We use our AL porch for short trips, wet coats, shoes,
somewhere to throw the banquetting rubbish etc.
With the "funny" weather we get now you could store
a couple of chairs in there as well

Whilst up in sunny Harrogate you are required to:
1. Visit Bettys tearooms and eat a warmed Fat Rascal
2. Visit the Golden Fryer on the edge of Boroughbridge town centre for fish and chips
3. Visit the Ice Cream Parlour next to the village shop in Ripley
4. Visit our old village of Burton Leonard and have a meal in The Royal Oak where John and Julie will look after you at reasonable prices.
5. Visit Knarsburg Castle where the murderers of Thomas a Becket fled after the dastardly deed.
6. Seek out the Boroughbridge Arrows
7. Visit Studley Royal and walk through the Water Gardens to Fountains Abbey
8. Drive out to Brimham Rocks and have a scamper about
9. Take in the atmosphere in Ripon Market Square and Cathedral
10. Have a wander round Harrogate Stray and the RHS gardens at Harlow Carr.

PS I'd leave the awning behind, too much risk of it blowing away, getting soaked or encased in snow.

As you will be out during the day then the awning may not be necessary. On the other hand for a 6 night stay it could be worth putting it up.
Do you need storage space outside the van?

Knaresborough
that's where mother shiptons cave is???
puss in boots may remember better than me..
is the site next to a river?

id say bilton was north east
Knaresborough I think can be accessed by A59 its a long time since been down that way, in fact I could get lost as they built a new motorway and side road
we stayed between killinghall and the other A59 roundabout with pub (if still there) I will have to get me map out
apparently otley garden centre is a good place to visit it was mentioned at the Friday night social

We plan on visiting that site in spring so look forward to hearing what you think of it. Hope you have a good visit and that the weather is kind to you both. Ellen.

If I told you that we spent a few days at Meathop Fell recently and our Awning flooded (again). Would you be surprised, our luck will change one day!!!!

Knarsburg CC site is just off the road between Ripley and Knaresborough at a village called Scotton, the ancestral home of Guy Fawkes (topical note). It is one of the relatively few CC sites that has a catering facility although when we stayed there three years ago it was closed. There are videos of the approach from both east and west available on CT. Do not try to approach via Scotton, it's v tight and there are occasional buses through there.

Otley garden centre is a fair trot and IMO not really worth the effort. For a real nursery try Daleside at Killinghall, just down the road, probably one of the best real plant centres in the country, but you won't get all the garden centre frippery of dire gifts and 'orrible coffee.

Same here for me, we use the AL/NR porch awning. It is small and comes with a storm strap in each corner so its not battered the same as a full awning in bad weather. Its all we use all the year round and still manage to eat around the table with two chairs and the dog in the awning as well. We use a small fan heater that does a really good job of keeping the awning nice and warm, of course you will need a skirt on as well, that's around the van not your waist

Quite like the idea of a draught proof skirt around the waist!
Mrs P could do with one after the Guiness!