ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 13TH OF 2025

 Good afternoon lovely people tis Friday time for 

Well I've had a great week if I'm honest, I had the week booked off and so decided to book a last minute break to north Yorkshire, an area of the country we have frequented many times in the past.  This meant that there would be no rush to go anywhere or do anything necessarily, we could just chill relax and take our time tootling out if we fancied or staying put if we didn't. 

The first full day we were there, we genuinely stayed put, we enjoyed the sunshine and the fresh air, we sat outside reading books, chatting, drinking tea and coffee.  We cosied up in front of the wood burning stove and enjoyed the hot tub and had quite genuinely a wonderful day. 

The next day we ventured down the road to Scarborough for a wander and to soak up the sea air (and views), it did not disappoint. 

We found the new metal sculpture of the bladder wrack seaweed 

And I got this atmospheric shot looking across to the Grand hotel on the right of the picture

I also grabbed a selfie on the beach with hubby.

and found this sculpture a nod to the Herring girls that were part of the historic Scarborough Fair. 

The following day we headed to Whitby as you can see we were greeted with beautiful blue skies

we ascended the 199 steps taking this view of the harbour on the way up (and a way of catching our breath)

before heading into the infamous Whitby abbey, which looked particularly beautiful with the blue skies

grabbed a selfie in the sunshine

and got a side view of the Abbey as we sat

then we headed back down the 199 steps and had a wander finding the 9 historic sculptures part of a fairly recent trail we hadn't done before. 

This was the first one on the trail 

this is the Bridgender 

and the crow's nest one was definitely a favourite

I enjoyed capturing this shot of hubby photographing out to sea. 

We walked down to the whalebone arch and then down the path

ending near the band stand to another sculpture nod to the Herring girls.

The next day we ventured to Robin Hoods Bay, it was somewhat cloudy, but we still enjoyed the walk down the old town

We wandered onto the beach, hubby enjoyed checking out the pebbles and rocks down there. 

We had a lovely coffee on the sea front before meandering back through the town. 

The following day the blue skies were back and we headed back to Scarborough for a visit to the castle which was lovely and despite being on top of the cliff wasn't breezy at all

Then on to the local art galleries, I loved this painting with the moon 

and found an original Mark Hearld

I joined in with a textile exhibition that wanted tales of all things textiles so I wrote about the duvet I made for my GCSE 

I loved this, although giggled at the name of 'Hairy Triangle' 

These reminded me of people as well as daggers. 

We walked down through the Victorian gardens, which meant we got a great view of the Victorian lift. 

Final day and we had a wander around the Rotunda museum

had the most spectacular rhubarb and fresh cream cake with a pot of tea  

and then went to see this 

The set was a swimming pool 

Genuinely one of the best shows we've seen, a take on Shakespeare's Love's Labour Lost, updated with modern prose, it was quite simply genius and had we been staying longer we would have gone to see it again. 

I hope you've all had a great week too. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 28TH OF 2023

 Morning all

Tis Friday time for

So as promised last week after our hen and stag weekend at Center Parcs we headed straight off to join the original holiday we had booked at Scarborough.  A mad dash home, a quick washload, a repack and we were on the road again and in under 2 hours we were in our next location with the most beautiful view over the north bay at Scarborough

The view the other way

Our holiday let the week a lovely apartment overlooking the north bay, we were up on the 4th floor, so the stairs all week kept me active (I don't do lifts).  It was a great base and unusually for us rather than heading out in the car everyday we left the car where it was and utilised the remainder of the week to explore Scarborough. 

Scarborough was my childhood holiday as I had a great Aunty who lived there.  

On the Tuesday we headed out and ventured to Scarborough Castle up on top of the hill, putting our English Heritage membership through its paces. 

We enjoyed the history given via the audio guides and wandering the site with fantastic views of both the south bay and the north bay. 

