Two weeks ago, it was Bank Holiday Monday. The weather forecast for West Yorkshire wasn't very good, but North Yorkshire looked better so we decided on a trip to Helmsley.
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Helmsley is a market town and it's a lovely place to have a wander round. There's lots of little independent shops which are great for browsing.
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I'd have liked to have had a look in these craft barns but they were all closed, what a shame.
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There's a walled garden in Helmsley which I've been wanting to visit for a while, but Eleanor wasn't very keen so we decided to leave that for another day. We did go in to the nursery though.
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Outside the walled garden are some gardens which have been planted up by children from local schools.
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Don't the sweet peas look beautiful?
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You can see Helmsley Castle from the town but I've never been in, that's somewhere else for my list of places to visit, it gets longer by the day.
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We passed a happy couple of hours ambling around Helmsley, it's such a pretty little town.
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I'll tell you more about our day next time.
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Not far from us at all - infact you may have seen us tootle by! No doubt lots of motorbikes there?
ReplyDeleteI did see a few motorbikes in the square. I always enjoy a trip out to Helmsley.
DeleteLooks a lovely little place, I'm sure you will look forward to visiting the castle and the walled garden. Love the children's gardens, such a nice way of introducing them to the joys of growing your own. xcx
ReplyDeleteI like to have a list of places I'd like to visit, when we decide to go out for a day the list comes out and we can choose somewhere from it. It's wonderful that children are being introduced to gardening at a young age, so many kids don't know where their food comes from these days.
DeleteBeautiful pictures :) We want to take our campervan up to North Yorkshire, your post makes me want to even more! The gardens look lovely :)
ReplyDeleteThere's so many wonderful places in North Yorkshire, both rural and coastal, you'll be spoilt for choice.
DeleteThis post and photos bought back pleasant memories of an afternoon spent wandering round here many years ago. It looks the same now as it did then. Flighty xx
ReplyDeleteI'm pleased you have some lovely memories of an afternoon spent in Helmsley, it's such a pretty place with the beck running through.
DeleteWow, that castle is so interesting. It looks a bit scary against the cloudy sky. The town looks so nice, I bet there were a lot of fun little places to check out. I'm glad you had a nice visit there. I hope you have a great week. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to going back so that I can visit the walled garden and the castle, I've never been inside either before, though we've been to Helmsley a few times.
DeleteLooks lovely. The pictures are great too. I love little market towns like this x
ReplyDeleteIt's a shame it wasn't market day when we were there, I love looking around markets.
DeleteLovely photos, Jo. Thanks for sharing. :o)
ReplyDeleteHelmsley's a lovely place, definitely work visiting if you're ever in the area.
DeleteWhat a pretty place for a day out. And plenty of reasons to make sure you go back again.
ReplyDeleteLisa x
It's a lovely little place. We'll definitely return as I've been wanting to visit the walled garden for a long time but still haven't made it.
DeleteJust catching up here. What a great place for a day out.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on making it to four years of blogging x
Thank you. We enjoyed our day in Helmsley.
DeleteIt looks an interesting place, when we were in Ripon our caravan neighbours recommended we take the caravan to Helmsley, they said it was a very pretty place. Shame those craft barns were closed, never mind, thats a good excuse for you to go again!
ReplyDeleteI think you'd like Helmsley. There's so many lovely places in North Yorkshire, you'll be spoilt for choice on where to take the caravan. I really wanted to have a look in the craft barns, it was such a shame that they were closed.
DeleteHelmsley looks a lovely little town and those sweet peas are gorgeous. My step-mother-in-law has some never ending sweet peas in her garden but they don't smell at all. Think I'd rather have normal ones that do! x
ReplyDeleteI think the attraction of sweet peas is their scent. Mine didn't do very well at all this year so they ended up on the compost heap and I've really missed having them in the house.
DeleteHelmsley is a lovely little place to visit. Nice shops and some fab walks too.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great place for a wander round. I really must return so that I can visit the walled garden, it's been on my list of places to visit for quite some time and I still haven't made it.
DeleteHi Jo, Helmsley is lovely and its been years since I have had a wander around it. The gardens and sweet peas, looked lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt's a great destination for a day out. I'm looking forward to a return trip now so that I can visit some bits which I haven't before, like the walled garden and the castle.
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