Yesterday I had a terrible drive to Scarborough, coming back in the dark, and rain. I had offered to take a friend to hospital for a scan. We set off at 3 just as dusk was beginning to settle. It was a close call for timing an hour's drive found me in enormous car parks, C jumped out of the car and headed for the main entrance, and I sorted out where I had to park.
We had thought of C driving her car with me as passenger, but the consequences of that was something I did not want to contemplate especially when........... she told me that her £25 winter check over had turned into £260 because the garage had found her brakes (hanging on by a thread?) not working. She had deliberately been driving around with this because she was going to buy a new car in January and did not want to spend on the old - bless her.
The rain beat down as we drove back, and I sloshed through deep puddles of water that stretched across the road. The amount of rain that falls is worrying and if changed to snow as winter arrives means a lot of us are going to get stuck. Anyway she treated me to a meal in the pub next door, scampi and chips, and Lucy was happy with her portion of scampi/s?
Scarborough is a place I have never explored, probably due to snobbishness, not sure. It has a long promenade front I think, but Whitby, and its charm always held our interest. Never ask my daughter what she thinks of the two towns her estimation is quite cruel.
One of the things about Whitby, and continuing Pat's talk of dog poo, is that Whitby is the dog capital of the North. Everyone brings their dog there and you will see practically every breed, dog sxxt is cleaned every morning by the council but is run by the unscrupulous council of Scarborough I think. You thought that it was just central London was corrupt, come up North.
Whitby is a town with too many churches but then it is also the Goth centre of England, take your pick!
Three churches lie at the bottom of Brunswick Street jostling each other for space.
Yes I miss Whitby but not its hills....
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| The replica Endeavor, shorter than the original and of course famous for Captain Cook |
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Three churches lie at the bottom of Brunswick Street jostling each other for space.
Yes I miss Whitby but not its hills....
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Scarborough has some redeeming features - we used to holiday there for a few days en-route to or from Scotland when the children were smaller. In summer - yes, it is filled with holiday makers from further Oop North, and it very candy-floss and winkles. A branch of K's family came from there, so we have a soft spot for it and up the Scalby Mill end it is quite charming.
ReplyDeleteI don't envy you setting OUT at 3 p.m. for a Hospital appt. there though. 'tis proper miserable weather at the moment and journeys are best made in daylight!
I should really go and explore Scarborough but in summer I think. It is quite a large town as well, The traffic is horrible though. The traffic was terrible as parts of the A64 have been closed down and they have diverted that traffic onto the Scarborough road.
DeleteYou are a good, dear friend for driving in the rain to a city an hour away. It is also very good that you took your car. I had an occasion when my whole brake system broke while driving on a crowded highway to work. That feeling of panic has stayed with me since.
ReplyDeleteWell I am glad it was me driving and not my friend, those wonky brakes would have been real scary. Your encounter with a bad brake system sounds pretty horrible.
DeleteMy daughter's partner had a flat in Brunswick Street,and was driven out by seagulls taking over his roof and windowsills,it was like a scene from' The Birds '
ReplyDeleteI can just imagine the seagulls. My daughter rented a holiday flat in Flowergate last year and we looked down on all the seagulls and their babes messing up the roofs.
ReplyDeleteIt is a long time since I went to Whitby but it is definitely preferable to Scarborough. I no longer drive in the dark, my eyes are not good enough - your journey sounds pretty ghastly. But the scampi and chips is just the ticket.
ReplyDeleteWhitby is of course overcrowded and parking terrible Pat and the bustle of people exhausting but its charms lay in the architecture of the old cottages.
DeleteThat photo of The Endeavor..I can remember,being on holiday in Ramsgate,about 50 years ago,and a ship sailing into the harbour called the New Endeavor.I wonder if it was the same ship?.I love your photos!,xx
ReplyDeleteCould well be Debi, the Pannet Park museum has loads of history on Captain Cook.
DeleteGlad you did the driving!!! Silly of her, to do this... Taking much too much of a chance!
ReplyDeleteGuess there is something-for-everyone in that town. -smile-
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Very famous for Whitby jet, black as coal dust, the funeral jewellery of the Victorians can be seen in the above museum as well. As for driving with faulty brakes even C saw the wrong of it and I'm glad that Carl the garage man made a decision and repaired the car.
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