A weekend in Yorkshire with older parents

This is a weekend built around short hops and long sit-downs. Day one pairs two grand houses just 5.4 miles apart — Sigston Manor in the morning, Upsall Castle after — so there's no clock-watching and plenty of room for a proper look round. Day two shifts west to East Riddlesden Hall, with the National Trust's benches and tea room doing the heavy lifting, before a 9.2-mile run to the Timble Inn for lunch (food hygiene rating 5/5, and open until 21:00 Monday to Saturday, 19:30 on Sundays).

The afternoon finishes at Keighley Bus Museum, 9.9 miles on — level floors, and a genuine hit with anyone who remembers these buses in service. Coming by train, Starbeck is the nearest station to Yorkshire. For a base, Killerby Old Hall sleeps 4 near Scarborough, with Seamer station 2.2 miles away and Cayton Bay beach 1.1 miles off, rated Excellent for bathing water by the Environment Agency.