Things we made in Staithes
John and I have just returned from another fabulous holiday at Northside Cottage in Staithes. We first went in January 2006 and loved it to bits but what with starting our own companies and everything, we’ve not really had time to go again. We finally decided a break was in order last month and though [...]
Staithes – Friday
Got up about 10 and were packed up by about 11. Was a shame to be leaving as we’d had a lovely relaxing time and it really felt like home after those few short days – well, it needed cats to be truly homelike – cats to hog the fire and to sit on the [...]
Staithes – Thursday
Got up around 11 yet again but had a broken night’s sleep for the first time all holiday – was colder than normal and John, the fiend, kept stealing the duvet. John went to the post office to buy some more coal while I started making our uber breakfast: local sausages, bacon and eggs from [...]
Staithes – Wednesday
Woke up around 11 again and after a cereal breakfast, I went to the butchers to pick up supplies for a planned cooked breakfast on Thursday while John got the fire going. We stayed in nearly all day Wednesday for a lazy day – since that was the point of the holiday, to just relax [...]
Staithes – Tuesday
We woke up about 11 on Tuesday morning and had some breakfast. I forget what. Nothing exciting though. Once we were fully conscious, we went for a walk along the breakwater and watched the waves for a good long while. Then we walked back past the cottage and over the foot bridge into the village, [...]
Staithes – Monday
Left Leeds for Staithes at around lunchtime and stopped at Helmsley on the way for a drink and to pick up supplies (nice bread, petrol and wood). The last time we were in Helmsley (on the way back from a weekend in a country hotel near Scarborough) John lost £50 to a cash machine: we [...]