Welcome to our Holiday Blog
Enjoy reading through articles written by the Original Cottages team. There’s plenty here to keep you interested and inspired, with hot tips on what to see and do, where to eat and of course, recommendations of our favourite cottages to stay in! So get stuck in and let our ideas help you plan your next cottage holiday. We’d also love to hear from you, do get in touch at hello@originalcottages.co.uk and let us know about the amazing UK places you think we should write about.
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Things To Do
Saxons and Vikings in Corfe Castle!
Saturday 7th May and 14th May - Saxons and Vikings descend upon the quiet little village of Corfe Castle.
Now, Corfe is probably best known for the dreadful events of 1646 in which Lady Bankes defended the Castle against Cromwell's men,
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Family Fun
Six games to play in the car on the way home
So the holiday is over, the car’s loaded up again and you and the family are facing the long drive home. Hours sitting still in a confined space can be every child’s (and adult’s) nightmare, but with a few fun games planned the miles will fly by.
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Places To See
Stately Treasures - Three of Norfolk's finest Halls
Norfolk has many grand houses set within its stunning countryside with so much to offer for a day out.
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Family Fun
The Flora Dance
Helston is a quaint old Cornish market town which sits nestled into a hillside, with its many narrow streets intermingled with higgledy-piggledy houses, walled gardens and interconnecting alleyways and, once a year, for hundreds of years, the town
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Family Fun
Go Herdwick spotting this Summer
We have a fun public art trail in the Lake District this spring and summer; Bristol had Shaun the sheep, Newmarket had racehorses and Liverpool had bananalamas (no, I don’t know why either!) but of course for the Lakes, it has to be the
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News
Where to find us in the Lake District
Elterwater
Our office is based in a traditional stone cottage in Elterwater just a minute’s walk down the road from the central green with its magnificent maple tree.
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Food & Drink
War of the Pasties
Mention a pasty and thoughts are inexorably drawn to Cornwall. Unless, of course, you happen to be a Devonian!
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Less well-known Roman sites in Northumberland
Northumberland has its fair share of famous Roman sites, the most famous being Hadrian’s Wall, Vindolanda and Housesteads Fort. But there are others that many people do not yet know about.
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Further Tales From Northumberland: exploring and foraging along the coast
The Northumberland Coast is a truly stunning part of the world, and it was here Robson Green concluded his travels around his home county,
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Things To Do
Walks from Elterwater in the heart of the Lake District
We have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to choosing a walk in the Lake District; the area is famed after all for Wainwright’s walks.
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Food & Drink
Beer Festivals of the British Isles
Take a wide selection of top quality beers, plenty of happy punters, perhaps some food and some live entertainment, and you’ve got yourself a beer festival.
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Alnwick Voted The Best Place To live In Britain
Alnwick, in Northumberland, is a coastal town located 30 miles North of Newcastle and enjoys an exceptional setting near spectacular countryside.
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