Our last day in Yorkshire

Friday was our last day in yorkshire and we intended to travel toward the coast. I really wanted to go to Castle Howard and Bruce wanted to go to Whitby on the coast. After a slow start we plotted a course that would take us accrues the Yorkshire moors and had THE most frustrating journey! We kept coming up to road blocks that had diversions... And then the diversion signs ran out and most frustratingly the road we wanted was the A road that ran directly to the coast!! After we talked to a highways staff member - who said yes he knew the signs were wrong but 'head office wouldn't listen' we found a route. For a wee highlight it took us past the white horse in the fields and when i sort photos I'll pop that up 'cause it's pretty cool.

So after travelling for 1.5 hours to get about 15 miles we had to skip Castle Howard and headed for Whitby on the coast. it was raining ( and out came the rain pants) but it isms very attractive town on the sea and we managed to find a pub with river views to eat whitby fish and chips and drink bad wine. They serve wine out of taps here like beer!!

There was a World war two weekend on the Saturday at a town we passed by on the way to the coast and we saw lots of people dressed up in period dress there and also in Whitby. The rain dropped off so it was an opportunity to go for a stroll along the sea wall. This was a particularly spectacular one.

We explored the coast a bit more heading down to Robin Hood bay (small, steep and cute) and then Scarbourough(huge but possibly worth a proper visit) and then back to the cottage for a wee chill out before our final Yorkshire dinner at a local pub. We really enjoyed this wee cottage with it's space and views plus all the windey lanes and it would be an awesome base for a longer time in Yorkshire...but take a coffee plunger or stove top espresso!!!