledo Holiday Cottage.
This self catering property makes an ideal location for a weeks stay in the Dales and for the next few blogs we will let you know some of the favourite days out our previous guests have mentioned.
A visit to Malham Cove is high on everyone list. The cove is a 260 foot amphitheatre shaped cliff formation of limestone rock. Once upon a time, a huge waterfall flowed over the cove as a glacier melted above it.
Our favourite way to visit Malham Cove is to park in Airton village and then walk along the River Aire public footpath to the village of Malham.
We usually time it so that we arrive in Malham around lunchtime, so that we can have a pint and a pub lunch at the Lister Arms (dogs are welcome) or the Buck Inn.
Fed and watered we then head off through the village of Malham to Malham Cove, before turning around and walking back to Airton. Then we head off back to Skipton where we can enjoy an evening out at one of the many restaurants or pubs in the town centre which are all located just a few minutes walk from the holiday cottage.
Skipton Pork Pies
25th January 2013
Skipton has a very famous Pork Pie shop called Stanforth’s located on Mill Street, practically opposite the Castle Pub. Many people reckon that Stanforth’s pork pies are the finest pork pie in Yorkshire!
Having one of the best pork pie shops close by to the holiday cottage would be something to let visitors know, but what they actually need to know, if that they are actually spoilt for choice!!
Skipton also has Farmhouse Fare on the High Street which is also an awarding pork pie establishment. In December 2012, they won their third successive supreme championship at the annual Great Northern Pork Pie Competition.
If that isn’t enough, Drake & Macefield butchers also sell award winning pies. They recently won one of only seven diamond awards presented in the annual Smithfield Awards, run by the Q Guild, but admittedly this was for their Steak & Kidney Pie and not for their delicious pork pies.
So, if you fancy some fast food with a difference, treat yourself to a Pork Pie, you’ll find plenty of other pie lovers to converse with outside the above shops.
A Message to All Dogs Who Love Snow
19th January 2013
Molly, the Cocker Spaniel reporting….
I love to be taken on long walks in the Yorkshire Dales & I encourage you to come and stay in the Yorkshire Dales in a self catered property. That way, you get looked after like you were at home without all the restrictions hotels place on us Dogs and you can enjoy some fantastic walks.
My favourite time of year is winter, I just love snow and the deeper the better!
I’ve been out with mum and dad this morning in the snow that fell over night. It’s great for tracking rabbits, pheasants, grouse, etc.
Here’s some photos of me out enjoying the wintery day. I did need a warm shower when I got home though!
Skipton & The Tour De France
18th January 2013
Yesterday it was announced that part of the Tour De France 2014 will take part through the beautiful, but challenging Yorkshire Dales.
Starting in Leeds on Saturday 5th July 2014, the first days racing will head towards Skipton and then out into the Yorkshire Dales via Kettlewell & Hawes towards Leyburn and then back through Ripon ending for the day in Harrogate.
I might peddle behind the peloton (that’s the main pack of riders & the also the end of my knowledge on the Tour) on my mountain bike, but then again!!!
If you want to book Thisledo Holiday Cottage for week commencing 5th July 2014, contact us now on 01756 795024 for details.
Yorkshire Dales Holiday Cottage Goes Live on Holidaylettings.co.uk
11th January 2013
Thisledo Holiday Cottage is now listed on holidaylettings.co.uk.
Joining a selection of other wonderful self catering properties in Skipton & the Yorkshire Dales, the Thisledo Holiday Cottage listing went live at the end of 2012.
The cottage owners Steve & Shelley Green are delighted with the enquiries they have received to date.
Since 2010, holidaylettings.co.uk has been owned by TripAdvisor & the two businesses are working well together to provide one of the best holiday rental accommodation websites currently on the web.
Pets Are Welcome At This Dales Holiday Cottage
6th January 2013
We don’t mind one well behaved dog joining you on your visit to the Yorkshire Dales.
All we ask is that you pet is well behaved during your stay, that it doesn’t upset the neighbours and that if any damaged i caused by your pet during your stay it will need to be paid for.
Other than that, please come along with your pet and enjoy Skipton and the Yorkshire Dales from the comfort of our self catering cottage.
