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  Staithes, England, United Kingdom
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

31 July. Another grey morning with light showers. After breakfast and final packing, Anthony, Carol,Lorraine and I left Manchester 10-40 still quite cold and grey skies. Drove on M62 & A1 to the Wetherby services stop for coffee and sticky bun, then we stopped at Stokesley small market town and after a stroll around we had lunch in the "Spread Eagle" pub, the beer was "Marston Pedigree" hand pulled bitter very nice. We arrived at our B&B a pub called the "Kings Head" (Built circa1796) at 3-30 in Newton under Roseberry. We have traveled 123 miles from Manchester (odometer757.1 miles) We settled into our rooms, and then drove to suss out Gisborough Hall in Guisborough for a dinner.Gisborough Hall was built in the 1850's and was the family home of the Chaloner's. It was converted to a 4 star hotel and restaurant in 2002 so to treat ourselves we booked in for dinner tomorrow night. Had dinner tonight in the Kings Head restaurant very nice food, service a bit slow to start with, but ok in the end. 
 
.1 Aug.Where did July go??This morning we have white cloud and bits of blue sky, breakfast at 9am. I had Whitby kippers very nice,the others full English. We drove to Saltburn-By-The-Sea
which is a quiet sea side place; nice sands and good views on the East Coast.Had a ride to the top in the interesting Cliff lift built in 1884, the original lift was a vertical lift which lifted a cage and 20 people 120 feet to the top of the cliff, the current one is a water balance design was refurbished in 1998. Had a quick drink in "The Ship" which had a beer called Tetley's imperial but I think it is the old Tetley's mild re branded. We then drove on to Staithes which is a very picturesque North Yorkshire fishing village featured on many calendars, where there is a cottage that James Cook (1728-1779) used to work as a young grocer's assistant before he went to sea. It is one of those very steep walk down the hill places where you have no option but to park at the top.Had a light lunch in a pub called Cod & Lobster at the waters edge and walked back up to the the car and took some good photos on the way.Drove back to B&B over the moors by 4pm. Odometer now 812.8 miles.The weather all day was fairly warm with bits of blue sky. Tonight we went to Gisborough Hall for dinner it was very nice but a bit "Haute Cuisine.
 
2 Aug This morning it is a very warm looking North Yorkshire day, we had breakfast and left for Kilburn driving thru the North Yorkshire moors to Helmsley were we stopped for a wander around, bought a wooden "Dibber" for £5 for making holes when planting out. Then onto Kilburn where there is a white horse carved into the hill side of Roulston scar in 1857., also it is the home of Robert Thompson born 1876 the craftsman who specialised in making oak wood furniture with a mouse carved on every piece produced. We purchased a piece of their craftsmanship a Nut Bowl.We had a light lunch in the Forresters Arms pub which boasts all their bar furniture and fittings with the mouse on each piece.We drove to the top of Roulston scar were the North Yorkshire gliding club have their base, good to get close up to the take offs.Driving back to Manchester on the A19 ,A1 and M62 this motorway was busy as usual with roadworks and the wet weather not helping our smooth run home arriving at 5pm odometer now reading 960.1

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Stokesley Stream & Bridge	Stokesley Stream	Roseberry Hill	The Kings head
The Kings Throne with cat & bath	In the wall at the Kings head	The Accomadation at The Kings Head	Our room at the Kings Head
Breakfast room at the Kings Head	Front Entrance at Gisborough Hall	Gisborough Hall	Conservatory at Gisborough Hall
Lounge room at Gisborough Hall	Saltburn-By-The-Sea Pier	Children do not need sunshine to enjoy the beach   Comments!	Water balanced cliff Lift
Lorraine "Going Up"	Carol & Anthony "We are Ging Up too"	Water going into tank	View from the top of the Cliff
The Ship	Anthony with a pint, Roger with a Half of " Mild"	Staithes	Staithes out to sea
Capt Cook Cottage   Comments!	"Seaton House"	Staithes Beach	Lunch time again
Staithes main Street	Staithes from top of the hill	Nice "little" house	A Shop in Helmsley
Lorraine "outside" a shop!   Comments!	Helmsley Beck	Helmsley Beck	White Horse
A sample of Thompson's craftmanship	A mouse on a bar stool	The Forresters Arms	Kilburn
Glider ready for take off	Up and away	White Horse	White Horse

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