North York Moors Champion

We love living in the North York Moors National Park and want all our guests to experience this wonderful place to its full. Staying self-catering in the Long Barn, means that you can chose exactly where you want to explore and spend your time. But with so much...

Our 5 Favourite Villages

We thought we’d feature our 5 favourite villages in this week’s blog. Obviously our very favourite village is Appleton Le Moors, which we’ve blogged about previously.Β  But our challenge in writing this is which ones to choose. There are so many lovely places to visit...

Shop Local

We believe in supporting local business and try to make it as easy as possible for guests to β€˜shop local’ wherever possible. We appreciate that many guests will choose to organise one big supermarket shop when staying at the Long Barn. However, there are some great...

Wild Daffodils

One of the first signs of spring that we look forward to are the wild daffodils appearing in the woods. The place that is best known locally for its daffodils is Farndale. In March and April, thousands of people visit the famous “Daffodil Walk” along the...