The Byre at Birkby Grange

26/08/2024

I’m always a little bit perplexed when we’re marked down on “location”. An overall 4.86 mark means some guests have marked us as a 4 or a 3. We’re as clear as we can be, I think, that we’re located a little bit out of the way plus we’re easy to find on Google maps - surely potential guests check out the location where they’re looking to book? I know I do before booking anywhere!
Any tips on how we can be more clear on our location please?? X

19/08/2024

Let’s talk washing up! Each time I prep The Byre for guests, I’ve been putting a brand new small washing up next to the kitchen sink. You know the ones, yellow sponge with a dark green scourer on top?? But I’ve been really conscious of the waste I’m producing by throwing away so many of these so have been seeking out an eco friendly alternative - and came across . I love that they’re 100% plastic free and compostable, and you can pop them in the dishwasher between uses. And the reviews were all great.

So, dear guests, your washing up scourer here may not be pristine brand new now, but I’ll be sleeping better at night!

02/08/2024

It was beautiful at 04:45 here this morning! Don’t ask me why I was awake but I’m glad to have caught a couple of photos of the low lying settling in the hollows on the fields round here. I’ve also seen a today, in the normal place near Birkby Fox Covert across the road, but I savoured the moment watching it rather than grabbing for a camera.

27/07/2024

We get some incredible views here… I took the photo this afternoon, the light was just incredible here but it was clearly raining over the , and the photo I took last night, it was a beautiful orange colour that I couldn’t quite capture.

21/07/2024

Normally I tag providers whose products we use in the welcome hamper, this time I’m checking in with companies who provide other items available in The Byre… , a Yorkshire company, for hand wash, shampoo, shower gel and washing up liquid which we source locally, from in Northallerton. I always try a provide a pint of milk from and shop in for this. Previous guests have asked where the furniture is from; the bedroom furniture is (not Yorkshire based, sorry!), and the living room furniture and rug is all and I let my daughter loose on the styling and purchasing for all these! The bedding shown here is ; I try to keep to the bedding sets I have from as it doesn’t need ironing but we’ve had quite a few bookings recently so I’ve had to dig the iron out!

18/07/2024

Almost colour-coordinated for this weekend’s guests! I might have to ask to randomly wrap their chocolate duos in a variety of coloured ribbons so I can pick & choose depending on which / / I have in the cupboard!

02/07/2024

I seem to have gone pink/purple for this week’s guests!

11/06/2024

Lovely to have the Byre decking rambling rose out in flower now, it smells amazing too.

28/05/2024

When we bought this house, the sellers warned “you get the weather up here”… that’s very true, but we get great views of it from here too. I wouldn’t want to have been on the during yesterday’s rain storm!

21/05/2024

All set up for tomorrow’s guests. I always put a recent copy of and in for some reading material.

18/05/2024

All set for tonight’s guests which includes a dawg so I’ve added a treat in the hamper and a dog blanket for those friendly dogs who like a lap on a sofa - the Byre sofas do seem to attract dog fluff!
Dogs are always welcome but please please keep them on a lead whenever outside, even if just getting them in or out of your car. There are farm dogs about plus we have very nervous cats - thank you!

16/05/2024

We need to talk about !!
Tonight’s guests,taking a break from the coast-to-coast walk, have one packet of Listers crisps and one packet of Yorkshire crisps in their welcome basket. Having undertaken a taste test myself, I cannot choose between them. Are there any other Yorkshire baked crisps I could try?!!

11/05/2024

Incredible to see the aurora last night. These photos are unedited but taken using the night setting on my iPhone with a 10 second exposure. It’s possible we’ll see this again tonight altho we’re due cloud cover. We’ll see!

