Eleanor
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“We’ve booked a holiday cottage in Pickering for summer half term - do you want to come too Grandma?”
How could I refuse!! Not only would it give me a week with the grandsons, I also really enjoy the area. Pickering is a delightful thriving town with a lot going for it.
We stopped at Platform 2 and 3/4, a stone built terrace cottage on Park Street and opposite the Railway station - an ideal position for a Grandson 1 who is train mad. The railway theme continued in the cottage with pictures and railway artefacts.
The house is well furnished and sleeps six. It also allows dogs. At the front is a lounge with large comfy settees, TV and wood burner (although we didn’t need that in June). There is a separate dining room with large table which was soon taken over by the boys, The kitchen is modern with dish washer, gas hob and oven. There is plenty of crockery and cooking utensils.
At the back is a small private yard with washing line and a small area of artificial grass with table and chairs for al fresco eating.
Bedrooms are reached up a rather steep stair case and, unlike the ground floor, are minimalistic with restricted hanging and storage space in some of the rooms. The front room can get quite a bit of traffic noise, particularly if the window is open.
The bathroom is compact with an over the bath shower. Although the bottom of the bath does have a non slip surface, it can still be slippy with wet feet and there is no non slip bath mat.
There is restricted parking directly opposite which is useful for unpacking and repacking the car. The cottage provides a free pass for the car park near Lidl.
The cottage is an excellent location with Co-op and Lidl a short walk away. The shops are just round the corner and Pickering is a thriving service centre for the area with a lot of local shops including two butchers, green grocer, fishmonger and excellent baker (Russell’s). This opens at 7.30 so is a good place for stocking up for lunch. Their small meat pies are excellent although the sausage rolls did have a bit too much garlic for my taste. The double choc chip slice is definitely recommended!
There is also a very good chippie too that does take aways as well as eat in.
We had planned I would spend three days doing things together and the other three days, when they were planning on longer walks, I would explore by myself using the very good bus service.
We all had a great week. The rain from the previous week was replaced by wall to wall sunshine and temperatures well into the 20˚s. In fact some days it was too hot to want to do much...
How could I refuse!! Not only would it give me a week with the grandsons, I also really enjoy the area. Pickering is a delightful thriving town with a lot going for it.
We stopped at Platform 2 and 3/4, a stone built terrace cottage on Park Street and opposite the Railway station - an ideal position for a Grandson 1 who is train mad. The railway theme continued in the cottage with pictures and railway artefacts.
The house is well furnished and sleeps six. It also allows dogs. At the front is a lounge with large comfy settees, TV and wood burner (although we didn’t need that in June). There is a separate dining room with large table which was soon taken over by the boys, The kitchen is modern with dish washer, gas hob and oven. There is plenty of crockery and cooking utensils.
At the back is a small private yard with washing line and a small area of artificial grass with table and chairs for al fresco eating.
Bedrooms are reached up a rather steep stair case and, unlike the ground floor, are minimalistic with restricted hanging and storage space in some of the rooms. The front room can get quite a bit of traffic noise, particularly if the window is open.
The bathroom is compact with an over the bath shower. Although the bottom of the bath does have a non slip surface, it can still be slippy with wet feet and there is no non slip bath mat.
There is restricted parking directly opposite which is useful for unpacking and repacking the car. The cottage provides a free pass for the car park near Lidl.
The cottage is an excellent location with Co-op and Lidl a short walk away. The shops are just round the corner and Pickering is a thriving service centre for the area with a lot of local shops including two butchers, green grocer, fishmonger and excellent baker (Russell’s). This opens at 7.30 so is a good place for stocking up for lunch. Their small meat pies are excellent although the sausage rolls did have a bit too much garlic for my taste. The double choc chip slice is definitely recommended!
There is also a very good chippie too that does take aways as well as eat in.
We had planned I would spend three days doing things together and the other three days, when they were planning on longer walks, I would explore by myself using the very good bus service.
We all had a great week. The rain from the previous week was replaced by wall to wall sunshine and temperatures well into the 20˚s. In fact some days it was too hot to want to do much...
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