As well as your chosen caravan and its contents, there are several forms of entertainment for your delectation. Foremost is the mesmerising setting which includes sixteen acres of woodland walks, valley views and wildlife including owls, dragonflies, bats, roe deer and butterflies. There are beautiful places to sit and ponder which are enhanced by environmental art. The steam train which passes our way regularly is a brilliantly nostalgic sight and sound and can be caught at nearby Grosmont station for trips to other villages along the track. Nearby Goathland station is also the Hogwarts Express station from Harry Potter which usually impresses the little people. At night the train goes all 'Orient Express' and becomes a dining train with posh food and dressing up requirements (at this stage, we must remember to tell you that we have a very large dressing up box). For an informal evening away from camp, take a walk through the woods to our local inn. After wandering down beautiful paths and crossing streams on wooden bridges (careful not to trip !) you will come to the village of Beckhole and its Birch Hall Inn which is a winner of "The Most Untouched Pub Award". At nearby Ruswarp there is 1920s style boating on the River Esk where you can row (and perhaps don a straw boater and striped blazer). The village of Sandsend has a wide rugged beach, perfect for picnics, and the Witsend cafe has an outside courtyard with newspapers and good quality coffee. The coastal town of Whitby is a fifteen minute drive away. It is a fantastic town which provides good old fashioned seaside fun, coupled with a chic eccentricity that has gained it interest and cool reviews in recent press. Shopping is fab with Moulin Rouge style lingerie, shabby chic taste, retro collectables, charity shops and designer wear. Take a stroll down cobbled streets and buy cockles and mussels, handmade chocolates, parma violets and rock shaped into fried breakfasts. You could buy some fish and chips and take them up the 199 steps to the graveyard on the clifftop where Count Dracula sucked blood. Find a bench to sit on and look to the craggy shoreline where the ships carried in vampires and carried out the adventurous Captain Cook. You can build sandcastles on the beach, have your palm read, get a tattoo or play on the penny falls, eat doughnuts, waffles and ice cream. Visit a Goth favourite - the 'Dracula Experience' or take a trip on a pirate ship! You can even find a harbourside kiosk that will post a world famous Whitby Smoked Kipper to a friend for you. Whitby hosts many annual events including Folk and World Music festivals as well as its famous and fabulously eccentric Goth weekends. Despite the many things to do in the region, it is also possible to remain on site for a totally 'get away from it all, no traffic' experience. We have a little caravan shop which sells handmade cards and lots of sweets. We can put on afternoon tea parties and provide our renowned fairy cakes and sandwiches served on rose china. We have an excellent cocktail making service (you provide the alcohol) for evenings in the marquee and have candle lanterns for lighting throughout the site. Whitby, North Yorkshire | Tel: 07786 072 866 | Email: info@larosa.co.uk © La Rosa 2005 - 2008