Bits from the Yorkshire Coast

Hornsea hosted some of the exiled Free French forces (possibly air crew)  during WW2. This monument in the town has paths set out to the cairn to form the shape of the Cross of Lorraine.
Flamborough Lighthouse.
Robin Hood's Bay, end (or start)  of the Coast to Coast walk & home to fish shaped collecter for the RNLI.
Flamborough South Landing. A timely warning about the dangers  amphibians pose.
(The Constable family owned the fortified manor house that is known as Flamborough Castle).

Skipsea Castle

Built after the Norman Invasion in 1080. By the 1300's it was no longer in use as a defensive structure.
The namesign for the village of Skipsea features a picture of the BBMF. No explanation as to why, although RAF Lisset (Bomber Command) is nearby & other airfields were sited in the area.

Freddie Gilroy & The Belsen Stragglers

The same goodly person who bought the statue for Filey, also spent £50,000 on this piece for the people of Scarborough.
Situated on the promenade on North Bay, it depicts an old soldier staring out to sea with only his memories for company.
Freddie Gilroy was one of the first British soldiers to 'liberate' the Belsen concentration camp towards the end of the last Word War.

English Heritage: In one day #2

Rievaulx Abbey

English Heritage: In one day #1½,

Pickering Castle (closed on Wednesdays, outside views only)

English Heritage: In one day #1,

Scarborough Castle

English Heritage: In one day #2

Rievaulx Abbey

English Heritage: In one day #3,

Helmsley Castle.

Danes Dyke

A Bronze Age defensive fortification photographed at the point south of Flamborough where it meets the sea.
The large ditch runs inland for 3 miles and encloses part of the Flamborough headland where, presumably, there was once a settlement.
The North Sea provides a natural defence along the other sides.

No Longer Peasants

On previous visits to Whitby we have peeped at the Abbey over the perimeter wall, being too tight to pay the entrance fee.

This year, however, our membership of English Heritage meams that we can gain access to all the historical sites for free.

The Abbey is one of the oldest religious sites in England, the inspiration for Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' and, of course most famously, the setting for the video of "Can I Play With Madness?" by Iron Maiden.

This is what Whitby Abbey looks like 'over the wall'.

Please Turn Head 90 degrees to the Left.......

Until I work out how to rotate the picture, please rotate your head.

This is a sculpture which has arrived on the promenade at Filey. It was originally part of an exhibition that was touring the East Coast.

A wealthy Filey resident liked it and bought it ( £50,000 ) for the people. It is supposed to represent the town's fishing heritage but it has been pointed out that the sculpture is of an angler (with a rod) , whilst Filey fishermen are sea going and use nets.

High Tide In Short Wellies.