Didn't we have a lovely day in Scarborough.

This is where Yorkshire has traditionally come on holiday, and you can see why with the great expanse of sandy beaches in both the bays. Scarborough came into its own during the late 19th Century when train travel took off, and a lot of the buildings as you can see from the photos are from that era.

Jane had always wanted to see Scarborough so we decided to have a driving day between York and this evenings hotel near Durham. The drive took just over an hour from York parking near the Spa and then we had a nice walk along the South beach to the harbour where we found the traditional Princess Cafe for a spot of lunch, choosing the set afternoon tea for 2, we should have had the set tea for 1 and shared, we didn't get to try the cakes.

We then drove round the north beach where we found the sculpture Freddie Gilroy and the Belsen stragglers. A really moving tale of a military policeman who was part of the team who liberated Belsen. He turned 24yrs old whilst at Belsen and talked about how he cried on every birthday thereafter.

We drove up the coast to Whitby calling in Robin Hood Bay, however the only parking was too far up the hill for Jane to walk down so we continued to drive on to Whitby and then across the North Yorkshire Moors to our hotel for the night.

We were put onto a site called secret escapes by my brother and this Hotel was found through this site. As we drove up we both went WOW, we are staying at Redworth Hall hotel, this was originally a three-storey gentleman's dwelling facing north over the village of Redworth, it has been rebuilt three times during its lifetime to become the building today. It was one of the homes of the Surtees family who are allowed to display the Prince of Wales feathers due to Sir Thomas Surtees saving Edward Prince of Wales life during the battle of Crecy in 1346.

In the garden is the summer house which whilst looking to be as old as the rest of the house was actually built in by Henry Surtees as a present for his wife Emma. The couple married in 1932 when both were in their 60's.

Dinner was included in the rate and a very fine affair it was.