JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

Steam Railways in Yorkshire  As the old steam train pulled into the station we could see the clouds of steam. We boarded the train at Embsay, and with the station master blowing his whistle we were off. Feeling relaxed, we stared out of the window to views of lush green fields and hills that went on for miles.   At the station we had a good look around the platform and at the various other trains, before continuing our adventure through the moors.      A wonderful day was spent at  Goathland, right in the middle of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, where we learnt that many of the Harry Potter films were filmed here. After our train ride we then went into the village which is also famous for the TV programme Heartbeat. We loved posing for photos with the cars that they used in tv show and the iconic places that featured, including Scripp’s garage.     We took in the fresh sea air at the seaside...

Royal Norfolk County Show We took our front row seats at the main arena for day 1 at the Royal Norfolk County show. There was so much to see and we didn’t hang around. First we saw the enormous Shire Horses,who were so elegant given their size parade around the arena. We managed to stroke them too.    A thrilling horse jumping show had us on the edge of our seats as we watched them leap over the huge jumps and fences.   There were so many great stalls for us to browse amongst with lots of local produce and home made arts and crafts. A highlight of the day was meeting Boycie, from the hit TV show, Only Fools and Horses.   We had huge smiles on our faces as we watched the dog agility show. Watching these clever little animals weave in and out of poles and leap over jumps was amazing. They were so well trained.     Walking around the show we came across all kinds of farm machinery inc...