Three idyllic countryside retreats

We could all do with a chance to stretch our legs. Chris Carter suggests a spell at a farm

Scrogg House Farm
Scrogg House Farm: a bucolic smallholding in Yorkshire
(Image credit: Scrogg House Farm © Scrogg House Farm)

“We’ve been cooped up for so long that the chance to go free range in Britain once lockdown eases will make this spring really special,” says Jane Knight in The Mail on Sunday. And it doesn’t get much more bucolic than at Scrogg House Farm, a smallholding in the Yorkshire Dales’ idyllic Rawthey Valley.

There are two converted cottages for guests. One is a one-bedroom former threshing barn and the other a two-bedroom former smithy, both of which come with fishing rights to the River Rawthey, which meanders by outside, with a deep pool for swimming where it meets the River Clough.

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Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

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