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Travel Blogs from Stockton-on-Tees
I've seen Fire and I've seen Rain
... br> I've seen Sunny Days....
Yesterday we did a final tour of the Dales, which is when we saw the Lonely House. Quite a lot of sunny spells with just a few sprinkles of rain. Today has been sunny all day and the weather man says it should be like this for the rest of the week. It is cold, but you can wrap up to keep warm, rain is just depressing.
On the road again in the morning., if we can pull ...
Back to the van
... line in bright sunshine. Whitby is a lovely place. The port area is not very big and is full of old buildings and narrow lane ways. The 199 steps are not so bad as they are only little steps and the Abbey is most impressive, but as is usual for us it was closed. Never mind, you can still see most of it. The church next to the Abbey is, as we both agreed, the most unusual and ...
Ready for Departure
As dusk descends, the promised monsoon rains have not quite materialised but it is cold and very windy. It's good to know we will in hot and sunny climes quite soon.
Luggage is nearly packed. Judith has been scouring the shops for suitable light clothing and we have vast quantities of medical items including insect repellents and malaria tablets.
No room for the cricket bat I'm afraid.
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Our Holiday by the Sea
... than it looks on TV but when we looked at our pictures it looked larger than life as well. I leant on the bar where Claude Greengrass and all the others drank, but was served by a young lass who wasn't a patch on Gina.
Although it was a miserable day the Moors, just like the Dales, are lovely in any weather.
Trip to Whitby tomorrow and maybe a train ride to Middlesbrough.
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