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Yorkshire Snaps
For the second week of our holiday, we drove the 300 miles from Oban to the excellent Vale of Pickering campsite in Yorkshire. Everything a campsite should be, upon seeing the playground, Patrick remarked that ‘it was just like Heaven’….
We weren’t far from Scarborough which we visited on the Monday, and the first thing we did was give the boys their first ever donkey ride. They absolutely loved it, and Tom was a natural rider - it was so funny to see them casually chatting to each other as they rode, like they’d been doing it forever.
Just outside Scarborough in the village of Rudston is the 25 feet high Monolith, which is some 4000 years old, and quite an eyeful as you can see. It’s amazing that they never tore it down while building the church, as happened to so many other ancient sites. Perhaps this one was just too big, even for the zealots.
Just to prove that the sun did shine occasionally, this shot is from Fountains Abbey, some 850 years old, although long ruined and in a quite beautiful setting. It’s a lovely place to spend a few hours, despite being buzzed at 50 feet by the RAF, and then chased back to the car park by a thunder storm.
The boys week was made almost complete with a ride from Pickering to Whitby and back again on a steam train from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway which was absolutely brilliant. The power, heat and smells of these old engines is something to behold up close, and the boys loved it. Pat was most put out however, by the absence of the buffet car……
Finally we made their week complete with a visit to the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington, where they got to sit in a couple of cockpits, run round all the old planes and spend their last few pence in the shop.
All in all, a pretty good fortnight, except that I could do with another break to get over it……
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July 24th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Good to hear you lot had a good time! as you say you do need a bit of a holiday after your holidays!
July 24th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
the abbey does appear to have a beautiful setting. it looks like it was a huge old building too. I like old buildings, but I dunno about those old planes. When it comes to vehicles I really do appreciate modern technology… although I can sort of see the beautify in old trains. there is something very powerful and …. organic (for lack of a better word) about them. they almost seam to be alive, or like they were alive back in their day.
July 24th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
The boys rode donkeys… but did you make an ass of yourself?
(Almost forgot how to make one of those little critters…)
But, seriously, folks….
The Abbey looks beautiful and the train looks like fun.
July 24th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Boom, and indeed Boom Curmudgeon
The trains were great, and you’re spot on Rav’N, there is something almost elemental about them.
July 25th, 2007 at 12:12 am
Donkey ride on the beach! sounds fun! Glad you had a great trip… more glad you are back to blogging
July 25th, 2007 at 8:00 am
Wow!
Beautiful views. I would love to go there too… someday.
July 25th, 2007 at 9:45 am
that train looks an awful lot like the one which goes to Hogwarts….
July 25th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
I love the photo of the boys looking up at the camera. They are so georgeous!
Looks like ya’ll had a great time.
July 26th, 2007 at 2:04 am
you’ve been schmoozed. stop by. pick it up. pass it on.
July 26th, 2007 at 11:31 am
The donkeys were great, the boys loved them.
I don’t where the boys get their looks from CWM, certainly not me!
You may be right Katherine…..
Cheers Erika! I think…..
July 27th, 2007 at 4:37 am
good to see pictures of good old England, i now live in Singapore and can miss the old place
regards