Set off for Harrogate arriving early afternoon. We checked in at the Old Swan Hotel (famous for being the hotel where Agatha Christie disappeared to). It is located fairly central, an easy 5-10 minute walk into the town. A reasonable rate of £68 for the room but the sting was £15 each for breakfast which we declined!
We had a good walk around Harrogate, including indulging ourselves with afternoon tea at the famous Bettys tea room. Sue had the Bettys afternoon tea which was £16 and consisted of a plate of small sandwiches and a couple of tiny cakes. I had an omelette and a coffee (The coffee was £5.50! but it was from the Galapagos Islands!!, still not worth £5.50 though!)
Nice place but well overpriced... style over substance, but still they queue!! although you can't see the queue here, it was inside. Three weeks later we visited Harrogate again and the queue this time was around the block.
We returned to the hotel after looking around the shops and took our evening meal at a fish restaurant in the town (Graveleys, very nice), rather than the hotel.
There was a huge thunderstorm overnight waking us both up, but by the next day the weather was back to its usual sunny self again.
We headed off for the Yorkshire Dales...........
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