Oh the places you'll stay - English style

While stayed in bed and breakfast inns throughout our time in England.  We chose them off the internet based off of reviews and pictures.  We were hoping to have remote places or ones in small little English hamlets so we could enjoy a bit of comfort while experiencing what England is really like.  We were not disappointed in any of our B&Bs.  They were marvelous and the hosts were charming, kind people who made our stay tremendously delightful.  Here is a map of the places we went in England.

Poppy Cottage - Carleton, England (near Skipton) - this place was a tiny little village with a pub and a post office and that was nearly it.  You could easily walk its cobbled streets from one end to the other end of the villiage in a few minutes.  The Poppy Cottage Inn is where we stayed while touring Skiption Castle (pictures to come).  The building itself was almost 300 years old, with slate roofs and natural reclaimed wood beams that were taken off old war sailing ships.  The countryside surrounding was everything lovely and the 3 course breakfasts that were made to order were yummy.  

 This is the countryside panoramas we were treated to while in this area of England.

 Our room at Poppy Cottage

 The reclaimed wood from the sailing ships.

 Our view out our window.

Next we stayed at a little B&B called Rushop Hall.  We stayed in a separate building they called The Pepper Pot.  It was its own little cottage with a small kitchenette and bathroom on one floor and a bed and wood burning fireplace in the upstairs.  It was also very charming and being located on a little farm made it so fun.  The roads leading to and from Rushop Hall are tiny though.  Our little rental (no wider than my arm span) was just narrow enough for parts of the road.  We stayed here for a few days while we toured Chatsworth and Lyme Park and while we visited the Preston temple.  Rushop Hall is located in the Peak District which equals beautiful.  It also happens to be in Derbyshire which equals Darcy.

 The back door of the cottage that leads easily to the carpark.

The last place we stayed for a few days was a B&B called The London in Lyme Regis.  It is on the coast and the place was literally up the cliff from the beach.  Our view from the inn was straight ocean.  While we were in Lyme it was really stormy the first day and so all you could see was angry ocean but still quite beautiful.  The morning we left it dawned sunny and lovely.  We forgot to take pictures of the inside of the inn but here is the the view up the street (also a very narrow one - its the English way).  One car at a time each way can make it through.

 The view from the garden at the inn on the morning we left.