Helmsley Castle North Yorkshire

After breakfast at the Little Chef (or Little Chief as Jess calls it) we headed to Whitby. We saw the bridge at the mouth of the inner harbour open to let a trawler through, then we drove up to the Abbey on the south cliff and watched a ship come in to the harbour through the narrow channel. We drove back over to the north cliff and saw the statue …

... the Durham area and headed towards York. On the way down we took a couple of detours. First we went to Helmsley Castle, a 12th century castle in a small town. Now, you'd think that a small town would want to promote their castle so that visitors ...

... and there is a parting of the ways, Mary goes shopping looking for a wedding outfit, Alan, Franchesca and myself go to visit Helmsley castle. It has changed somewhat since our last visit. Now there is a new visitor centre and shop and audio guides so you ...