Dossed around yesterday morning as it was raining (English summer) and then walked into Darlington for lunch at an English tearooms. Very nice food. After a leisurely lunch, Gaynor walked home to be in time to meet the kids and Brett and I went for a wander around the Darlington shops. However, all the self-denial while saving for a holiday doesn't seem to have worn off yet, I didn't buy anything except a GBP1.50 hairclip! Brett, however, had a big splurge and bought a GBP4.00 pair of jeans!
Last night friends of Gaynor and Harry's came over for a BBQ - which turned into a buffet due to the weather - and then we solved many more world issues over a few gins. BIG sleep in this morning, actually ALL morning.
We all then piled into Gaynor and Harry's cars and went to Whitby. Whitby is about an hour away and is a British sea-side town. It's two major claims to fame are that it is the port that James Cook set off in the Endeavour from and that Bram Stoker lived there. There is an amazing Abbey ruin on top of the cliff that seems to me might very well have been his inspiration for writing Dracula. We had fish and chips with mushy peas and curry sauce on the pier and felt like we were inside an English TV program - saw people crammed on the beach with their trousers rolled up, paddling even though it was freezing, saw a fortune teller on the pier, donkey rides, the whole works!
The ancient street that leads up to the Abbey is one of the steepest cobbled streets in England, a great way to walk off the fish and chips :-) and amazing to see headstones in the graveyard that date back to the 12th century.
Last night friends of Gaynor and Harry's came over for a BBQ - which turned into a buffet due to the weather - and then we solved many more world issues over a few gins. BIG sleep in this morning, actually ALL morning.
We all then piled into Gaynor and Harry's cars and went to Whitby. Whitby is about an hour away and is a British sea-side town. It's two major claims to fame are that it is the port that James Cook set off in the Endeavour from and that Bram Stoker lived there. There is an amazing Abbey ruin on top of the cliff that seems to me might very well have been his inspiration for writing Dracula. We had fish and chips with mushy peas and curry sauce on the pier and felt like we were inside an English TV program - saw people crammed on the beach with their trousers rolled up, paddling even though it was freezing, saw a fortune teller on the pier, donkey rides, the whole works!
The ancient street that leads up to the Abbey is one of the steepest cobbled streets in England, a great way to walk off the fish and chips :-) and amazing to see headstones in the graveyard that date back to the 12th century.
2 comments:
Hi guys. Thanks for all the info and the pictures you're sending. We look forward to checking out the blogspot every day. I'm still getting over the weekend at Whakapirau - it was a biggie.
Love Lyn
Hi B1 and B2. This is great following what you're up to. Its almost like being on holiday too! Hope you enjoyed the Paris tour today.
Have fun!
Laurel
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