The Witching Post Inn
*not our photo, taken from Google as we lost ours* The Witching Post Inn is our favourite place to stay when we visit this part of the country. We've stayed here on both of our North Yorkshire trips and have already booked in a third. We love Pete and his two dogs Nelly and Molly and the locals who we get to know as they come in daily are pretty cool too. Pete's helped us out with historical places to visit both times we've come here and he treats Yogi like the king he is so thank you to him! But back to the Inn itself. The Witching Post dates back to 1704 when it was part of a working farm. Twas the Ale House and its sole purpose was to provide the locals and farm workers with ale. This was the preferred beverage of the time as it would put both fluid and calories into the workers which was sorely needed. Also, let's face it, water systems were pretty awful historically, so anything that wasn't water had a preference as if you drank water you'd pr...
