Well after my early retirement to bed last night, I didn't get out of it until 9:30am this morning so I must have needed the sleep. Ok, I hadn't actually slept for the last couple of hours but was still tired enough not to want to get up.
We hadn't planned anything particular for the day ahead, so decided that as we'd aborted our trip to Saltburn-By-The-Sea a couple of days ago we'd head back up the coast again, and then on the way back drop in at Whitby Abbey as it's somewhere that we'd never been to although we've been to Whitby so many times over the years.
Our journey up to Saltburn was around 35 miles, but we only managed to average 28mph due to the number of tractors, caravans and motorbike learners that we got stuck behind. We were in no rush, but I would have liked to have got out of 4th gear at some point. That said, there was plenty to see along the route, even for me as the driver, so lots for Donna to narrate about.
We arrived in Saltburn around 11:15 and paid for 2hrs parking. The main reason for our visit was to see the pier which I believe is the last surviving pier on the Yorkshire coast and a beautiful Victorian 'building' in itself, and also to see all the knitted art that adorns the pier. We were hoping that the latter was still there as a couple of months ago some idiots had been and vandalised them. Thankfully there are still a lot there, I assume many are new one's that locals knitted to replace those damaged and stolen. I think they started appearing on the pier last year and many were in designs related to the jubilee and the olympics.
The small town is a great family resort with it's large flat beaches, cafe's, play areas and a miniature railway. Not the 'full on' active resort that you can find along the coast but I can imagine that the beaches are packed on a hot summers day with families enjoying more traditional pastimes. After having a hot chocolate and a slice of cake overlooking the sea we headed back south to Whitby.
We parked up in the car-park next to the Abbey and walked the short journey to the entrance. This was a freebie as Donna was able to use her John Lewis corporate membership to get us in. That said, at £6.40 each we would probably have paid anyway as this English Heritage site is well worth a visit. The ruins really give you an insight into how it must have looked in the past, and the prominent position it held overlooking the coast and the harbour.
It was again school trip day as the young kids buzzed around the abbey, in and out of the ruins, setting down to do stone rubbings and writing their own stories about the abbey and what it must have been like in those long gone times. They all seemed to be enjoying themselves, just as we were. In fact, we'd paid for 2hrs parking and at 4:20pm I suddenly remembered that it had just expired so we had to make a hasty charge back to the car. Thankfully we were safe, no ticket and now just the drive back down the coast to the cottage for a small BBQ and then a relaxing evening.
We hadn't planned anything particular for the day ahead, so decided that as we'd aborted our trip to Saltburn-By-The-Sea a couple of days ago we'd head back up the coast again, and then on the way back drop in at Whitby Abbey as it's somewhere that we'd never been to although we've been to Whitby so many times over the years.
We parked up in the car-park next to the Abbey and walked the short journey to the entrance. This was a freebie as Donna was able to use her John Lewis corporate membership to get us in. That said, at £6.40 each we would probably have paid anyway as this English Heritage site is well worth a visit. The ruins really give you an insight into how it must have looked in the past, and the prominent position it held overlooking the coast and the harbour.
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