Spring Bank Holiday

Is everyone ready for another Bank Holiday! It is the last one until August we have B&B vacancies here at Stoney End, visit and enjoy a few days in the Dales. Visit www.stoneyend.co.uk for all details of availability over the weekend and the following week.

Getting back to normal!!

Hi Everybody

It is a long time since I wrote anything here..........

Life has been very hectic, Stoney End keeps us busy as always and we have done loads of work over the last months, a new bathroom for Ellerkin (photos to follow) and even a small gym coming soon.

We have also seen Sarah and Mark married and waved them off to a new life in America.

I have had some fairly major surgery but am now well on the way to being fully recovered and we are looking forward to a busy season in Stoney End and Stoney End Cottage.

The end of an era.........

Hi All

Today was the end of an era and Sarah and I changed over cottages together for the last time. Actually this is not strictly true because we do have the odd booking in September and October for Little Farthings and Springwood and of course Stoney End Cottage and the B&B continue as usual. It will be a big change and we are really looking forward to doing a little less. The first two weeks in November ( after the wedding and our holiday ) we are making some improvements at Stoney End; Ellerkins bathroom is getting a new shower so it will have a bath and a shower and we are doing quite a lot of tiling with lovely sparkling glass tiles in Ellerkins bathroom and Wensleydales ensuite. Really looking forward to that!

Hi All

Check out this special offer for a couple of weekends coming up soon, when they are gone they are gone!!

Special Offer Enjoy a two night weekend break in Stoney End Cottage commencing Friday 23rd July or Friday 13th August and get the third night FREE!! Call us to book on.

Wedding Bells........

Hi All.......

What a month June has been, the busiest we have ever been at this time of year at Stoney End and a really exciting time over the last week personally. Many of our visitors will have met our daughter Sarah who was engaged to Mark last week during their visit to Glastonbury. He must have earned years worth of browny points for the proposal, Sarah happily accepted and we will be enjoying a wedding later this year. Children grow up so fast! See the photos and watch the video no tears......

Mixed Feelings.........

We are having a very busy time on the B&B front, thankfully, after the difficult snow filled months earlier in the year but with more visitors there is always the chance of coming across the odd one who throws a spanner in the works no matter how hard you try to please. Generally I really enjoy having B&B guests in our home ( just as well after 20 years in the business) and we meet some lovely people but just occasionally someone comes along who makes me want to run away to a desert island. The problem is the guests who stay, sometimes for days, smile, chat, take advice about local places to visit and eat, assure you that all is well and that they want for nothing, write lovely complimentary comments in our visitors book and then go home and write awful things about their stay on online review sites....why would you do this? Fortunately for us they are few and far between and most of our visitors go home rested and happy (and many return) but for this odd few why not mention any real or perceived problems during their stay and give us the opportunity to improve their experience. We have had some such long suffering soles visit recently, one lovely couple complained (after they had gone home and not to us) that they had been too hot in their room during the recent heat wave (do you remember that) when a word would have highlighted the fan in their room available to blow cold air. Another couple who did not like the low energy lighting which they suffered for four nights without a word and then wrote a rotten review......... why when a word would have put the problem right and brightened up their lives. I hope writing these reviews makes them feel better; we think it is cruel, it makes us very unhappy and gives us sleepless nights! I hope that anyone who reads these negative comments also reads this and is reassured that any real criticisms (we are not perfect and even in the best households etc....) are corrected instantly. Our aim is to provide a relaxing and enjoyable stay for happy visitors!

If you have a problem tell us, if you have enjoyed your stay tell Trip Advisor!

Busy Busy...... (2)

Hi All
I have neglected this blog for a while, I have been rushing about painting, paper hanging and photographing (in between all the usual washing, ironing etc) for the web site. All done now and I am delighted with the results.
New big bed and colour scheme in Stoney End Cottage which looks great particularly on a lovely day like today! We have a mid week break available in June on the 21st and a weekend in July on the 23rd. Check out the web site and treat yourself to a little rest relaxing in Wensleydale!
The Spring Bank holiday has been a little disappointing weather wise but our guests seem to have had a good time and we are looking forward to a busy June......