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

I usually like the idea of Scarborough more than the reality. As I watched the rain lash down on the front of the bus, I suspected today was no exception. It was Easter Saturday and the weather should have turned by now. Instead the clocks might have changed for summer, but nobody had told the man in charge of global temperatures. The rain turned to sleet between Whitby and Cloughton and snow was forecast for Bank Holiday Monday. The start of the school holidays had prompted my decision to buy an All Day bus ticket. £8 and you can catch any Arrivabus in the North East. The area between Newcastle and Scarborough was now within my reach, although the timetables will force you to spend literally all day on the bus to achieve that distance. The ... read more

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Friday, August 2nd—We departed at 10:00am with a successful journey to Scarborough by 3:00 pm. We set up and walked to the cliffs and down to the rocky beach. Saturday, August 3rd—We bought a Merlin Pass which allows us to get into 31 sites across Britain and decided on some of our stops in order to make use of our purchased passes. Thus, a trip the Scarborough Aquarium was our first stop of the day, which was on the south side of Scarborough. Nice aquarium with Becca’s favorite being the seals, Gabe’s favorite being the Nautilus, and Ben’s favorites, all of the sharks! After, we took a train ride (small open-air steam train) over to the north side where we stopped at a local grocery store and then went to the beach and made lunch (Drea ... read more

So I just came back from a short break in Scarborough. Now for those that know me, they will know how much I love Scarborough and its surrounding areas. I used to take family holidays there growing up so the place holds a lot of special memories for me. So anyway my sister and I did a LOT of walking and visited the Sea Life Centre, played some crazy golf, took a long walk along the coast and we also went to Whitby for the day. Unfortunately due to mist I didnt take ay pics in Whitby...I did however get a very cool Anchorman tshirt :D ... read more

Our holiday on holiday in Edinburgh was great. We had a lazy mornings at the hotel followed by walks around the old streets of Edinburgh. We visited Edinburgh Castle, shopped at all the touristy shops (for me of course) and managed to climb Arthur's Seat. Not an easy feat when I thought I was climbing the smaller hill and was not mentally prepared to climb the HUGE one. Ok, so it wasn't that big, but it was cold (she says with a sulky face). But it was a beautiful view of the city from the top. We lugged our bags to the train station and caught the train to Scarborough. I love going on the train! =) Gordon has been at work this past week; and I've been making myself at home. Gordon travelled to Wombourne ... read more