La Petite Maison - Yorkshire Wolds

03/08/2024

The Yorkshire Coast is so beautiful.
Our cottage is a great base for exploring the coast.

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16/07/2024

We do love our Yorkshire Coast beaches. But why just choose one?
The cottage is a great base to visit them all including some more hidden ones.

13/07/2024

08/07/2024

It never gets old for me. Morning sunshine across the road

07/07/2024

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02/07/2024

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About 40 minutes pleasant drive from the cottage. A nice day out

It also boasts a 'hidden' cove

29/06/2024

Great for walkers, runners & cyclists.
35 mins from cottage.

Hayburn Wyke is a secluded cove between Scarborough and Whitby. With the beach and woodland to discover, this hidden gem is the perfect setting for a picnic or a day of exploration.The somewhat strange name ‘Hayburn Wyke’ gives us some clues as to the area’s history. Hayburn is an Anglo Saxon ...

20/06/2024

Evenings are lovely outback. Overlooking the gardens with a cuppa in hand.

19/06/2024

Twinkle & sparkle all guest ready.
Returning guests to see the puffins at Bempton.
I have also scouted a couple of other lesser known wildlife spots for them. They are going to love it.

19/06/2024

Love this view.
Especially in the morning light. It’s often been said that « you can feel the centuries of beautiful prayers from the church in the house » I agree.
Open the door & breathe in that air. Wow!

16/06/2024

Can’t beat an Early morning beach walk.
Cayton Bay looking lovely, With a coffee stop at beach cafe.

23/04/2024

We have been saying it for years. Seems the world has caught up finally, 😁
Cottage is a great base to visit all the coastal beaches and towns without being caught up in the crowds.
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Scarborough is a beautiful seaside town in North Yorkshire, England which has become famous for its coastline and incredible views of the North Sea, as well as museums and cafes

12/04/2024

Everyone loves the Yorkshire Wolds walks. It really is beautiful. Fordon is such a sweet starting place in the next village to the cottage.

Walk from Fordon, near Hunmanby, exploring typical Yorkshire Wolds landscape. Route includes the medieval church of St James. With maps and GPS file.

30/03/2024

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Great news - a new bus service for the Yorkshire Wolds has been launched. Starting on Saturday 30 March and running on weekends and bank holiday Mondays through the Summer, this great service will allow you to walk lovely linear sections of the Yorkshire Wolds Way between Millington and Huggate and between Huggate and Thixendale.

To make it easy we have the walk suggestions all ready for you to download from OutdoorActive. Visit the East Yorkshire Buses page to fine out more.

https://www.eastyorkshirebuses.co.uk/explore-yorkshire-wolds-wolds-explorer-200

27/03/2024

We love Scarborough. It’s a great visit from the cottage 8 miles away. You missed out for Easter. Cottage is booked as a base for two friends first The Punk Festival.
Some availability in May between the Bank Holidays.

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Just looking at it makes me want fish and chips 😍🐠
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09/02/2024

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Enjoy breathtaking views on these East Yorkshire walks! 😍
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15/12/2023

This piece of coast is stunning and the light brings the creatures to life.
Short drive from cottage

The Drinking Dinosaur at night in Flamborough, East Yorkshire. Also home to Grey Seals.

19/11/2023

Mmm the best we say.
Convinced to visit yet?

We'd say best, but we'll take third 😉
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26/06/2023

So many beautiful places here. No need to just do one.
With cottage as a base easily accessible to all the main beaches on the coast.

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22/06/2023

Bacon sandwiches Saturday morning at our friendly community centre.

22/06/2023

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Such a treat to see the first chicks hatching

Great to see the first Kittiwake chicks starting to appear on the cliffs

20/06/2023

The Spa at Brid has some great music in store.
The date at the cottage is still available at the moment. Book a few days catch a gig and then relax

2023 marks the 10th Anniversary of Bastille's chart-conquering, twice No.1 debut album, Bad Blood. In celebration of its release the band announce a series of very special one-off shows next summer, giving fans the opportunity to hear the album played live in its entirety alongside other fan favouri...

