Art in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales

Does art, exhibitions and galleries feature in the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, or is it just historic buildings and mountain landscapes? A larger majority of people visit the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District for the hills, walking, countryside and outdoor...

What on earth is Earthing?

So you may have across the term more and more these days and be wondering, What on earth is ‘Earthing’? Well thanks to a wonderful holistic business that is local to us, Dalesway Therapies, we can share with you a little more insight. Yvonne and Fritz run Dalesway...

A Mountain Leader to Inspire You

Now you might not put a mountain leader in the same subject as art, but firstly I say why not, and secondly, that is exactly how I met Louisa. We both answered a request from local artist Jessica Emsley to meet up and chat about our feeling and thoughts on the...

The Cumbrian Chef

In this blog we bring another glimpse in to a private chef that has catered here at St Marks Stays before and is available for you to book to make your celebrations and stays special. Julian is The Cumbrian Chef who says the biggest buzz he gets from creating food and...

How to create demand

Now if we ran our own retreats and had a fully booked diary we could tell you how to create demand. Full disclosure – we don’t! What we do know however, is that we constantly watch how groups do book their holidays, how music artists sell out their tours...