I worked this morning with the MiFi dongle providing good connection for Teams meeting all morning. We then walked into Cayton village the The Farrier pub/restaurant/coffee shop http://the-farrier.co.uk and had a good snack of halloumi sandwich and Yorkshire sirloin / blue cheese sandwich, both delicious and generous. Well recommended I think the rest of the …
Month: June 2021
The day started (after a disturbed night) with a trip up the coast to Whitby and initially Whitby Abbey. This was my second visit to Whitby but the first to the Abbey itself. Even from a distance as we drove across it was an iconic outline on the horizon Up close it had eerie outlines …
Scarborough Castle is very impressive, sitting above the town, occupied on and off for 2500 years or more. The keep had been 1/2 destroyed by cannon fire and both Rod and I both noted from afar it looked slightly tilted… Down on the main beach front Ying headed unerringly to the seafood stalls and bought …
Today started suboptimally with an overnight migraine but settled by the morning, albeit with a slow start. Arriving at Nunnington Hall we were greeted by a very cheery welcome desk man who couldn’t find the annual membership form (reregistering as “someone” who is now 60 and gets a special rate). However he happily waved us …
Last evening ended with an owl singing us a lullaby and this morning dawn chorus at 5.30 We set off and met Rod & Viv at Rievaulx Abbey, a Cistercian Abbey from the 1120’s, partially destroyed as were so many during Henry’s reign just a few hundred years later. You can certainly understand why they …
Although the day started with a traditional bacon sandwich (with Mayo and a little ketchup!) and two mugs freshly ground Lazy Sunday coffee it was a slow start Rob had challenged us to drive up Sutton Edge in the campervan, we couldn’t resist, and in reality it was a cinch, sorry Rob!!! All practice for …
Having set off in what seemed reasonable time it soon became clear that the world and wife were on the move today and it deteriorated into diversions within diversions! However the van drove the 250 miles easily and we arrived around 5.30 The campsite is on Thirsk racecourse (beside it I suppose) and was full, …
As we prepare to set off to Yorkshire and beyond… The garden is looking pretty healthy and full of promise, I wonder what we will come back to.