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High-spec dog-friendly North Yorkshire holiday cottages. Perfect for visiting York, the coast, Harrogate and the Yorkshire Dales.

28/10/2026

24/10/2026

🐟🍟 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 🍟🐟

🎉 FISH & CHIP NIGHT IS BACK! Friday 30th October

Come and enjoy our delicious homemade fish and chips!

🐟 Battered Haddock
🍟 Triple-Cooked Chips
🟢 Mushy Peas
🥣 Homemade Tartare Sauce

Fresh, delicious and cooked to perfection! 😋

📌 RESERVATIONS ONLY — book your table now to avoid disappointment!

❤️ We look forward to welcoming you!

23/10/2026

🩸 The Shambles once had a very different kind of traffic running down the middle.

For centuries, this was York’s butchers’ street. In 1830, 25 of the city’s 88 listed butchers traded here, with slaughterhouses behind many of the shops. On washing days, waste from the trade was rinsed into a cobbled channel running through the street.

Even the name is tied to that past. By 1426 it was being called the Great Flesh Shambles, while “fleshammel” referred to the wooden shelves used to display meat. Old shelves, beams and hooks from the trade can still be found along the street.

The timber-framed buildings lining Shambles date largely from the 14th to 17th centuries — reminders that this was once a working street rather than the York landmark we recognise today.

📸 by York England.

23/10/2026

A mummified cat was found in the roof of this York restaurant. 🐈‍⬛

At 45 Goodramgate, now home to La Piazza Antica, more than 500 years of history sit behind those curved timbers. The building dates from around 1500 and once housed a grocer and bakeries, with stables and cottages tucked behind.

During work in the roof space, a mummified cat and a pewter plate were discovered among the beams. York Conservation Trust connects the cat with an old practice of concealing animal remains in buildings as protective charms against evil spirits. The plate’s purpose remains a mystery.

Upstairs, there’s something rather more personal: Marmaduke Buckle’s name scratched into the plaster, alongside the date 1715, now preserved behind a protective panel. Local legend remembers him as a disabled young man persecuted by neighbours who accused him of witchcraft, and says his ghost still lingers here.

Even the frontage has a surprise. Those three little roof windows were added during the 1929 restoration, when the external plaster was removed to reveal the timber frame. The view we stop to photograph owes a great deal to the people who rescued the building.

Have you been inside, or only ever admired it from across the street?

📸 York England

23/10/2026

YEMEN HEAVEN | 98 Walmgate, York

23/10/2026

😋 The Lookout On The Pier - Fruits Of The Sea No.1 🌊 🦀 🍤 🦪
🤩Looks amazing…

21/10/2026

Anyone?

Before pumpkins took over Halloween, we had these! 👻🕯️

Long before supermarket pumpkins and elaborate doorstep displays, many families in Yorkshire and across the UK hollowed out swedes and turnips to make Halloween lanterns.

For generations, children carved spooky faces into the tougher root vegetables, often with a little help from mum, dad, or grandparents, then placed a candle inside to create a wonderfully eerie glow. It was a tradition closely linked to Samhain and old Halloween customs, and for many, the smell of a scooped-out turnip is just as much a part of Halloween as fancy dress and toffee apples.

Plenty of people still remember calling them turnip jack-o'-lanterns, even when they were often made from a swede, and they were a familiar sight before pumpkins became the Halloween favourite we know today.

They may not have been quite as easy to carve, or as picture-perfect as a pumpkin, but there’s something wonderfully nostalgic about those old-fashioned lanterns and the memories that come with them.

17/10/2026

🎄✨ CHRISTMAS DAY AT MISS DAISY’S TEAROOMS ✨🎄

This Christmas, let us take care of the cooking while you sit back, relax and enjoy a truly special festive gathering with your loved ones. ❤️

We’re delighted to invite you to celebrate Christmas Day with us at Miss Daisy’s Tearooms, where good food, wonderful company and a little festive magic come together to create memories to treasure. 🥂🎁

✨ Here’s what awaits you: 🥂 Ch*****ne and delicious canapés on arrival
🍽️ A delicious three-course festive feast
🎄 A warm, relaxed, home-from-home atmosphere
☕ Freshly brewed coffee and homemade mince pies
🧀 An optional indulgent cheese trolley from 4pm

📅 Christmas Day 🕛 Arrival between 12 noon and 1pm
💷 £150 per person
❤️ A £50 cash deposit per person is required at the time of booking. Please note that deposits are non-refundable.

Whether you’re looking to escape the stress of Christmas cooking or simply want to make this festive season extra special, we’d love to welcome you.

✨ A Christmas to Remember, at Miss Daisy’s Tearooms. ✨

📍 Sutton Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, YO61 1DP

📩 Please contact us directly to check availability and reserve your table. Booking is essential, and we recommend booking early to avoid disappointment!

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Address

Well Lane
Sutton On The Forest
YO611ED

Telephone

+447790596888

Website

http://www.thrushnestcottages.co.uk/

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