Disley and Lyme Park

A deer holiday?
The Moorside Grange Hotel is a new venue for Country Guide Holidays:
The Moorside Grange Hotel
The hotel is situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, with panoramic views and some great walks right on our doorstep.

We enjoyed walks to Whaley BridgeLyme Park and Wood Lanes,
Lyme Hall
Lyme Park, Higher Poynton and The Cage and we also visited Buxton and climbed up to King Solomon’s Temple:
King Solomon's Temple
to get a fine view of Buxton:
Buxton from King Solomon's Temple

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West Witton 2011

West Burton Falls
This is a great place for people who like waterfalls, wild flowers
Wild flowers
and walking in the dales.

We stay at West Witton, a small dales village 3 miles from Leyburn in Wensleydale.

We walked from West Witton to Wensley,  visited West Burton and Aysgarth Falls, and  Middleham Castle.
Approaching Middleham Castle

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Kilburn 2011

Byland Abbey entranceOn this holiday we visited two abbeys, saw the Kilburn White Horse and enjoyed spectacular views from Sutton Bank. We stay at the Forresters Arms, in the beautiful village of Kilburn: The Forresters Arms next to the village church and opposite the “Mouseman” workshop. Walking though a wood Our walks included around Rievaulx Abbey, Byland Abbey and the Kilburn White Horse.

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Conwy 2010

View from Caerlyr Hall Hotel
The Caerlyr Hall Hotel is one of our finest hotels for character and location.  The above photo shows the view from the hotel.

Our walk up Conwy Mountain gives spectacular views of Llandudno and the Great Orme:
Llandudno and the Great Orme
and Conwy Castle:
Conwy Castle and bridge
We’ll be back in 2012, see here for dates.

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Hayfield 2010

Towards Little Hayfield
Hayfield sits at the foot of Kinder Scout, and is a more strenuous area than some of our other venues as most walks involve getting to the hilltops.

We stay at the Royal Hotel:
The Royal, Hayfield
in the heart of Hayfield, a lovely village for walkers with several old Inns of character.

Walks included a circular walk towards ChinleyKinder Scout:Kinder Downfall  and Lantern Pike.

It was a bit rainy when we went up Kinder Scout, hopefully we’ll have better weather on future walks! We’ll be back in 2012, see here for dates.

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Farndale – March 2010

This is always a popular holiday to see the spectacular daffodils which grow in the area.
Farndale Daffodils
We stayed at the George and Dragon:
The George and Dragon
and enjoyed walks around KirkbymoorsideLastingham, Hutton-le-Hole and Gillamoor and Farndale
On the way to Lastingham

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Far Sawrey

The Sawrey Hotel
This holiday was to look at the Autumn colours in the Lakes.

Our walks included Wray Castle and a trip on the ferry for a walk around Bowness.
Above Windermere

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