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We got back last night from a wonderful break at The Black Swan in Masham, North Yorkshire.The difference between this and our last break was unreal! The Black swan was beautiful-spotless clean-couldn't fault it! Our room was huge with oak floors with underfloor heating...the bed was a super king sized, and beautiful fixtures and fittings everywhere..Its one of the quietest places we have ever stayed too--didn't hear a thing from other rooms or outside all the time we were there.

Some beautiful scenery nearby.,.

Autumn is coming, the leaves are changing colour..

The scene from our bedroom window..

I love the stained glass window of the black swan..

An interesting collection of potties adorn the ceiling !

The breakfast was all locally sourced-the bacon was to die for...

We went for a tour of the local Black Sheep brewery in Masham--it was very interesting  to see what goes on..

the smell was lovely..

We were able to try 1/3 of 4 of their beers--we liked all of them except for the Ruddy Ram which tasted a bit too bitter for our taste!

We were planning on going into Harrogate for an Indian meal later so we decided to share a hot beef chiabatta and chips in the cafe there--very good it was too!

We visited this restaurant 2 years ago and loved it so was determined to fit in another meal on this visit to the area-- Jinnah is an all you can eat place...

they bring you pickles and poppadoms

then  a selection of starters are bought out on a sizzler...

then you can help yourself to a huge selection of rice and curries...must admit--I didn't think it was quite as good as it was 2 years ago--but its great value for money at just £10.95 each..we drove back to the pub as full as ticks!!!

We had this amazing sunset on our last evening...