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Tell me about Yorkshire in summer, where to stay, what to do with a 3 year old and a baby...

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 22:29

i have a pal who's due to give birth in June in Knaresborough so i'd like to go and visit her and be available for her, and i want to visit someone in York also.

Where's a good spot to stay with the kids? Is there a beach that's good (i really, really, haven't looked at anything, all i've done vis a vis Yorkshire research is watch Red Riding... )

i quite fancy a static caravan or cabin or somesuch. dd1 would LOVE that.

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Phoenix · 07/03/2009 22:34

Scarborough not far from either. Loads of caravan places around and nice beach.

Phoenix · 07/03/2009 22:38

Yorkshire Coast

hoxtonchick · 07/03/2009 22:41

knareborough's almost as posh as harrogate! you can visit mother shipton's cave (owned by paul daniels, or maybe i'm going mad...). loads to do in york, railway, castle & jorvik museums,walking on the walls, good parks, lots of places to eat. scarborough's a fair way though, at least 40 miles from york. so you might want to stay near your friend for a while.

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 22:45

are you... YORKISH, hoxton?

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 22:47

where do we recommend, though? has anyone holidayed in yorkshire of late? what about robin hood bay? (i hardly need add i don't know where that is, but someone mentioned it before).

any weirdy cabins or yurts?

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Habbibu · 07/03/2009 22:49

York is fab - I lived there for a couple of years. And the coast is lovely - proper NE coast beaches - just great. This'll be your second holiday in 2 years, Aitch!

hoxtonchick · 07/03/2009 22:50

can't you tell from my accent aitch ? am back home next week actually, shall i scout things for you?

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 22:50

i KNOW! i can't believe it! we'll be taking TIME OFF and everything.

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hoxtonchick · 07/03/2009 22:50

oh, we used to stay at sandsend as children, v. nice. whitby's fun too (great bookshop).

Phoenix · 07/03/2009 22:51

Cabins

cornsilk · 07/03/2009 22:51

Robin Hood Bay is great - fossil hunting!

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 22:52

lovely jubbly, yes please hoxty. i've always assumed you were an cockerney, can't think why...

oh i do love a 'let's organise aitch's holiday' thread. [bliss]

do you want to see the review i wrote of the place in italy?

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Habbibu · 07/03/2009 22:53

Too far away, but aren't these lovely?

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 22:56

phoenix you are making me laff with your businesslike approach to this thread. stay awhile, have a blether... join us for aimless chitchat about all thinks yorken.

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 22:56

they look EXPENSIVE, habs. the moths will escape my wallet, we can't have that.

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Phoenix · 07/03/2009 22:59

As much as i'd love to i'm naffed and going to bed.

hoxtonchick · 07/03/2009 22:59

here you are aitch. we stayed here as kids too & LOVED it. my 2 went with my parents last year & everyone had a ball.

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 23:02

night night phoenix, and thank you.

ooooooh, hoxt, they look lovely. how much? i wonder if my sister and galpal would come too? are they big, they look big. and is it far from knaresborough?

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hoxtonchick · 07/03/2009 23:03

50 miles maybe, perhaps 40? quite far. you can get quite bigs one i think, they've all been rebuilt recently. v peaceful. i reckon your dd1 would love it.

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 23:04

oh balls. we're really going in the highest of high season, aren't we?

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LackaDAISYcal · 07/03/2009 23:07

Staithes is lovely but wee fishing village just North of Whitby, but it's clinging to the cliffs so not much in the way of gardens, but we've stayed in a few different cottages there and it's lovely. It has a beach, rocks loaded with fossils, crab fishing aplenty, some nice eateries and seagulls. We go for a week in the summer and have only felt the need to leave the village four times in three years.

York is great; loads and loads of things to do. Knareborough nice too. Not been to Mother Shipton's cave but it's supposed to be interesting.

If you have a penchant for dark holes in the ground, Stump Cross Caverns nr Harrogate is good...nice cafe there too.

There is Brimham Rocks as well also nr Harrogate, but might be a bit worry making with little little children.

Accommodation wise....Not a Yurt but looks interesting. They have a site nr Richmond (45 mins to Knaresborough) or another on the North York Moors so handy for the coast and for York/Knaresborough. Not cheap though!!

Leeds is close for a day trip with it's erm.....well if you wanted to visit Leeds you can!!

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 23:14

did you just write eateries, lacka? rofl.

am off to look at your link, ta.

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 23:16

oooooh, nice. i'm going to have to get to grips with the distances i think, so i don't spend the entire time driving around.

i've always wanted to go to one of these places, but they don't have one in yorkieland.

one near you, habs, you up for it?

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AitchTwoOh · 07/03/2009 23:18

lol have just realised that it's the same place i just enthused over with habbibu. does look really nice, though.

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LackaDAISYcal · 07/03/2009 23:31

we are ver, ver quaint in yorkshire aitch

That retreat place looks superb, but DH says it's too close to home for us to justify spending that much money on a holiday

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