19/04/2024

Not my best photos but it’s that time of year again which means the white deer are out and about. They’re clearly visible against the bright spring green fields across the way from us, and it’s mesmerising to watch them tussle and trot about. I’ve also seen deer on the roadside when driving into Northallerton, 4 of them were just stood on the left as I approached and staring across the road. I was genuinely worried they were going to dash out in front of me but they turned about and disappeared into the woods.
We’re all set up for tonight’s guests, with a few more bookings coming in now x

13/04/2024

All set up for tonight’s guests x

06/04/2024

When we viewed this house 4 years ago, we asked the sellers for any downsides and they paused and said “you get the weather up here”. That’s very true, and it is grey and windy here today, but we also get to see some amazing weather in the distance, like snowfalls, lightning, sunrises and sunsets, and the weather dumping something I’m not sure what on the to the east of us in these photos I took a while ago!

All set up for tonight’s guests, the first in a while as we’ve had family staying over Easter.

02/03/2024

We had an interesting experience with the log burner in The Byre recently. Somehow some unseasoned logs were burned, and not burned hot enough, and this is what happened… a thick black almost tar-like residue all over the inside of the log burner that was impossible to remove, plus the lever for the vent became stuck. Thankfully the ever helpful Barrie from Westside Property Maintenance was able to fit us in and sorted it all out, and left the log burner as good as new.




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23/02/2024

Random photos… the skies here have been really clear during the current full moon, hopefully you can see the stars in the first photo.
The second photo is a recent sunset with an odd funnel shaped cloud to the left.
Third photo - another sunset (ok so I like sunsets!)
Fourth photo - zoomed in so slightly fuzzy, this photo taken just now is of which is 16 miles from here.

19/01/2024

We’ve had some stunning skies here over the last few cold days. None of these photos are edited or have filters, it’s just been naturally beautiful. And very cold!

13/01/2024

Lovely to have guests back after being closed for a couple of weeks due to me having to focus on something going on in my full-time job! Tonight’s guests are here on recommendation from previous guests so that’s really lovely - thank you x

13/12/2023

With rapidly approaching, a couple of bookings before then and family staying over the period, I’ve put a few Christmassy touches in and around The Byre including a which I enjoyed making at a workshop in town held by
Couldn’t resist the loo paper and a cheeky for upcoming guests!

12/12/2023

Please vote for our local brewer! I sometimes add a can of their beer in the welcome hamper, and it’s always our first choice when we’re out in town!
🍺🍻🍺🍻🍺 Bayonet Brewing

🚨WE NEED YOUR VOTE!🚨

We are blown away that we’ve made it to the final of The Brewery of the Year Award run by the team at The Beerfridge Podcast but now we’re there, we want to win! 🤣

We’re up against beer legends Unbarred from Brighton and if we’re going to get past them we need every vote we can get.

To that end, please do hit the Instagram link below and lend us your vote. You’ll find it in the Instagram stories, just tap Bayonet and you’re done! VOTING IS NOW LIVE!

https://instagram.com/stories/beerfridgepodcast/3255598235027555878?igshid=ODhhZWM5NmIwOQ==

Huge thanks in advance to all of you!! We’ve appreciated all the support!!

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03/12/2023

Not such great views today! With more snow overnight and low cloud, we can only see a little way beyond the lane.

30/11/2023

Incredible snowy sunrise here this morning, with a heavy snow cloud shrouding the moors.

06/11/2023

Very pretty cold here this morning after a glimpse of the last night.

27/10/2023

Well this is lovely! I’ve only just seen a review on Google Business from an Airbnb guest a couple of months ago! Airbnb encourage reviews, and as a host or guest you can’t see what the guest/host has said about you until you’ve done them a review - so to have a completely independent review is really nice. (Thank you!)

10/10/2023

Lots going on in and around Northallerton :)

22/09/2023

Nice to welcome guests for a 5 night holiday on such a beautiful sunny autumn day.

04/09/2023

Beautiful morning here this morning, with a low at the bottom of the hills round here.

30/08/2023

Random collection of photos from me today! Beautiful in for tonight’s guest, and it was a lovely sunny morning this morning when I popped in to give The Byre a final check over before leaving the key in the key safe. I spent some time over the weekend replanting and a first coat of paint for the planter that’s positioned to hide The Byre’s boiler, the grasses will grow and knot together to hopefully screen it off a bit more. My other half has conveniently dropped onto a couple of night shifts so I had to do his hoovering last night! And an absolutely stunning bright last night on a clear calm night.