About Ruth
I've always felt uncomfortable doing this, but I think it appropriate to say something on this page. Please feel free to skip the next couple of paragraphs!!!!! I've recently been made redundant after 19 years working for the Police as a Scenes of Crime Officer. I've used my payment to buy cabins 1,2 and 3 and plan to devote myself full time to my Holiday Accommodation Business. I started the business in 2007 when I used the equity in our house to buy Seagulls Studio. My children were 5 and 10 at the time, and we had had many holidays in Europe. I had fond memories of my childhood seaside visits and wanted to do the same for my children. As shift workers, both Peter, my husband, and I had an unusual life, never having weekends off together due to our work and childcare commitments. The Studio gave us the traditional British Seaside Holiday my children had never experienced. It proved very popular and was full most of the year very quickly. We then bought another flat, Seagulls 2, so we could continue to have our holidays in Bridlington. Again it was very popular, and we went ahead and bought Seagulls 1. In July 2007 I celebrated my 40th Birthday at South Shore Holiday Village, staying in a friends Chalet. My initial impression was that the site was a little untidy and unloved. Within a few minutes of my arrival, I had my glass of wine and a feeling of peace I rarely experience anywhere else. By the end of the week, I had arranged a Personal Loan and had bought Chalet 1. We gutted the chalet over the winter and I re-discovered my DIY passion. It is very satisfying to work on these properties and bring them into the 21st century, and we are now restoring numbers six, seven and eight. I still get excited when I'm going to Brid, even though all I seem to do there now is work! We have expanded our chalets, and I used my inheritance from my mother to buy the Log Cabin in February 2010 - it was always her dream for me to buy one of those. I hope it hasn't been too tedious reading about the conception of Seagulls. Want I want to explain most of all is that it is a small family concern with a huge mortgage. I have risked all my financial security to build this business. I have a team of very dedicated ladies who help me maintain the standards which people deserve on holiday, to whom I am enormously grateful - Seagulls cannot exist without them. I honestly do my best to make everyones stay as good as is possible, and so far have invested every penny back in to the business. I only hope that I have done the right thing and that the Chalets do start to pay me a wage in the very near future!!!! Finally, I would like to say a huge THANK YOU to all my regular customers and to all those that send me Thank You cards and good comments. Any problems that do arise, we ask that you let us know as soon as possible so we can address them and make your holiday stay as perfect as possible. Thanks For Reading Ruth