Dear All,
We have just arrived back having spent the weekend in Whitby. Our
walking group have a holiday based there in May and applications have exceeded
the accommodation so we have been scouring the town for another 9 places. Kate
originally found a hotel called “Ruswarp Hall” but some of our rugged walkers
(or their partners) are a bit fussy and picked up negative vibes on the web so
that’s why we popped up (200 miles and 4 hours!). It was as well that we did
for although we would have been happy the place was built in the 17th
century and it’s Jacobean features were looking a bit worn!
We spent most of Saturday exploring Whitby and searching for
alternatives. Fortunately we found some including a new B&B which has not
yet opened. It is a long time since we had visited Whitby (Mary-Ann was a
chubby baby of similar build to Albert!). We walked up and down the 199 steps
to the ruined Abbey, explored backstreets, took in a Jet (black gem) exhibition
and the whale bone arch and in all walked several miles. In the evening we had
a Chinese meal and took in a film “In the Heart of the Sea” about Herman
Melville and Nantucket whalers appropriately enough in the Pavilion which is
right next to the sea with the wind howling atmospherically around. The
temperature was noticeably cooler than Cambridge – about 10°C!
The 199 Steps
Familiar Ruins
Whitby Harbour
Runswick
This morning we drove up the coast as far as Runswick as this is one
of the planned walks. There were several places of severe erosion and vast
arrays of diggers and cranes trying to patch things up. We went to an interesting
church this morning in the centre of Whitby which had evolved from a Dance Hall
to a restaurant then a Builders Showroom. There were over 100 there of all ages
and with typical Yorkshire friendliness!
Our Monday swim was cancelled on arrival due to a heating failure
and when we did eventually go on Wednesday it was still appreciably cooler. On
Monday we did a bit of reccing for Thursdays walk starting at Waresley as we
were leading and needed to add a bit on. Monday was a bit soggy but by Thursday
it had dried somewhat and the sun shone for most of the way.
I had another 1.5 hours in the dentist’s chair on Tuesday with the
promise of a similar spell this week. The dentist stopped half way through and
said “something’s not quite right here, I need to stop and think about it!”
Then he found the tooth have 5 roots instead of 4 hence the need for extra
appointments.
We have been donated over 1000 packets of vegetable seed for Moldova
by Thompson & Morgan. Kate helped me sort and catalogue them which is a
lengthy job.
Love
Mike & Kate
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