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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

The Norfolk Broads - 5 different ways to explore

Sunday 20^th Mar 2016

To many, the Norfolk Broads is still a vast and mysterious landscape with large areas only accessible by boat with much of its mystery veiled i...

Places To See

A Crumbling Preservation - Yorkshire’s Impressive Ruins

Wednesday 9^th Mar 2016

The beautiful county of Yorkshire has more than it’s fair share of ruins and castles, all set in outstanding countryside and providing an amaz...

Places To See

Hawes - So much more than just the Highest Market Town in England

Tuesday 1^st Mar 2016

A magical market town in England’s fair Isle, Hawes is perched 850ft above sea level. The air might be thin but the cheese is full fat. Home t...

Things To Do

In the Bleak Midwinter - A Moors Perspective

Monday 29^th Feb 2016

Crisp wintery mornings with frost sparkling in the sunshine and a sprinkling of snow transforming the moors into a magical landscape. The North ...

News

Mother's Day

Saturday 27^th Feb 2016

Oh mumma! It’s that time of year again and we thought we’d spend some time finding out what Mother’s day is all about.

Things To Do

A good day out at Brockhole the Lake District Visitor Centre

Thursday 25^th Feb 2016

The Lake District is somewhere that promises adventure and fun every step of the way. But with over 880 square miles to explore, where do you st...

Things To Do

The Weirdest Museums in the Country

Saturday 13^th Feb 2016

Are you bored of dinosaur bones? Do you yawn at yet more Roman coins? And does the thought of seeing another sculpture send you into a slumber? ...

Property Spotlight

Be Flirty, Get Quirky!

Tuesday 26^th Jan 2016

Lovebirds, it’s that time of year again! If you’re tired of scrambling to book a table at your favourite restaurant, or racking your brain t...

Property Spotlight

Hot Tubs and Horses… Check out these Cornish Cottages with Something Extra

Thursday 21^st Jan 2016

From Lands End to the Lizard Peninsula, Padstow to Penzance, Cornwall is famed for its rugged coastline and spectacular scenery. With its sandy ...

Property Spotlight

Sleep in a Pyramid! Top 5 Triangle Houses

Wednesday 13^th Jan 2016

Across the UK there are hundreds of thousands of self catering holiday homes but who knew that we are privileged enough to have pyramids here in...

Things To Do

Foraging the UK - Into the Wild

Tuesday 12^th Jan 2016

We all have fond memories of rummaging in hedgerows for blackberries and sneaking a strawberry whilst filling up punnets to brim but with foragi...

Property Spotlight

The UK's most remote holiday homes

Monday 11^th Jan 2016

If you’re looking for a lover's remote bolthole, or a place to let the children run a mock or just a secret somewhere for you to switch off an...

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