Celebrating five years at Gallon House is a ‘slow’ success for Rick and Sue Hodgson.

Gallon House has been recognised by Alastair Sawday publishing, in their new guide book, Go Slow England, as one of only a handful of places to say in England which truly embrace the principles of The Slow Movement.

Alastair Sawday says, ‘The Slow movement is borne of a renewed regard for the simple pleasures in life: Slow Food celebrates meals prepared with love and consumed at leisure’.

Nigel Slater who writes the foreword to the book describes ‘slow accommodation’ as ‘somewhere that is rich with a sense of place. A place where everything feels right from the floor boards to the bread to the flowers on the table. What appeals to me is the idea of locally produced food which has been cooked simply and with respect. I like food to be what it is, food with honesty and a heart and a soul’.

Rick Hodgson of Gallon House says, ‘the slow movement embodies clearly my own beliefs in what real excellence in food preparation and service is about; Its about love and care through out the food cycle, from the small producer who truly cares about what he or she produces to the kitchen where the chef treats the food with real respect, to the way in which the food is served’

During the year ahead we have prepared a series of
‘Long, Slow Weekend Breaks’.

• Arrive on Friday afternoon and enjoy a pot of Yorkshire Tea with home-made short bread
• Prepare for a delicious seasonal four course dinner to be served at 7.30
• Enjoy a late breakfast on Saturday morning which includes a traditional Yorkshire cooked breakfast
• On Saturday night prepare for a lighter three course dinner
• Sunday morning is a delicious breakfast with the Sunday papers
• At 2pm Sunday Lunch will be served, complete with Yorkshire Puddings
• Monday morning - Enjoy a leisurely breakfast before departure

Please notes our 6 Guests eat together, at the same table, in our charming dining room which overlooks the Nidd Gorge

Long Slow Weekend Breaks will take place on

Friday 26th, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th September

Friday 17th, Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th October

Friday 31st October, Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November

Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November

Friday 12th, Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th December

Friday 19th, Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st December

The rate

Our rate is based on 2 people sharing a room and is £230 per person inclusive, as detailed above.

As featured in The Guardian 29 March 2008 - Paradise perched on a sandstone cliff