Month: November 2020

Grassington, a small market town and just 10 minutes down the road from Bramble Cottage Hetton is a delightful place to visit throughout the year.

A cobbled market square, shops offering local foods, gifts and arts and crafts plus cafés, restaurants and hotels, are all set against a backdrop of the Yorkshire Dales. 

Visit The Fish Shop in Garrs Lane, take a peek in The Grassington Folk Museum overlooking the square which re-tells the history of the area with displays showing interesting artefacts.

Browse the independent shops and pop into Grassington House for a break. More than just an hotel you can stop off here for local speciality ales, a glass of wine or handpicked spirits from small local suppliers all of which can be enjoyed from the bar sitting on the terrace overlooking the Village Square.

Grassington is situated on the Dales Way trail. You can learn more at The Grassington National Park Centre which is situated just outside the village the centre provides local information, parking, toilets and a picnic area.
https://www.yorkshiredales.co.uk/grassington-national-park-centre/

A short walk from here takes you down to the River Wharfe, where you can see Linton Falls and enjoy a walk alongside the river. 

Two of the notable events hosted every year are,

The Grassington 1940s Weekend. 
18-20 September 2020. Music, period costumes, vintage cars. And dancing in the square.

https://grassington.uk.com/grassington-community/grassington-1940s-weekend/

The Dickensian Festival.

Every year Grassington is transported back to the time of Dickens, with shopkeepers, villagers and visitors dressed in Victorian costume. 

There is a full entertainment programme over two weekends, with bands, buskers and Victorian street entertainers and for the children, a chance to meet Santa in his grotto and to take part in a torchlit nativity procession.

As the centre of Grassington is pedestrianised during the Festival, a Park & Ride system operates. This is based a mile from the centre of the Village and is well sign posted from every incoming road with bright yellow signs.

The Park & Ride is £10.00 per car.

https//:grassingtondickensian.co.uk

Our award winning local in the village is the critically acclaimed Angel Inn.Just moments away from the cottage you can pop in just for a drink or you can indulge yourself in the most fantastic dining experience.Pricing perhaps not for the feint hearted ! Here is an idea of menus in early 2020

Home

Having decided to invest and keep Bramble Cottage updated … we are still remembering those days of no heating, no double glazing, no TV and of course no internet back in 76. However no one said it was to be this hard !
We are in lockdown, November 2020 and trying to work remotely on the kitchen, the staircase wallpaper, replacement of the ground floor doors and the ‘Patchwork’ bedroom furniture along with a total internal repaint.

The original build doors have survived downstairs to this day. We had a family friend fit them upstairs some years ago so we have commissioned local carpenter Andrew Walker to make up from scratch and fit for early December.

Who knew wallpaper was so expensive ! We are going to replace the existing paper that run up the stairs under a dado rail and continues up and along the landing. Trying to marry up colouring, suitability with something to last is tricky. Our favourite to date is bottom left the Colefax Alderney.

The existing kitchen units which are solid wood and were installed approximately 20 years ago are still in good condition so we had them spray painted in July 2020 in a sage green ( RAL 7032 ) we offset them with new handles, antique pewter dimpled mushroom from the Handle Studio.
Next to complete are a new laminate worktop, sink and tap, tiled splash back and down lights.

So we are not so we are not blessed with much space to work with in the third bedroom and are keen to maintain its double room status, this has caused the most angst so far in trying to retain a cottage feel with regard to the furniture but finding pieces to fit.

More to come…