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......