20/06/2023

Visit Bempton Cliffs during your visit.
March - October thousands of seabirds make it their home. The sight of them is incredible. Scenery is breathtaking.
It’s as good a place as any to spot the whales, porpoise and dolphins in the water.
The wilded areas around are home to lots of land birds too.

The chalk cliffs are an important breeding ground for puffins, gannets, kittiwakes and guillemots.

20/06/2023

Another one thus one for our runners. Give it a try.
Book with us as a comfortable stay, to prepare and to recover.

Wold Top 10k trail run: Come join us on the 16th September 2023 for our inaugural 10k trail run in conjunction with the team at Bridlington Road Runners. Starting from the brewery, you'll run an all terrain, 10km race around the Wold Top farm, finishing back at the brewery bar for a well deserved pi...

20/06/2023

If you are thinking of coming later in the year this is a really nice festival.
Base yourself at the cottage a few miles away and enjoy.

Join us on Saturday 30th September 2023 for the return of Wold Top Oktoberfest! We'll have live traditional Oktoberfest music, great food (think German with a Yorkshire twist!) and our specially brewed Oktoberfest beer for you to enjoy. Fancy dress optional but encouraged! 3pm - 11pm Live Music &...

18/06/2023

This is worth a visit while you are at the cottage.

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TOPHILL LOW NATURE RESERVE MARKS 30 YEARS WITH OPEN DAY THIS SUNDAY

Tophill Low nature reserve near Driffield is celebrating 30 years of being open to the public this Sunday (11th June).

The Yorkshire Water wildlife oasis, home to otters, barn owls, kingfishers and grass snakes has seen huge success over three decades.

Thousands of hours of volunteer input supported by the water company have delivered numerous conservation successes including breeding otters, at the time the UK’s most northerly nesting cetti’s warblers, a thriving heronry, booming bitterns and perhaps the strongest population of greater water parsnip in the UK.

On occasion very rare visitors have also been found with the UK’s first amur falcon found in 2008 from Siberia, north American spotted sandpiper, lesser yellow legs, and long billed dowitcher wading birds, and the lesser scaup duck on the two reservoirs supplying drinking water to East Yorkshire, now both designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest by Natural England.

Reserve Warden Richard Hampshire said: “This weekend it’s the native British wildlife we’re celebrating.

"In my opinion the reserve is at its very best at this time of year with our meadows full of yellow rattle, orchids and butterflies.

"The nesting bird colonies of the marshes have common terns from Africa, marsh harriers bringing food back to their chicks and tawny owl and heron fledglings on the go.”

To celebrate this between 10am and 4pm on Sunday, the reserve will be hosting around 20 partner organisations covering everything from the history of the Hull Valley, a chance to meet bats, hedgehogs and goats, try and buy binoculars and telescopes, learn about and purchase rare wetland plants, pond dipping and craft activities for children, demonstrations of bird ringing and Humberside Police’s rural crime unit and East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s countryside services amongst many more.

Admission is free all day at the reserve, signposted four miles from the A164 in Watton.

Assistance dogs only permitted.

03/06/2023

I need your votes pretty please!

I have a piece in the Doncaster Art Fair mine is at the top of the list. When you open the link you get a white page with a download app ignore that and wait. There’s a short delay before opening to the gallery and all the amazing art.
Vote me!!!
Thank you 🙏

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Showcasing the works of emerging and established artists from around the world

31/05/2023

As your brain needs to see water. Thought I would share a shot from a couple of weeks ago.
If that sparks you why not book a break?
The sea is so accessible from the cottage. Get your seasonal hit.

27/05/2023

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Celebrate the multi-million pound restoration of one of Scarborough’s most popular parks with a weekend of free family events.

26/05/2023

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A Fin Whale was seen off Yorkshire this morning having been spotted heading north past Flamborough Head. A Fin Whale is the second biggest animal on the planet apart from the Blue Whale. Although one live stranded and sadly died at Bridlington Bay a few weeks ago this does not mean that this mornings whale will meet the same fate, on average each year we get one or two sightings of Fin Whale off Yorkshire each summer and usually they swim past and away without any problem (library photo)