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Long Weekend in North Yorkshire by John Killick TAYCATION! That’s when you have a holiday at home isn’t it? Well, for all those that have to make up a new word for everything – I went on a four day VACATION to Yorkshire – and most enjoyable it was too! Having got one of my favourite annoyances of my chest, let’s get on. We stayed at Sparrow Hall Farm cottages, yes, the same one I wrote about two years ago. This time, since we had a partially disabled friend along, we stayed in the specially modified one for disabled people. It would have done just fine for my wheelchair-dependent first wife, but before booking ring Helen and check that it has your minimum requirements. It is about 5 miles from Helmsley off the Pickering road. Nothing posh, just clean and comfortable and is dogfriendly. It is on a working farm so expect to be woken to the mooing of cattle and to have to put up with good country smells and the odd fly. It has a fully fitted kitchen but if like me you don’t like to cook on holiday – then The Plough at Wombleton is about three miles distant, I can strongly recommend.
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Some places nearby to visit Nunnington Hall: This is a National Trust
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A cheerful bar maid in the Plough in Wombleton
property dating back to Jacobean times! You guessed correctly; I am not recommending this house! It is about the most disabled unfriendly place I have ever visited and there is nothing the National Trust can do about it. However, the gardens are another matter. These are both beautiful and accessible as is the garden café. The wildlife is great, and we even spotted a couple of wild otters playing in the river you must cross to get from the car park to the house. The Church of St. James in Nunnington Village is a 12th century country church that holds services at 11 o’clock on Sunday mornings and is open for visitors every day. We found it interesting but beware of four steep steps down from the porch to the nave. I saw no
The River Rye at Nunnington Hall Ability Needs Magazine
