Blogs from Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Gday all Well the hotel is still having problems with their internet so this is a day late. Yesterday we picked up Jules' mum Barbara and Aunty Joyce and went for a drive. First stop was Withernsea where one of the attractions is the old pier. The pier started off at 1196 ft but with the rough seas it was a target for disabled boats in 1880 2 vessels hit the pier and and knocked off 200ft of it then after it was rebuilt using timber instead of steel and then storms washed away the repaired bit in 1882 not repaired then but still in use. In 1890 after another ship hit and knocked off half of what was remaining another ship then hit it in 1893 and all that was left was 50 ft after ... read more

Hello. Well today is finally the day we set off. After a few last minute jobs done, a "few" fairwell drinks and a tear or two (mine not scotts!) we will be setting off in a few hours. I am up at silly o'clock as I cant sleep and just keep looking at the clock. Hopefully I have set this up right so everyone can keep up with us....................prob not tho knowing me?!. Well thats it for now - I'm going to hide more stuff in the van before Scott chucks it out!. Take Care xxx... read more

Sorry i havent updated everyone in a couple of days, but its been a nice slow and quiet week here for jordie and me. We dtarted off on monday going out to a small town called beverely, which is where my mum grew up, or was born, or something like that, so i saw where mum's room was for her first nursing job on Beverely rd, which is more in Hull than beverely, and we saw some really cool churches in beverely, 2 infact, one a Minstistry, the other a Parish, apparently there is a difference or something anyway the minstry or minestry, dont quite know which was really really cool, it is just amazing the artwork and craftmanship involved in a building like this, the stone so old, the stained glass windows so impressive and ... read more

My turn to kick off and bring you up to date (Nik). We left for John o Groats on the last entry which took us across the northern coast of Scotland. Highly recommended remote beaches where you can sit and watch the birds ... the feathered type as there are no people. We have become amateur twitches over the weeks and can now confidentally distinguish between big white birds, medium sized brown birds and little black ones. Having reached the furthest point north I can reflect on some observations made. The further north you go the more the english language gets distorted, by the time we got to the highlands Im convinced the local population could not even understand each other, the way they spit and gesticulate , which is not helped by the fact you ... read more