Another Little Holiday in Yorkshire 2nd - 8th July Part 3

Well, this episode is only going to be a quickie because over the last few days I haven't the time or inclination to pop my fingers onto the keyboard to keep up with our story!  Instead, for the last 5 days we've been spending most of our time in the company of our very good friends Keith and Jackie who joined us here (with their caravan) at The Camping and Caravan CS Beacon House.  We've all had a lovely time catching up, and our itinerary has included  outings, lots of nattering and plenty of feasting😋, which of course was accompanied with several little or maybe that should be large bevvies or three!   So after that,  now we're on our own again, we'll be back to a much more healthy and TEE-total regime for the next few days (or at least until the 10th cos that's John's birthday)! 

So what have we actually been doing??

We've toddled along parts of Danes Dyke a couple of times and while we were walking through the woods we were lucky enough to spot deer but not quick enough to snap a pic so you'll have to look at the lovely views from the beach there instead😂

And just cos I like local facts I found that  Danes Dyke is an ancient 2 mile long ditch that runs north to south (or even the other way around) that isolates the seaward side of the headland from the mainland, and it's at each end that the North and South Landings are found!

 

The second time we went down to the beach we took our flask of coffee and cake and found a wonderful peaceful seat on a rock where we could watch the tide ebbing and the birds feeding!

However, John was quite keen to keep checking that the white
flaky chalk cliffs above us weren't going to fall on our heads😮

We've also walked on the cliff tops from Danes Dyke to Flamborough Lighthouse which can trace it's history back to 1806!

The price then was just £8,000

And we've  been Puffin spotting at several locations!

This one was on the cliffs at RSPB Bempton

Along with many hundreds of squawking  Gannets 

But it was an incredibly windy day and cold with it 
so we didn't stay long!

And after that we also met some more very colourful puffins from The Puffins Galore exhibition where 42 Puffin Sculptures have been set out along the coast from Bempton to Spurn Point, and the guide leaflet says there are even a few that have migrated a little bit inland!

So far we've met Cliff 

He's got his feet in the sea, his body depicts the cliffs
and his head shows the meadows above!

This one was Swim, Dive Catch

And Starlet!

I don't think we'll be finding all 42 but hopefully we'll be able to track a few more of them in places like Hornsea and Withernsea!

Along with all the above we've also managed to fit in a couple of bike rides of 10 and 28 miles, and part of the latter of the two (which we did today on 8th July) was a bit of a 🚴'roll' 🚴 down memory lane along a 'lane' called Wold Gate!  Google memories has reliably informed us that back in 2013 July 8th was the day that we completed the 170 mile long distance Coast to Coast cycle route 'The Way of the Roses'!

But we didn't just do that!  We'd set of from our home in Heanor, cycled to Morecambe, then did The Way of the Roses which terminated in Bridlington, and then rode all the way home again.  So by the time we'd done we didn't have much change out of 500 miles😂 - I'm not sure we could still do it these days!!!

A Google Memory!

Anyway, that's all for today 😘