Merrybent Hill is now closed. We have moved to Middle Lee, Garrigill, in the North Pennines AONB, where we will be opening a B&B in...

We are of course closed due to Lockdown number 3 but are very hopeful that we will be open again in the Spring, and able to offer our...

We are still open! The lockdown areas of North West England as mentioned in the press are nowhere near us and do not affect us in any...

As Love Ribble Valley say: we are..."One of Ribble Valley's remotest Bed and Breakfast businesses, high up in the stunning Bowland...

We are re-opening on 4 July! Can't wait to see all our guests again. We have completed risk assessments and cleaning protocols and are...

For the past month we have had an Oyster Catcher nest in our garden and the parents have brooded the eggs diligently. In the last couple...

Wonderful Merrybent Hill Luxury B&B is now of course closed according to the government's requirements. Nevertheless we are hoping that...

If you feel the need to escape then Merrybent Hill is the perfect place to do it. We stand alone on the top of the hill and have no...

In the last few days we have seen the Curlews, Lapwings, Oystercatchers and Skylarks all reappear on the fields around the house. We can...

I sometimes forget just how lucky I am to live in such an amazing place, but on New Year's Eve we had a full house of B&B guests who all...

We have had some beautifully clear winter evenings at Merrybent. Inside the log fires are lit and its so cosy. Come and visit to see...

My new book of landscape photography about the Pennines has just been published. It makes a great Christmas present for anyone...

National Meadow Day is always a wonderful free family day out, held each year at Bell Sykes Farm, Slaidburn.

We have a special offer on our Skye cottage for July bookings of £100 discount per week. We have availability for weeks commencing July...

The weather has been so topsy turvy recently at Merrybent. The other day this was the view from the Cross of Greet pass, with snow on...

This is a wonderful series of concerts of all types of music that take place throughout the Ribble Valley from Spring right through to...

Can't wait for our daffodils to appear soon! There are daffodils flowering lower down in the valley but at 1,000 feet on the top of a...

Its like Narnia here at the moment, very cold but quite beautiful. The other day the trees were covered in frost from some freezing fog...

Why is it that I find hanging washing out on a line to be such a pleasurable activity? Even on a very snowy day in January? Maybe its...

Watching the incredible tennis on display in Melbourne this morning, especially from Novak Djokovich, it occurred to me that no matter...