Peelies travels

Moving along the coast towards Bridlington, we found a tiny CL near Bempton. It wasn’t the first choice but it might as well have been. It is next to the railway station and is a 1.5 mile walk by road to the RSPB place at Bempton cliffs, so it is a very good base. Here they say the Puffins are arriving from west Africa but all we could see were Kittiwakes and Gannets, already establishing their nests on cliff perches. Gannets are the seabirds that are normally only seen at a distance, well out to sea and usually diving into the water from a good height and apparently at speeds up to 60mph. Now they are circling in front of the cliff faces and occasionally dropping onto their spot. Hundreds of them, nicely avoiding the greater quantity of Kittiwakes. They are a beautiful bird, effortlessly soaring with their large wingspan. I’m afraid that my iPhone camera is no match for the long lenses on show at the RSPB lookouts. It was an almost freezing night but thankfully dry at last. The D2 hea...

The York Clubsite is very handy for the city and after all our complaints about Clubsite prices, I think this one is worth it for that convenience. We paid £0 because the Club has a ‘one night free’ offer at the moment. The Minster entrance fee is £18 each but is valid for 12 months. What a stupendous place. The House of Trembling Madness does lovely beer and fantastic beef goulash. The wall above our head was adorned with various animal heads. Then we went to Filey for some sea air. It was certainly bracing. We had to brave a dip (in the weather) but still managed a long walk, some beer and fish and chips (inside). This was a tin behind the chip shop counter. I had to ask what was in the tin. Apparently it’s the Saturday lottery box! This is a lovely construction, known locally as ‘Finlay’ and was donated to Filey by a long time visitor from Scarborough. It’s a fisherman and is actually titled, ‘High tide in short wellies’, making “a powerful statement about the decline in the fishing...