We made the long journey up to the North York Moors for a week’s holiday. I had just had an operation on two of my fingers on my right so was not allowed to drive so Jude had to take on all the driving.
In order to get to our holiday home we had to follow google map directions sent to us by the owner. She said that if we used our satnav it would take us to wrong side of the valley. However google maps diverted us along tiny bendy lanes with hairpins and steep gradients. We even had to stop at odd gates to open them up to allow us to pass through. It did take a long time to cross the moors and finally we had to follow a very rough and steep farm track, frequently having to brake to avoid running pheasants over who walked along in front of us.
But it was worth it because the barn conversion was beautifully executed. Our cottage home was called ‘Foxglove’.
The ram’s head metalwork was the handle of a boots scraper. The gateway in the stone wall was the way to get to the rear of the property.
A really special feature of the barn was the view out the back over to the far side of the valley. Along the valley the steam engines pulled their long snake of carriages. We could hear them long before we could see them among the wooded valley side. It was the North York Moors Railway, which we aimed to travel on later in the week.
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