A Visit to Ripley Castle

Yesterday the Yorkshire members of Farm Stay were invited to take a tour of Ripley Castle near Harrogate. We all met up in the Boars Head where we had coffee and homemade biscuits and a quick tour of some of the hotel rooms and the Bistro by the manager. Afterwards we went with our tour guide Margaret and went round the castle finishing in the Tudor tower, which apparently is haunted by the late Lady Alicia Ingleby. There was a definate chill in the room and Maggie reported a definate standing up of the hairs on the back of her neck!!
We followed this with a wonderful lunch in the Castle and the chance to tour the gardens. Unfortunately it was raining so we just heading for the lovely shops in the courtyard.
A big thank you must go to Alison Crawford for inviting us and for her very kind and generous hospitality.
It was a lovely opportunity to meet up with great friends, in the picture below Caroline Barker -Cundall Lodge B&B, Maggie Johnson - MAllard grange B&B, Rosemary Hyslop - Layhead Farm Cotts, Fay Grace - Life Hill Farm B&B, and me. The picture was taken by Katrina Gray - the Wold Cottage B&B.
This was probably the last leisurely day I will have for a while as we have now started lambing, but thats for a future blog!!