Whitby

Captain Cook came from Whitby,so there is a museum,numerous cafes/restaurants/pubs named after him and then there is the boat !!!!

Whitby

Whitby

Whitby brightly coloured changing huts.You can rent one if you are lucky or buy one for around 30,000 pounds.They are basicly a shed with electric so you can boil the kettle for a cuppa and thats it.Most people store their beach chairs in them so they can sit outside and not have to pay for a deckchair at 2 pound a day.

Whitby

Whitby is about 17 miles from Scarborough.Whitby has been a fishing port for probably hundreds of years.Now as well it is a bustling tourist sea-side town.This is a tourists steam bus, that goes through town,instead of the usual topless tourist bus.

Scarboroughs old time musicians

Scarborough

We stood watching and listening to an old time jazz band here.Dressed in their red and white jackets and white pants,playing war time music.It was a bit before our time but it was great watching all the oldies smiling and obviously reminiscing

Scarborough

This is at the back of the amusement arcades and has probably been here since victorian times.Really pretty,photo doesnt do it justice I'm afraid

Scarborough

They still do donkey rides on the beach,sorry no camels here.(For our english friends that are following this,we have camel rides on Broome Beach generally at sunset,spectacular.)

Scarborough

This was fairly early in the morning,by lunch time it was heaving with people

Scarborough

The long beach is on the right

Scarborough-16th June

A very different Scarborough to back home.Beautiful sandy beach but no surf !! We walked along the promenade but it was still not warm enough for us to go for a swim.We had a lovely day

Roman Fort

It was a very cold day this day,14th June,lol.I hope those soldiers had thermal underwear on under their tunics

A trainee roman soldier

A Roman Fort

Hadrians Wall that runs from the west coast to the east coast of England to keep out invading scots.

Views from island

Holy Island

Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island.We drove down to the causeway to get across to the island,but the tide was well and truly in so we camped up for the night and went across in the morning.Many a car has had to be rescued going across where people havent read the tide times on the boards,and been caught out.A very small quiet island but we enjoyed it

Berwick On Tweed

Yep,your typical english sea-side towns

Berwick On Tweed

The 1st of many english sea-side towns

Back to England

Falkirk Wheel

You can just see a narrow boat sitting in it going up

Falkirk Wheel

The boat sits in a gondolar and the wheel turns so 1 boat goes up and 1 comes down

Falkirk Wheel

On the outskirts of Stirling the Falkirk Wheel was built.It is part of the Caladoneon Canal system.It connects canals to the locks.It is a rotating boat lift that takes boats from the bottom canal to the top canal about 35 metres high.It uses the same amount of energy as boiling 8 kettles.Incredble.

Floral Clock

I'm afraid this photo doesnt do it justice.The flowers were magnificent and it was made to celebrate 100 years of girl guides.It was part of the park that we were in

Edinburgh gardens

We walked down to this beautiful park for a late lunch.They had drained a loch to create this master piece of a garden,which the castle overlooks

Edinburgh castle