Bakewell Holiday Cottages

Bakewell Holiday Cottages Two adjacent holiday cottages in the heart of the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District. See http://ww See http://www.bakewellholidaycottages.co.uk

A month on and I made another evening walk to Hard Rake to see if any orchids had appeared. Although there were a few sc...
05/06/2025

A month on and I made another evening walk to Hard Rake to see if any orchids had appeared. Although there were a few scattered here and there, it's not the usual carpet of thousands that are usually seen across these unimproved meadows at this time of year. This will be due to the prolonged dry and sunny weeks during May! It was getting late with few birds around, but there was curlew calling from somewhere in the distance and I did get quite a good view of this brown hare. There were also lots of flowers on and around the dewpond.

I'm not a plant expert by any means and usually use Google Lens for identification, which is not always reliable, so let me know if you think any of the names are wrong!

Took these this evening on one of my favourite short walks at Hard Rake. It was much colder than recently and it was pre...
04/05/2025

Took these this evening on one of my favourite short walks at Hard Rake. It was much colder than recently and it was pretty quiet in terms of wildlife, apart from a lone rabbit and a flock of pied wagtails.

If this Peak District lamb can nudge the sun below the horizon, perhaps it can also nudge you to take a look at our late...
04/05/2025

If this Peak District lamb can nudge the sun below the horizon, perhaps it can also nudge you to take a look at our latest offers:

Hartshill:
- Weeks beginning Saturdays 7 and 14 June now £695, saving £90.

Ribblesdale:
- Weeks beginning Saturdays 7 and 28 June now £695, saving £90.

Shorter breaks and Friday starts are also possible so do don't hesitate to get in touch.

The recent long spell of warm, dry, sunny weather really brought on our espaliered fruit trees which form part of the bo...
16/04/2025

The recent long spell of warm, dry, sunny weather really brought on our espaliered fruit trees which form part of the boundary between the cottages at the back. The Katy apple in the foreground and the Conference pear next to it in the middle are in full blossom and have been attracting lots of pollinators, but the Winston apple at the far end is always later. Fingers crossed that the current colder snap doesn't affect the fruiting too badly.

This is one of my favourite views right in the centre of Bakewell. The magnificent willow tree looks great at any time o...
14/04/2025

This is one of my favourite views right in the centre of Bakewell. The magnificent willow tree looks great at any time of year, but particularly on a sunny day, showing off its new foliage.

Here are a few more of the flowers that are currently blooming in our gardens.
02/04/2025

Here are a few more of the flowers that are currently blooming in our gardens.

Here are a few photos from a short walk around Darley Dale in the bright afternoon sunshine last week. It's not often th...
19/03/2025

Here are a few photos from a short walk around Darley Dale in the bright afternoon sunshine last week. It's not often that you can encounter a living thing that's around 2,000 years old!

Although it has suddenly turned rather chilly following some lovely Spring weather recently there is always lots to see ...
12/03/2025

Although it has suddenly turned rather chilly following some lovely Spring weather recently there is always lots to see around here. This photo here was taken late this afternoon from the river bank in Bakewell Recreation Ground. It's not often you see a complete double rainbow!

Even on a dull, grey winter's day there's always something interesting to catch the eye in Bakewell. These photos were t...
21/02/2025

Even on a dull, grey winter's day there's always something interesting to catch the eye in Bakewell. These photos were taken on 13th Feb on a circuit around the town. So why not pay us a visit and see for yourself., we have good availability at the moment and great offers.

You don't have to venture far from our cottages to enjoy beautiful scenery and even at this time of year there is colour...
06/02/2025

You don't have to venture far from our cottages to enjoy beautiful scenery and even at this time of year there is colour in the bare trees. These photos were all taken this afternoon on a sunny walk along the last mile of the Monsal Trail from Bakewell Station towards Haddon Hall.

Happy New Year to you all. Here are a few photos from a favourite circular walk from the cottages to Over Haddon , this ...
07/01/2025

Happy New Year to you all. Here are a few photos from a favourite circular walk from the cottages to Over Haddon , this time in the snow on 6th January. There are some great views on the way, whatever the season!

To all our previous guests and to everyone who follows this page, we wish you all the very best for Christmas and the Ne...
24/12/2024

To all our previous guests and to everyone who follows this page, we wish you all the very best for Christmas and the New Year. We hope to see welcome you before too long.

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Ribblesdale & Hartshill, Yeld Road
Bakewell
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