“Nice Property full of Charm”
We had stayed at the Old Ticket Office before in September 2014. Before Covid we had decided to book again for this year, thankfully restrictions had eased and we were able to travel and have our week at this charming Property.
Since our last visit the cottage has had a wee face lift the spiral star has been painted cream and the kitchen units hob, oven and fridge have all been replaced and updated, there is even a dishwasher.
This cottage is small and the sleeping area is in the eave's as is the toilet and bathroom. We would not recommend this cottage to anyone with mobility issues as the spiral stairs would be a struggle.
It is a very pleasant place for a couple to stay with the added bonus of steam Trains from the NYMR passing by each day.
Locally there is a little village shop, and a nice wee butchers who seems to do a roaring trade and of course the Pub across the road.
The place was clean and we were asked to bring our own Pillows because of Covid. There was Milk in the fridge Tea & Coffee and a pack of Ginger biscuits from Botham's of Whitby.
The only minor issue we have is with Parking. Parking is shared with the Station house a much larger property. The people staying at the station house had 2 cars and on the 1st night there were 3. Now they had been told there was room for 3 cars by the owner. There is one parking space for the Old Ticket Office and 1 for the Station house. When we arrived just after 4pm we could not get parked, I had to block one of the other cars in. We did come to arrangement with the other people, that they were only going to use one car for the week and we could block the other one in There was absolutely no way I was leaving my car parked on the road, there are constant lorry's and farm vehicles passing. Later in the week another person who had just arrived in the village I suspect staying at another property owned by the same people had been told she could park there as well. The parking was already over full so she had to make other plans for her car. So just a wee message to the owner there is not 3 parking spaces there are only 2 spaces, 1 for the Ticket office and one for the Station House, please stop telling people there are 3 spaces for the Station House, parking issues have the potential to cause bad feeling and ruin Holidays, thankfully this didn't happen this time.
- David W, October 2020
