Holiday! (again)
So, have come back from a holiday! (yeah, I'm suddenly having all the holidays at the moment!) This one was up in Yorkshire, between Scarborough and Whitby. It was a really gorgeous place, lots of beautiful rolling hills and fields and stuff.
I also had a great deal of fun on this holiday because the day we went, I read Robert Swindells Room 13 which takes place largely in Whitby. It turns out Robert Swindells has the knack of capturing places perfectly, I spotted every single thing that he mentioned and it was just right. This made me VERY HAPPY.
Some of the stuff we did ...
- went to Pickering. This had a church with the one of the best examples of Medieval Wall Paintings in the country and they were incredible, really interestingly done and strange stories picked (church paintings are normally predictable so it was nice to see some different ones) I particularly liked the one of Jesus going down to the mouth of hell and taking people out of it.
Also, really close to it was a proper chocolate shop where they make their own chocolates on the premises. Hmmmm. The smell was delightful and the chocolate was very good too!
- went to Scarborough. We started the day with the Sealife Centre which was amazing, perfectly laid out with some gorgeous fish. Mum and I both really liked their part about jellyfish, it was just beautifully done and the jellyfish were gorgeous. They also had an octopus, my very favourite marine animal and she was wandering all over her tank so we got to watch her doing things.
We then went up to the castle, stopping at Anne Bronte's grave on the way. Her gravestone is pretty damaged but they've laid out a little plaque so you can read the words properly (and to tell you she was 29, not 28!) The castle was very cool and gave you a great look at everything around you.
- went to Robin Hood's Bay. We accidentally went at full tide so couldn't enjoy the beach very much but what was saw was lovely. It's a great, twisty, windy place, had a beautiful collection of jet jewellery and a fascinating little shop/museum filled with fossils and rocks. And a great second hand bookshop. Would recommend.
- went to Whitby Abbey. It was gorgeous, a great ruin (with quite a bit still left of it really, there was this gorgeous old rose window at the top, no glass but all the stone intact) The museum bit was really good too.
One note though (left out of the cut because I am still angry) DO NOT GO TO THE ABBEY TEAROOMS. They were vile. I am really very patient about simple food, I'm fussy, I mostly only eat simple food and sometimes, you have to shrug and go "Oh well, plain but fair." This? This was shit. The bread was stale, nothing tasted very nice and the service was rubbish. It was a real disappointment and I'm still pissed off about it because it was more disappointing than almost anything else I've had anywhere. Truly lousy.
- went to Whitby. I liked Whitby, my parents both hated it deeply which made me rather sad because I would have enjoyed a little longer in the town. I mean, it was clearly quite touristy and also very busy. I was sorry we couldn't go up to the Whalebone Arch but we were on the wrong side of the town so I had to live with that. Nearly screamed with glee to see that The Dracula Experience actually exists, thank you Robert Swindells! I think I shall try and go back to Whitby and let myself tourist ridiculously at some point because I want that and it might be more fun with people who aren't so grumpy about that!
Also, they had a great cut-price bookshop and I finally found the sequel of a book I've wanted for ages. And made Mum happy by finding a truckload of sci-fi books she wanted. I win!
- went to Helmsly. They had the best castle and an amazing audio guide, it gave you so much information that I ended up informationed-out and had to stop listening! It was a really cool one though and had some great history and pictures and some fun cellars to go down into.
- went to the Ryedale Folk Museum. This looks like it's going to be expensive, until you get out into it and realise that basically, they've got about twenty houses built behind them, each set out the way houses would have been in various eras. They also have gardens and keep chickens that you can feed (they all ran up to me very hopefully, with lots of clucks. And a growl. I swear that chicken growled!) It was really amazing and another thing that really could information-you-out if you weren't careful.
- I bought some books. A few. Eighteen. Or was it nineteen? I like books!
- I wrote quite a lot of fic. Most of it is long fic so won't be posted for a while but I feel that I am achieving. :)
So I have had a very good time and am now back. Quite tired but now back! :)
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I also had a great deal of fun on this holiday because the day we went, I read Robert Swindells Room 13 which takes place largely in Whitby. It turns out Robert Swindells has the knack of capturing places perfectly, I spotted every single thing that he mentioned and it was just right. This made me VERY HAPPY.
Some of the stuff we did ...
- went to Pickering. This had a church with the one of the best examples of Medieval Wall Paintings in the country and they were incredible, really interestingly done and strange stories picked (church paintings are normally predictable so it was nice to see some different ones) I particularly liked the one of Jesus going down to the mouth of hell and taking people out of it.
Also, really close to it was a proper chocolate shop where they make their own chocolates on the premises. Hmmmm. The smell was delightful and the chocolate was very good too!
- went to Scarborough. We started the day with the Sealife Centre which was amazing, perfectly laid out with some gorgeous fish. Mum and I both really liked their part about jellyfish, it was just beautifully done and the jellyfish were gorgeous. They also had an octopus, my very favourite marine animal and she was wandering all over her tank so we got to watch her doing things.
We then went up to the castle, stopping at Anne Bronte's grave on the way. Her gravestone is pretty damaged but they've laid out a little plaque so you can read the words properly (and to tell you she was 29, not 28!) The castle was very cool and gave you a great look at everything around you.
- went to Robin Hood's Bay. We accidentally went at full tide so couldn't enjoy the beach very much but what was saw was lovely. It's a great, twisty, windy place, had a beautiful collection of jet jewellery and a fascinating little shop/museum filled with fossils and rocks. And a great second hand bookshop. Would recommend.
- went to Whitby Abbey. It was gorgeous, a great ruin (with quite a bit still left of it really, there was this gorgeous old rose window at the top, no glass but all the stone intact) The museum bit was really good too.
One note though (left out of the cut because I am still angry) DO NOT GO TO THE ABBEY TEAROOMS. They were vile. I am really very patient about simple food, I'm fussy, I mostly only eat simple food and sometimes, you have to shrug and go "Oh well, plain but fair." This? This was shit. The bread was stale, nothing tasted very nice and the service was rubbish. It was a real disappointment and I'm still pissed off about it because it was more disappointing than almost anything else I've had anywhere. Truly lousy.
- went to Whitby. I liked Whitby, my parents both hated it deeply which made me rather sad because I would have enjoyed a little longer in the town. I mean, it was clearly quite touristy and also very busy. I was sorry we couldn't go up to the Whalebone Arch but we were on the wrong side of the town so I had to live with that. Nearly screamed with glee to see that The Dracula Experience actually exists, thank you Robert Swindells! I think I shall try and go back to Whitby and let myself tourist ridiculously at some point because I want that and it might be more fun with people who aren't so grumpy about that!
Also, they had a great cut-price bookshop and I finally found the sequel of a book I've wanted for ages. And made Mum happy by finding a truckload of sci-fi books she wanted. I win!
- went to Helmsly. They had the best castle and an amazing audio guide, it gave you so much information that I ended up informationed-out and had to stop listening! It was a really cool one though and had some great history and pictures and some fun cellars to go down into.
- went to the Ryedale Folk Museum. This looks like it's going to be expensive, until you get out into it and realise that basically, they've got about twenty houses built behind them, each set out the way houses would have been in various eras. They also have gardens and keep chickens that you can feed (they all ran up to me very hopefully, with lots of clucks. And a growl. I swear that chicken growled!) It was really amazing and another thing that really could information-you-out if you weren't careful.
- I bought some books. A few. Eighteen. Or was it nineteen? I like books!
- I wrote quite a lot of fic. Most of it is long fic so won't be posted for a while but I feel that I am achieving. :)
So I have had a very good time and am now back. Quite tired but now back! :)
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