We had blue skies and wispy clouds for the day

Then we headed into town and then wandered back up the hillside taking a shot of the Grand Hotel, when built the biggest hotel in Europe.  It is still a stunning building but reviews for it these days indicate it is a far cry from its original self.  With 4 towers representing the seasons, 12 floors representing the months of the year and 365 rooms representing the days in the year it is beautiful.  It also had an underground train line to deal with all the washing apparently. 

Wednesday was gig day we decided to head to the towns art galleries.  First Scarborough's Art Gallery proved a treat, with lots of artwork including some mixed media.

I loved this wreath

Probably one of the most fun pieces this one was called 'Hello', the fabric at the back had been 'snow dyed' 

Then we headed next door to the Woodend gallery which although small (and predominantly apartments) still provided some eye fodder and a lovely cafe to sit and enjoy the surroundings. 

Then off down the hillside to find the Rotunda museum, originally created to house lots of pieces of the natural world, the building itself it beautiful. 

Back out and we hadn't realised the bridge over the roundabout was actually pedestrian

and we found another cliffside tram, although this one wasn't operable - it was a cafe instead

We headed back to the apartment and got ready and then headed out to a lengthy queue to watch Hollywood Vampires.  I had to giggle when hubby brought me my drink, as you will probably know I've been teetotal for years, so the idea that someone considers water liquid death seemed somewhat amusing. 

We enjoyed the support band 'Those Damn Crows' a Welsh band going on the dulcet tones of the lead singer.  Then the main gig

Lead singer Alice Cooper, with Johnny Depp and Joe Perry playing guitar and Tommy Henriksen they were exceptionally good live and we enjoyed the gig even more than we thought we would. 

Thursday and another wander around Scarborough this time Peasholm park, we enjoyed the ravine walk up to the top of the park

and the blue skies and trees

then we headed into the main park for the Naval Sea Battle 

I remember seeing this as a child, so it was a novelty to attend again as an adult, hubby was bemused. 

The boats appear radio controlled, but do actually have crew inside them. 

It was fun to watch and brought back some childhood memories. 

Friday and our final day at Scarborough (and another gig).  We decided to walk from the north bay to the south bay along the marine road, there are markers along the way providing history of Scarborough that proved interesting.  I don't think I'd appreciated that the two bays weren't originally linked but a roadway was created during the Victorian era to join the two, which we enjoyed walking along. 

We found some bits in town before heading back along the same road finding this bathing sculpture at the end.  There had been a few pieces of information during the week about the bathing huts that they used to wheel into the sea and then wheel out again due to the insistence of modesty for bathers.  

Then back to the apartment for a shower and to get changed and then head out to gig number 2, Tom Grennan with two support bands.  'Flawes' were excellent to listen to but 'Matilda Mann' seemed a little insipid, just not our taste in music.  Tom Grennan however was an absolute ball full of energy and provided great entertainment.  The only element that 'spoilt' it is that the demographic for the gig appeared to be (and I don't like stereotyping but here goes), middle aged Mums who were quite honestly so very very drunk, there were a few blokes there and a number of families but the drunk mum brigade really weren't attractive to watch, the gaggle in front of us were drunk before they sat down possibly not helped by the venue selling full bottles of wine.  Thankfully it didn't spoil it too much but if I'd have laid odds on the most badly behaved audience I probably would have thought Hollywood Vampires, apparently those that attended that were there for the music alone, whereas Tom Grennan had the drunks - weird. 

Our final morning and the sun was shining, I have seriously missed this view all week as you can imagine but it was nice to have a send off like this, the weather broke on the way home and we got caught in a couple of torrential downpours. 

Said 22 year old and his fiancee came to visit and catch up on Saturday and use my cricut machine so it was lovely to have a natter and some company for a few hours.  Saturday night was spent dosing the last night at the apartment had been overly warm which we hadn't enjoyed if I'm honest, so we'd had little sleep. 

Sunday was a getting the washing sorted day, although I'd got it all on the airers by Saturday teatime anyway I wanted it dry and away before recommencing work on Monday. 

Hubby was at home on Monday as normal and I was in the office, the rest of the week has tripped along at a merry old pace and I find myself back at Friday again. 

Hope you've had a lovely week.