Lots of socialising with friends in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire over the last ten days which has been lovely and has had the added benefit of pushing me further north!
Rufford Park, with the remains of the Abbey, are beautifully maintained by Nottinghamshire County Council.
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| Abbey and mansion ruins |
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American roustabout,
commemorating Americans
who came here to work at
the local oilfield during
WWII |
Clumber was the country estate of the Duke of Newcastle but the house was demolished in 1938. It is said that at the outbreak of war a detachment of the British Army arrived to requisition the building and were a little upset to find it gone. Pity the officer who had to report that back to HQ. However they used the grounds for munitions storage and also to develop a trench digging machine at Churchill’s behest. This was abandoned when it became clear that trenches weren’t going to feature prominently in this conflict.
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Clumber Chapel.
A visiting organist was playing requests
which ranged from Bach to Bernstein |
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Avenue leading to
walled kitchen garden |
I’m not really a twitcher but the cliffs and bird colonies around Flamborough Head were quite awe inspiring and noisy and very smelly!
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| Flamborough |
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| Flamborouh |
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| Flamborough |
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| Flamborough |
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| Flamborough gannet |
I never seem to have much luck with the weather at Whitby and it was pretty chilly and grey this time when I went to the Captain Cook museum in the house where he lived as an apprentice seaman before he joined the navy. Opposite is the replica of his ship the “Endeavour”.
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| Captain Cook museum |
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| “Endeavour” |
At last my luck changed as t have spent today at Staithes in glorious sunshine. It is a fishing village crowded around the harbour on ridiculously steep slopes with vistas of roofs, chimney pots and seagulls. An artist’s paradise.
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Tromp-l’oeil,
one of several around
the villages |
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| Staithes from above |
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| Roofs and seagulls |
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House names were
of the owner’s boat |
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| Riverside |
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