Goathland & Whitby

Heartbeat then Fish & Chips at Whitby ....

Monday, 4th June outside Chris & Alan's and standing in front of our rental car (Vauxhall Insignia 2L Diesel Manual).

Morning tea in the Adensfield Arms from the TV series "Heartbeat" which was filmed here in Goathland for 18 years!

Scripps Garage also from the TV series "Heartbeat" with Terri and Anne standing in front of a Ford Anglia police car used in the series.

Whitby on a very busy Bank Holiday Monday - there wasn't a Pay & Display parking place to be had anywhere so we parked in shopping centre car park - max 2 hours!

The Magpie Cafe is probably the most famous "fish & chippy" in Whitby. The queue on the left along the pavement was for a table inside the cafe. We decided to have takeaway fish and chips for which the queue was much shorter!

Terri and Anne in the takeaway fish and chip queue which still took about 20 minutes. A couple in front of us in the queue were from the Gold Coast, Australia.

Terri and Anne perched on a mooring post eating fish and chips. The masts you can see are from a replica of the Endeavour that was giving joy rides to about 60 paying passengers at a time. You can see this ship coming back into the harbour in the 4th photo below. Note the blue sky - still cold but the sun had some warmth!

It was more or less wall to wall people in Whitby whilst we were there.

Lots of tourists staying in or visiting Whitby for the Queen's Jubilee long weekend.

Terri taking advantage of some excellent photo opportunities up on the cliff over looking Whitby. Just behind Terri is the Captain Cook statue.

Whitby harbour. Anne huddled against the cold wind is sitting in the chair in the foreground!

 Terri ad Anne with Whitby in the background.

Peter and Anne at he same location as the photo above.

Masham's Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations started at 5:30pm until about 11:00pm. (Masham is about 15 mins from Ellingstring and Chris & Alan's nearest shops). Celebrations consisted mainly of a do-it-youself BBQ and bring whatever you want to drink. Plenty of wine being drunk!

More of Masham's Jubilee celebrations. They had a live band although we had left before the band returned after a break.

We had seen enough and it was getting cold (about 9.00pm) so we headed home via the scenic route.

York & Durham

Doing the tourist bit in York and Durham ...

Friday, 1st June - Picked up the rental car from Enterprise in Harrogate and, since we were halfway to York, decided to carry on and spend the day in York. This was a nice coffee shop in Knaresborough on the way to York.

Anne and Terri in the "Shambles" at York.

Anne and Terri window shopping in the "Shambles" at York.

We found some markets at York so we just had to look at what was on offer!

Saturday, 2nd June all 5 of us decided to brave the elements and enjoy a beautiful day in Durham with temperature about 10 degrees C with drizzle!

However, we found this great Cafe called Treats which was doing a roaring trade on such a cold wet day!

 More exploring Durham between showers ....

Durham Cathedral was magnificent. We just caught the end of a Jubilee thanksgiving service but were able to look around the whole Cathedral for nothing (Anne did give a donation). Compare this with York Cathedral with a GBP 9.00 admission fee for adults!

Durham Cathedral is magnificent inside and out. Building began in 1093 and took 40 years!

Anne in the cloisters at Durham Cathedral.

Anne in the original Monks dormitory at Durham Cathedral.

We decided to return to Treats to have some lunch. The Cafe was upstairs above the Body Shop - a single door and steep stairs with a steady flow of traffic.

Treats is basically a family run business with fantastic food at very reasonable prices.We had a variety of Bacon, Sausage & Egg Stotties for GBP 2.95 each!

The service and friendliness at Treats is exceptional and we all would thoroughly recommend this place for anyone visiting Durham.

The rain stopped long enough for a few more pictures before leaving Durham. Terri rugged up to the right!

Singapore Day 2 & 3

Raffles and Marina Bay Sands ....

Enjoying a Singapore Sling, a beer and, of course, lots of peanuts in the Long Bar at Raffles.

The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel.

Marina Bay Sands at night from our hotel room balcony at the Swissotel Stamford.

Singapore Harbour at night from our hotel room balcony at the Swissotel Stamford.

Anne enjoying a swim at the Swissotel Stamford. We spent about 3 or 4 hours around the pool reading and dozing - very pleasant!

Looking across to the children's pool at the Swissotel Stamford. Note the Pool Bar and the Marina Bay Sands in the distance.

Inside the Marina Bay Sands. The architecture is fantastic!

Anne and Terri walking through the Marina Bay Sands.

View out to sea from the observation deck in the Sky Park atop the Marina Bay Sands. On a clearer day you can see Indonesia.

From the observation deck in the Sky Park atop the Marina Bay Sands. The Swissotel Stamford is the tall building right in the middle of the picture.

Anne on the observation deck with the Singapore skyline behind.

The "Infinity Pool" of the Marina Sands Bay hotel can be seen if you look very carefully.

Singapore Day 1 & 2

Arrived safely and enjoying the heat ....
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View from our room's balcony (Room 4557) on the 45th floor of the Swissotel Stamford. Marina Bay Sands in the distance. The room had excellent view over Singapore Harbour, Boat Quay and Clarke Quay.

Dinner at Boat Quay on our first night in Singapore. The braised vegetables were not the best but the free beers went down OK!

 

Santosa Cable Car and Anne was a bit worried about the height!!

Thought we'd better checkout the local KFC on Santosa for Ali!

Terri and Anne made it through the crowds to Universal Studios on Santosa but we didn't actually go into the Studios!

Anne wanted to bring this friendly local home but we decided that Chris & Alan may not want to look after it while we were in Paris.

A VERY welcome beer on the beach at Santosa was the best idea! Next stop the pool at the Swissotel Stamford.