Freespirit Glamping

Set off to North Yorkshire's market towns… Helmsley (10 minutes’ drive), Thirsk (25 minutes) and Malton (25 minutes) are magnets for foodies. Call into one of several National Trust properties on the way… ogle the organic garden at Nunnington Hall (10 minutes), wander around the Cistercian monastery at Rievaulx Abbey (15 minutes) or admire the art at Beningbrough Hall (35 minutes). In York (40 minutes), go on a ghost walk or take the less fearsome route down the historic Shambles. See York Minster and the York Dungeon too, but don’t get caught up too long in the cells, as the JORVIK Viking Centre, York’s Chocolate Story and the free National Railway Museum York are some of the other museums worth a visit. The seaside on your mind? Dine on the quayside at Whitby (an hour), ride a donkey in Scarborough (an hour and five minutes) or see a traditional fishing village at Robin Hood’s Bay (an hour and five minutes). Filey and Saltburn-by-the-Sea (both an hour) are some other splendid seaside spots for a picnic, or you could hire a bicycle for the Cinder Track between Whitby and Scarborough.