I should have been born in North Yorkshire, rather than South – it’s much nicer!
We are practising our steam train photography. One thing we have realised is that they are unpredictable – we didn’t know all this steam would come straight at us!
York weather was rather dreary, but we did continue our efforts to see the Flying Scotsman, though it was rather elusive!
We visited the National Railway Museum, lots to see, and it’s free!
We’ve started 2016 with a trip to the stunning Yorkshire Coast. The weather has reminded us of British Holidays We Have Had over the years, but we did get one sunny day.
Well, we’ve had a couple of little outings. This is Wentworth Woodhouse. We heard that the BBC may be making a new production based on the life of the family who owned it, the Fitzwilliams. One of them was supposed to be the original of Mr Darcy! Anyway, it is only 7 minutes drive from mother’s house, so we thought we might as well get a few snaps, just in case it’s as successful as Downton and there is massive demand! My grandmother came from the village of Wentworth, which is owned by the estate, so it seems likely that some of my (and yours, Victoria and Caroline) ancestors worked on the construction of the house, and some were probably in service there. I’m sure they would also have worked in the mines which produced the wealth which enabled the Fitzwilliams to build this house, one of the grandest in Europe in its day. Thank goodness times have changed!
The first day we went to Flamborough Head, it was so windy that as I walked, I could feel the foot that was lifted off the ground actually being blown around! So, not to be put off, we went a few more times. I wouldn’t say we had good weather, but it was impressive. Lovely place!
Here we are at Bridlington on the Yorkshire Riviera! As at York, the weather has been very mixed. Today (Monday) we’ve had some sun, and the wind has dropped a bit. We were out at the harbour very early this morning as you can see.
We’ve had a real mixed bag of weather here – snow, bright sunshine, dull skies, howling gales, freezing cold, rain…often all in one day!
Another of our photos used big, in the Vodafone shop in Barnsley. This is it. Before you ask, $375.
