Blogs from Pickering, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Geo: 54.2464, -0.782141Well that's it for Yorkshire. We plan to return one day to Stony Moor and do and see much more and walk the moors as they should be explored. Just stunning. We could quite happily have walked for hours taking in the scenery and the nature. Beautiful, just Love it.Speaking of nature, I'm Now Listening to a Great Tit (such a rude and ungrateful arsehole) who has really put the mockers on this short stay at Stony Moor and look forward to him leaving in the opposite direction to us before we prepare for our trip back to Norfolk and then onward Edinburgh. (Yes we realise Edinburgh is North and we should have planned better)Bye bye Michael McNasty!It amazes me at times that whilst travelling extensively you can meet so many wonderful and exciting ... read more

After a good night at The Pheasant Inn, we pointed Georgie in the direction of Yorkshire. She and Ian were not impressed as we drove through the Northumberland National Park, with windy roads and mist giving little or no views we finally made it onto the main A roads. Woolly says – I couldn’t see a thing, not even a sheep to count! One hundred and fifteen miles on we took a sharp left and Georgie begrudgingly chugged up the steep road to Whitby Abbey, dominating the town and the cliffs around it was pretty impressive and it was easy to see why Bram Stoker was inspired to write Dracula when looking at the High Gothic walls of the abbey. Wrapping up warm we went to find the entrance, walking round the outside wall of the ... read more