Welcome to our journey.
Welcome to St Marks Stays and we already love you in that you are interested to follow our journey, our lifestyle and our stories here at St Marks. On our blog we will be sharing with you all about life in our gorgeous Victorian property here in the Cumbrian countryside of Cautley that lies within the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
You can follow our journey from city life to country living as we take on the privilege of running a hosted self catering venue. See the renovations as they take place. Learn about what our guests have to say about the advantages, that you will not have thought of, about staying in our home with us. Take interest in the various activities and courses that take place here. Simply immerse yourself in the landscape of a more relaxed and sociable world via Joanne’s photography.
So who are we?
Well, we are Damian and Joanne Withers, married since 1999, who are a Southerner and a Northerner, who met at university in Leicester and stayed there for over 26 years, before moving to St Marks in February 2017. So yes, an architect and a photographer chose to make a lifestyle change and take on an old vicarage built in 1872, to bring back to life, to open to you all as a home from home for you to stay in. We may not have years of professional hospitality experience, but we do know how to make people feel at home, enjoy themselves to the full and most importantly, throw a great party!
So as we open the huge wooden door to our new world to you all, welcome to our journey.
Love Joanne & Damian x
(And of course, Quito, our 12 year old cocker spaniel.)
