If you love the Yorkshire Dales, why not try entering our our new readers' writing competition?
First prize is a luxury midweek break for two at Burythorpe House, inclusive of a four-course dinner and breakfast, with two magnums of Pol Roger Brut Reserve NV for the runners-up.
This is what to do. During the coming month, write a piece, no lo
nger than 600 words, based on personal experience, that has some connection with the Dales and send it in.
Yorkshire's finest – in the shape of a luxury break for two people in the heart of Yorkshire's most idyllic countryside – awaits the winner of the competition, run in partnership with Burythorpe House hotel and restaurant.
The former Georgian gentleman's residence nestles on the edge of both the North York Moors and Yorkshire Wolds, between York and Malton.
The rural retreat has some of the county's top leisure attractions on its doorstep.
Steeped in history, it has recently entered a new era after undergoing extensive renovation to blend the best of the property's old world charm and character with the height of modern technology and luxury. It was officially opened by Sir Ian Botham last autumn.
As well as equipping the hotel's 13 bedrooms with plasma televisions, power and rain showers, roll-top baths; four-poster beds and internet wi-fi access, the new owners have re-launched the 40-cover in-house restaurant as a high-class dining attraction in its own right. Please visit the hotel and restaurant's website www.burythorpehouse.co.uk for more details, including a photo tour of the hotel and sample menus and wine lists.
Make sure your piece of writing has a Yorkshire Dales theme – maybe a significant meeting, a dramatic weather incident, a humorous encounter – and arrives by deadline day which is February 12. It can be
any length, up to 600 words.
The winner and runners-up and a selection of the rest will appear in the Yorkshire Post Magazine later in February and March. Post your entry to Michael Hickling, Yorkshire Post, Wellington Street, Leeds LS1 1RW, or email it to michael.hickling@ypn.co. uk.
Usual YPN rules apply. Copies can be obtained from the Yorkshire Post Promotions Department.
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