Blogs from Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

We had a great time exploring Brighton, walking along the promenade and pier and then visiting the amazing Brighton Pavillion with its incredible architecture and certainly not one would expect from the outside. Next stop was Duke of Wellington’s house and then Dover Castle and the White cliffs of Dover! We have now joined both the National Trust and also English Heritage, allowing us free access from now on to many historical sites which makes sense as we really enjoy visiting mansions, castles, ruins and famous people’s houses. Yesterday we visited Winston Churchill’s house and today Charles Darwin’s house, both so very interesting. Tonight we are parked by a 16th century pub that has 280 hectares of woodland next to it which is full of grey squirrels and so so cute. We visited a British wildlife ... read more

Where in the world is Suzy? It is Day 5 of 120 days . 5 Days have passed since we returned home and there are 115 left before we head off on holiday again. So what is Suzy doing? Not a lot . Her windscreen has been repaired . Not an easy job. The call to the insurance company went well however the call was dropped between insurance company and windscreen company and when we got back on it turned out they wanted to charge us £15 for the repair . Sorted in the end and Suzy is now looking good. The weather has been unkind since we arrived home. Although it starts bright in the mornings by mid afternoon it feels colder by a few degrees and rains. We don't want to be here and ... read more

We went to Robin Hood's Bay and Whitby for the day. It's one of our favourite places. We love to explore the little alleyways and all the amazing cottages in RHB.... read more

Our drive today took us through farmland that is beginning to look as though the growing season is almost over. Even the green deciduous trees have a tired look and in many places autumn colours are making an appearance. With a blue sky liberally laced with huge rain clouds and a powerful wind from the west, we powered up the A1, then took a route to the east as we headed for the coast. We had decided earlier that as Kiwis abroad we must call and see Captain Cook in his home town of Whitby. The road we took crossed the North York Moors, where we were impressed and delighted by the huge vistas and the great expanses of purple heather in flower all over the highest areas. Add the lowering clouds and flashes of sunlight ... read more

“So Cook made choice, so Cook sailed westabout, So men write poems (and BLOGS) in Australia.” FIVE VISIONS OF CAPTAIN COOK – Kenneth Slessor And the n one day you find Ten years have got behind You, no one told you when to run You missed the starting gun TIME – Pink Floyd This trip has seemed longer that our previous sojourn. We believe it to be because we are basically in the same country. Last time it was 2 weeks per country approximately. This time everyone speaks English (sort of) and the time has not dragged but it has not had the same punctuation points. It FEELS like we’ve been travelling forever. It’s been nearly 6 weeks. Einstein certainly opened up a can of worms when he identified the totality of relativity. Dunbar in Catch ... read more