{"id":39,"date":"2012-12-28T16:51:43","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T16:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/?p=39"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:55:46","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T11:55:46","slug":"reflections-on-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/reflections-on-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the sun goes down at the end of 2012, we reflect on what a momentous year it has been.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-rectangle wp-image-40 img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Sunset-30-Nov-2012-800x480.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset at Newton Grange B&amp;B near Skipton\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The precious Diamond Jubilee Celebrations, marking an incredible life of service by the Queen.<\/p>\n<p>The triumph of the London Olympic Games. Inspiring a generation.<\/p>\n<p>The wettest year we can remember!<\/p>\n<p>The privilege of seeing the sun rise and set so majestically over the drumlin hills.<\/p>\n<p>The year that Yorkshire secured the \u201cGrand Depart\u201d of the Tour de France in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>A year of change in our own lives, as we move to the country to embrace rural enterprise and have some fun in building and developing the family business.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-rectangle wp-image-41 img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Rachael-Tree-Best-SMALL-800x480.jpg\" alt=\"Rachael - Tree - Best SMALL\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wonderful aroma of home baking from the kitchen, as our B&amp;B guests enjoy fresh cakes on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The joy of connecting with childhood nostalgia, baking cakes for Gargrave Show.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-square wp-image-43 img-rounded\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2-Traybake-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Delicious home baking\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2-Traybake-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/2-Traybake-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rosy cheeks from exploring the Yorkshire Dales. The enjoyment of walking and cycling from the doorstep.<\/p>\n<p>The learning curve of new technology \u2013 the useful introduction of Wifi to the B&amp;B and cottages, a credit card machine and online booking system.<\/p>\n<p>The establishment of our social media presence on Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The delight on the faces of brides and grooms as they celebrate their Wedding Day.<\/p>\n<p>And the pleasure of meeting our guests from all over the country and overseas, as they take time to enjoy their stay at Newton Grange.<\/p>\n<p>We have very much enjoyed 2012, and look forward to 2013 and\u00a0all that it brings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the sun goes down at the end of 2012, we reflect on what a momentous year it has been.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}