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      Steam, cold soak, hot room then repeat: a Turkish spa experience in Harrogate

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      Harrogate is posh. Posher than any other northern towns we’ve come across. There are beautifully manicured gardens, expensive tea rooms, royal looking buildings…. there’s definitely something in the water here. Ah. Of course. There IS something in the water – sulfur – and it has been used for therapeutic and medical purposes since the Georgian …

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      Review: The Sidings Hotel, York

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      Stayed: 1 night, 25-26 April 2016 Room: 9 Price Paid: £69 through discount site Wowcher, inclusive of dinner and breakfast for two You knew I liked trains right? It was only a couple of months ago that we visited York’s Railway Museum and since then I found out there was a hotel where you can stay …

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      Whitby – abbey, sea captain and scampi

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      Whitby, a small seaside town surrounded by the North York Moors National Park, is significant to Australia as a modern nation. It was here that Captain James Cook trained as a seaman, who then took on a voyage to map out new worlds and claimed Australia as one of the British colonies in 1770. We …

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