Sunday 16 August 2015

When it rains


Hello

Living in the Midlands has some drawbacks - a major one is that we are a minimum 
of a 2 hour drive from the coast. And every so often I have a yearning to 
see the sea, eat fish and chips and waste a few pounds (and a couple of hours) 
in the amusements. 


So Last Friday I booked a night for us all at Whitby Youth Hostel. 
We set off at 9.30 on Friday morning, a bit later than planned but it is 
the summer holidays and have you tried getting 3 teenagers/young 20 somethings 
up early when there is no pressing need?



 The weather forecast wasn't good but I live by the motto that 
"the weather is never as bad as they forecast". 
I think on Friday my motto let me down. 
As we headed north the skies brightened, 
my natural optimism grew but as we turned off the A1 and skirted the 
North Yorkshire Moors, visibility dropped to about 20 metres.


  The clouds were low and the rain was heavy. 
We headed for Staithes and sat in the car to ear our lunch. 

Once the rain eased, we headed down into Staithes, dodging the heavy rain showers 
in tea shops. 
It was flipping chilly too, I ended up wearing son's jumper to keep warm!



Fish and chips were eaten in Whitby. 


Entertainment for me in the Youth Hostel was browsing through some old copies of a
 magazine we used to read as children "Essex Countryside" - yes, at heart I am an
 Essex girl! The date on this one is 1969!


I loved the adverts - look at that Capri, 3 litre was pretty impressive!


And look at these adverts for TVs. In the advert above it promotes colour transmission
 as starting in November 1969! And the telephone numbers are so short.


Saturday dawned a much brighter prospect....ahhh! 
This is the Whitby that I had in mind when I booked our one night away!


Even at 10am the harbour was busy - 
everyone eager to escape outside after the wet and cool day before. 


The sun shone brightly - it can't fail to lift the spirits.  


After a walk round Whitby we headed south to Filey, one of my favourite seaside resorts, 
and a place we often stayed in for a week when the children were little. 

It has happy memories for us - how can we forget the time when our younger son
 aged just 3 months managed to roll out of bed and fall in the open suitcase 
by the bed - that was a bit of luck wasn't it!

Or the week when I very nearly came home early from holiday because same son, 
a couple of years older, would not sleep except from 10pm to 6am - 
not the most considerate times for parents, ready for a holiday and hoping for a relaxing week!


Said son is now 19 and sleeps 11pm to 11am (if we let him!)


Ahh... Filey Bay...


fluorescent ice creams...


and an incoming tide!

Then far too soon, it was time to say goodbye once more to the sea!
Until next time Filey!
xXx

Hope you all had a good weekend!



16 comments:

  1. It looks like a wonderful trip, my middle son will sleep in past noon, actually I woke him up after 1:00 today.
    Hugs,
    Meredith

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  2. Ha, wow amazeballs! I arrived at staithes in said rain on Friday too! Maybe we saw each other under brollies? I'm still here, weather has been fantastic yesterday and today. Hope you enjoyed Yorkshire, I am sure enjoying a chilled time in this sleepy, quirky corner of the world.

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    1. What a a coincidence! We always love Yorkshire, enjoy your holiday, I would have loved to have stayed longer
      Caz xx

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  3. I always wonder about living in the middle of the country, and decide I wouldn't like it! We live 3 miles away from the Mersey and the port of Liverpool and, when the weather is bad (and even when it isn't) we very often get seagulls flying overhead and calling out. We can't smell the sea, but it's close enough to visit whenever we like (so naturally we never do!)

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  4. Sounds as though you always make the best of it whatever the weather! That ice cream is an amazing colour isn't it, I have never seen one like that before! xx

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  5. What a wonderful break, it's lovely by the sea isn't it. I always like to have chips as well, they're perfect eaten in that salt sea air. And my littlest boy very much likes blue ice cream. Glad you had such a good time, I hope you are all refreshed now. CJ xx

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  6. Its amazing the Youth Hostel still keeps magazines dated back 1969. You did get to enjoy the harbour, beach and the sea on Saturday. Sounds like a lovely weekend away with the family!

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  7. Its amazing the Youth Hostel still keeps magazines dated back 1969. You did get to enjoy the harbour, beach and the sea on Saturday. Sounds like a lovely weekend away with the family!

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  8. Its amazing the Youth Hostel still keeps magazines dated back 1969. You did get to enjoy the harbour, beach and the sea on Saturday. Sounds like a lovely weekend away with the family!

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  9. Looks like you had a fantastic time even with the rain.

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  10. It looks wonderful :) Not a part of the UK I know, but one that I want to explore. Family holiday memories are so precious x

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  11. Those ad's did make me smile,especially the one for the Capri. Can't believe those magazines have survived all these years in a Youth Hostel. Looks like you had a lovely time despite the mixed weather x

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  12. A trip down memory lane! My Dad had a Capri when he and Mum got married. It looked so cool and stylish along with the sideburns and flares! I can remember those wooden TV sets too! Nothing beats a day at the coast with fish and chips, even with rain!

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    1. Your dad had a very snazzy car didn't he? Very flash!

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  13. Brilliant post Caz, love those old adverts, so funny :) Really glad the sun came out on the second day for you. I've never been to Whitby, it looks lovely :) I am a big fan of harbours and piers, gorgeous photos :)
    Jillxo

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  14. It's good to have a break, Filey and Whitby are beautiful places, glad it brightened up for you xx

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