Hazel Brow Organic Farm (at Low Row) can provide you with a welcome hamper ready for your arrival, including staples such as their own dry-cured bacon (when available), eggs, milk, tea, coffee etc and other produce can be ordered as extra, too. Details at www.hazelbrow.co.uk, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or ring 01748 886224/886059. Ghyllfoot Tearoom (in Gunnerside) can provide frozen "bistro-style" meals for you to cook at your leisure in your cottage; www.ghyllfoot.co.uk, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or give them a ring on 01748 886239.

There are small shops at Reeth, and Muker (restricted opening hours off-season). Hawes and Leyburn each have two reasonably-sized supermarkets (and The Good Life on the industrial estate at Hawes is also very good) and there are two supermarkets in Richmond, one of which is a large Co-op. Catterick Garrison, 5 minutes from Richmond, has a very large 24hr Tesco's, which also delivers. Asda and Sainsbury's in Darlington also deliver. Make sure when you order your delivery that you include a landline number of the cottage, or Cat Hole Cottages phone number, as it is likely that your mobile phone number will not work in Swaledale (unless it is an Orange phone and even then the signal is patchy). Or include detailed instructions for the delivery team as to how to find your cottage (we will have sent you these with your confirmation of booking).