Saturday 16th August - Dinner We decided to get away from the pub scene and opted for dinner at The Fishermans 2nd Wife which is situated above the West Beach. We had a lovely table looking out at the beach. The tide had been in and now was on its way out. Earlier today we had seen the beach with the tide out and the beach was about 80-100metres wide. With the tide in there is no beach. We had a lovely meal and then went for a walk to watch the sun go dow...

Saturday 15th August - West Beach We fought our way through the crowds to get to the opposite end of the harbour basin. We had to climb the cliffs via a set of stairs those going up on the left those coming down to our right. At the top was a whole carnival atmosphere with all sorts of side shows, all well patronised all seeming to have minions as prizes. We walked all the way along the clifftop to the lift that went down to the beach but no we didn't go...

Saturday 15th August - Lunch and Walk We got a ticket on our car because the parking due to the five day regatta was restricted in some areas and as you can guess we parked in a restricted area. Well we shifted the car to a new spot alongside other cars with the same tokens in their windows. We walked away from the harbour to look for a pub that is not so crowded. There are queues out the doors of many pubs and fish and chip shops. I don't know how many fish an...

Saturday 15th August - The Shambles We walked down the 199 steps to get ourselves down from the top of the cliffs and into the narrow lanes called The Shambles. Lots of shops selling souvenirs and in particular "Jet" which is this black stone that is the result of Monkey Puzzle trees being felled when the trees were cut down to make meadow and pasture and the logs ended up in the swamp and over time became petrified and thus now made into jewellery.

Saturday 15th August - Whitby Abbey Part of the bus tour took us to the top of the town opposite the side of the harbour that we are staying on over the new bridge. At the top of the hill we got off the Tour Bus and entered the shop and enter way to the Abbey. Our English Heritage cards got us in for nothing and with our audio guides we traipsed our way around the Abbey Grounds. Whitby Abbey goes back to 657AD and was originally been settled by the Danes....