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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=95 BGCOLOR="#BCD2EE" TEXT="#080000" > <div> <FONT SIZE="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B> The Fishermen's Cottages</B></FONT><B>   |   </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" Title="The Fishermens Cottages"> <U><B> home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" Title="The Fishermens Cottages"> <U>The Fishermen's Cottages</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Cottages"> <U>The Cottages</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Village"> <U>The Village</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prices/Bookings"> <U>Prices/Bookings</U></A>   |   <B> FAQ</B>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Your comments"> <U>Your comments</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"> <U>Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#BCD2EE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> FAQ</div> <div> How are the cottages heated?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> No3 has storage heaters in each room, plus electric fires in the sitting room and bedroom , a wall heater in the bathroom, and a fan heater on the stairs. No4 has storage heaters in each room, plus an electric fire in the sitting room. And No5 has storage heaters in each room, plus a coal fire in the sitting room. The post office sells cheap and easily-portable bags of coal. For all cottages, storage heating is included in the rental price, but the rest is paid for via a £1 slot meter. <FONT size="+1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > <U><IMG SRC="0a918d20.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="210" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="5" VSPACE="0"></U></FONT></div> <div> Do you offer short breaks?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> We offer short breaks from November until April, but during the season prefer to book weekly from Saturday to Saturday. Our short breaks are either three nights over the weekend (Fri, Sat, Sun) or four nights during the week (Mon-Fri) but we can be flexible. Prices are - short break No3 £160, Short break Nos 4&5 £135 </div> <div> Are there any pubs within walking distance?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> Three - the furthest is the Cod & Lobster, five minutes walk </div> <div> Where can I eat locally?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> Most of the year the pubs serve evening meals. There are two cafes, a restaurant on the front and a Michelin-guide recommended restaurant called The Endeavour. </div> <div> Where are the nearest supermarkets? </div> <div> Co-op and Safeway in Whitby (9m s) and a smaller Safeway at Loftus (4m n) </div> <div> What about parking?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> There's not much spare land in Staithes and parking is hard to come by. Each of our cottages can park one car neatly - there's a free car park (basic) at the top of Cowbar Bank or paying car park on the other side of the village. We ask people to park directly outside their cottage and be considerate of other guests and Staithes residents. </div> <div> Can we go there without a car?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> Nearest mainline station is Saltburn, change from Darlington - and get a taxi. There are buses running along the coast from Middlesbrough to Whitby every hour (X56), from where you can catch a connection to Scarborough. There are enough food outlets to be self-sufficient in Staithes. </div> <div> What time should we arrive and when should we leave?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> Cottages will be ready by 3pm and we ask people to leave by 10.30am. We have had many compliments on the cleanliness at the cottages and our housekeepers can only maintain that standard if they have enough time. </div> <div> What do we need to bring?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> The kitchens are equipped with all the  crockery, cutlery and cooking utensils you will need, plus tea towels. There's full bedlinen (including two pillows per person) but you will need towels. </div> <div> What is there to do and see in the area?<FONT size="+1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ></FONT></div> <div> Each of the cottages has a file full of information of what's on locally, which is updated regularly. Two miles south along the coast is Port Mulgrave, site of an old iron works and fossil heaven, two miles south of that is the beautifully curving Runswick Bay - great for swimming and walks. The sandy beach of Sandsend stretches three miles along the coast to the Victorian market town of Whitby, most famous for being the place where Captain Cook learned his seafaring skills and for its jet industry. Further south is Scarborough and Robin Hood's Bay.</div> <div> Heading north up the coast from Staithes, you reach Boulby Cliff and the old mining village of Skinningrove with an interesting look back into the early days of the pits at the Tom Leonard Mining Museum. The Victorian seaside town of Saltburn is a few miles further on.</div> <BR> <div> Staithes is a great base from which to explore the North York Moors - amazing scenery, fabulous walks and the village of Goathland, otherwise known as Aidensfield from the ITV drama  Heartbeat. Running from Grosmont on the moors to the market town of Pickering (where Francis Hodgson Burnett set his children's book The Secret Garden) is the NYM steam railway which boasts olde worlde stations, lovingly restored locomotives, theme days and a dining train.</div> <BR><BR><BR> </td> </tr></table></body>