Naval Battle at Peasholme

For the last 80 years or so, a feature of Peasholme Park in Scarborough has been the Naval Battle.
Originally it represented a WW1 exchange between British and German Dreadnoughts.
More recently, it has become a loose reenactment of the Battle of the River Plate with models of the Graf Spee & HMS's Ajax, Achillies & Exeter. There is also an aircraft carrier (HMS Ark Royal) as well as a submarine and merchant liner.
Lots of explosions, aeroplanes swooping in on wires and smoke from the stricken ships.
Up the 20ft in size, the models are controlled by a person sitting inside them.
Moored at the island when not in use, the photos just about catch them on maximum zoom.

Thornwick Bay

¾mile North of North Landing along the cliffs is Thornwick Bay which was once protected by a WW2 pill box & (across the beach from right to left) the remains of tank or landing craft traps.
The Bay is just south of the 'White Cliffs of Bempton' which was the inspiration for a wartime song by Vera Lynn but the location had to be changed as they couldn't think of a rhyme.
There are many interesting caves to be investigated by people and dogs!

John Paul Jones

.....not the much more famous bass guitarist from Led Zeppelin, but the father of the American Navy.
Actually a Scot, JPJ offered his services to the British Settlers during the civil war which resulted in Devolution for the colony.
His ship, the Bonhomme Richard, engaged the Royal Navy frigate HMS Serapis off the coast of Flamborough and north towards Filey, & was sunk in the confrontation.
The photos are of a monument to commemorate the battle, sited on the spot at Flamborough Head where local people congregated to watch the exchanges.
(This was in the days before television or football had been invented, obviously) .

Thomas The Bakers never fail to entertain!

All three in one bag...... The Ginger Mong Spacker Pack!

Cayton to Scarborough

The East Coast is falling into the sea at a stupid rate. I think it's something close to 6ft a year. Erosion isn't so much from the action of the sea below the cliffs, but from water (rain) drainage through them from above.
Photo above Gristhorpe Bay of recent landslip.
The WW2 pill box on Cayton Bay has new artwork.
View from Scarborough Castle over the North Bay.

Whitby Panorama

First attempt at using Pano App. In direct sunlight it was difficult to line up the images and a bit of post photo editing was needed, but it's a reasonable representation of Whitby from Tate Hill Beach (the beach onto which Dracula crashed his boat).

Helmsley & Rievaulx revisited #2

In the dry this time! Some of the carvings & mosaics found around the Abbey.
Rievaulx was built by the Cistercian monks, who in their day were a very influential group. They controlled lands & properties over much of England and Europe.
They were very active traders, which is how they gained the wealth to fund their buildings (as well as 'accepting donations' from landowners in return for a guaranteed place in Heaven) .
Probably the forerunners to the old 'African Prince in excile who needs your bank details to release his £billions' trick....
I can also exclusively report that the ongoing experiment to chart deterioration of a medieval fire over the centuries, shows no noticeable difference over the last 2 months.

Helmsley & Rievaulx revisited

Helmsley Castle (first 4 photo's) has been in existence from the 1100's. In 1644, as a Royalist position, (defended by a group of 200), it was subject to a 3 month siege by 1000 Parliamentary forces as part of The English Civil War.
The damage caused at that time brought to an end its usefulness as a fortification.

Goosed!

Peasholme Park in Scarborough plays host to a variety of birds. Common residents are Canada Geese who fly in for the summer. In the lower photo, some geese are being fed just to the left of the green dragon pedalo boat.
Their route home is from the lake and out over the North Sea through the gap between the trees just above the same green dragon pedalo boat.
What is not immediately obvious (especially to the geese) is the tall 'Sands Apartments' development which has been constructed recently and which, unfortunately, is now right in their flightpath.
The first photo shows the impact points of at least 12 geese who weren't paying attention and who flew into the side of the building, whilst giving it maximum flap & squawk, resulting in varying degrees of death.