Up north or bust - Our tour of Northumbria and the East coast 20th

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Monday 20^th – 27^th

This is where things get a tad hazy because I managed to delete my phone notes! Let’s put it this way – below are the places we visited. And some of the places we stayed! And no, I cant give details of costs and distances – because – they were on my phone’s notes – which I deleted by accident!

Somewhere in between we spent a wonderful half day at Fountains Abbey. Now that was a grand visit – spectacular countryside and walks.

One trip was to York. We stayed on the outskirts at Granchester Caravan and Camping and caught the bus in and out. The site was lovely, quiet, peaceful and immaculate. Good facilities. Bus stops just 300m up the road although we found it easier to take the motorhome to the park and ride a few miles away. This had secure CCTV monitored parking spaces for motorhomes. The journey at rush hour is a nightmare and most commuters from the park and ride got off and walked the last fifteen minutes in because they could do that more quickly than the bus could move. Coffee and the papers, a great wonder around shops and alleyways.

We visited the NT Treasurer’s House – a fascinating visit – well worth it. We also went to the National Railway Museum – one of us is descended from a long line of GWR engineers, Guards, Station managers etc. It is in our DNA!

One great place was the Van Gogh interactive experience exhibit in a disused church. A visual feast for the senses – spectacular in a way – well worth the visit. His images moving around the walls of a church along with exhibitions about his life. And of course, a return visit to the Jorvik museum. We first visited it just after it opened decades ago. York is lovely – lots to do and see.

We had a day in Scarborough as well – that was fun – we behaved like seaside tourists!

And then we ended up spending a few days around Scopwick, staying at Pillar Box Farm. That was a lovely site – five gravel pitches, an open field, great views of the sky. Low level lighting – an astronomer’s dream. Managed to do some astronomy. Lots of lovely local walks and plenty of pubs up the road. Good clean facilities. We stayed here a few nights and made road trips out. And we got to see hares by the site’s hedges as well!

One was to the International Bomber Command Museum which proved to be very illuminating and thought provoking. Highly recommended. Another trip was to the Bubble car museum – quaint, hidden away but equally fascinating.

And then there was the Dakota museum, where we could go in a fully restored WW2 Dakota and sit in the cockpit. That experience really made us empathise with the pilots and all the parachutists carried – the plane really is just skin and wires. Fascinating engineering and an extraordinary plane. The volunteers were knowledgeable, enthusiastic and very approachable.

27th

We called in at Lincoln. Now this is a really pretty place. We stopped in the big car park by the castle overnight. Lots of other motorhomers joined us. We strolled the streets, did some window shopping and explored street antique stalls. A great little visit.