Now part of the furniture on Peasholm Roundabout is a replica of a WWII battleship.
Originally used in the 'Naval Battle' that regularly takes place on the nearby park lake during the summer.
On the water, they appear to be simple remote controlled models, but up close you can see their true size and that they are, in fact, human powered!
The upper deck is removed to allow a person to sit inside and control the ship by pedalling.
Following the dissolution of the monasteries, by order of King Henry VIII, the sites were left deserted.
Any contents of value were removed by the Crown.
The actual monasteries, however, were abandoned to fall into disrepair. No one really knows (or admits to knowing) what happened to the solid and expensive stonework from their construction and the buildings themselves became ruins as this valuable material simply 'disappeared'.
Just across the road from the ruins of Byland Abbey, this local farm has a rather impressive entrance....
North Yorkshire Moors Railway Wartime Weekend 2013.
Lots of people dressed up for the occasion & the town of Pickering is transported back 70 years.
All good fun & a great afternoon out, but looking at the physical condition of some of our 'troops' I think we'd better start learning German...
An addition to the ongoing collection of naval mines. This one is part of the sculpture trail at South Landing, Flamborough.
In response to the unfortunate events which have followed the taking off of Canada Geese from Peasholm Park lake in Scarborough (see earlier Blog Post), 'The Sands' development has now been repainted.
The bright red side wall stands out remarkably well against the grey skies.
To humans at least.
Sadly, Canada Geese are colour blind so the main benefit of this redecoration will be to hide the blood stains whilst the birds continue to fly into the wall......
Surprising visitors to Lytham were The Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight. So surprising, in fact, that I forgot about doing the zoom, and missed one of the aeroplanes completely.
Lancaster & Spitfire were snapped whilst the Hurricane was AWOL.
A monument to the British long distance swimming ace, situated on Morecambe Promenade.
(I think it's simply a memorial, but the plinth is suspiciously person sized, and he did ask to be left facing the Bay.....).
Another metal sculpture which has recently arrived in Scarborough. The same philanthropic person who bought the 'Smugglers' & 'Freddie Gilroy' pieces for Scarborough (& also the 'Fisherman' for Filey) has done it again, this time with a Tuna!
In recognition of Scarb's Tunny fishing past, this sculpture is at the end of the West Pier, on the promenade.
Looking to the north, there's the castle headland & old customs house in the background.
Towards the south, is the funfair that is Luna Park (with the Grand Hotel just to the left of the big wheel).
It is a 'life size' artwork, which makes you wonder how they manage to fit it all into those little tins......
It has become popular in recent years to mark the exit points of Road Traffic Accident victims along the side of the highways.
Usually overgrown and not easily visible, this one is on the old A165 Filey to Scarborough road at Lebberston (a road now disused since the construction of the new bypass).
Four people checked out of the world on 30/10/2001, but someone still brings flowers.
Underneath Ravine Bridge in Filey is this little spring, which has been running for centuries.
Once a source of drinking water for visiting fishing fleets, the locals obviously knew that it wasn't exactly top quality.
Not telling the Dutch was a bit tight, but it may have helped to ease the fishing competition.
The Regal Lady undergoing minor attention on the beach at Scarborough.
One of the 'Little Ships' which, along with her sister The Coronia, helped to evacuate the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940.
One of the 'Big Three' Monasteries of Northern medieval England (Rievaulx and Fountains being the other two).
Unfortunately when we went, the famed floor tiles were being renovated and were not on display.
It was also pissing it down.
..... from the inside this time, as we went on a Thursday & so it was open.
A fine example of a Motte & Bailey Castle, whose construction was began by William The Conqueror (... well, not him in person, obviously. He got someone else to do it).
Top photo is the doorway I snapped from the outside on an earlier visit.
Next is inside the thirteenth century chapel then one of the defensive wall towers (Diate Hill Tower).
Finally, looking up at the Keep (Kings Tower Keep) from the motte (internal defensive ditch) & remaining Keep structure on top of the mound.
The return of the Frantic Four.
John Coughlan (drums) & Alan Lancaster (bass) back with Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt in "the #1 rock n roll band in the land, the magnificent.... Status Quo!"
It could almost be 1976 again, except for the hairstyles of both band & fans......
Pictures include outside the Manchester Apollo, the support band, The Treatment, playing in front of Quo's Hello curtain & then pretty crap shots of the main event.
