Wheatside Hotel Bishop Auckland

Countries: 1
Miles travelled by Car: 1121
Miles Travelled by bike: Do trips to the supermarket count?
Fond Farewells: Numerous
Declarations of Jealousy: More numerous (because it includes a lot of people I don't even know)
Accusations of insanity: Even more numerous (because many people made more than one)
Bricks Shat: 53
Tasks left incomplete at time of departure: 2
Tasks able to be completed via internet: 2

... at the bottom. I wandered around for a bit, decided to have a spot of tea in the café as it was the only eaterie that wasn't horrifically expensive (and it still wasn't cheap although the weak pound may have something to do with that).

Decided to catch a movie as hanging out in bars isn't really my scene, the screens were showing on central european time (an hour ahead) even though the rest of the ship was on GMT, which caused some ...

... up the bikes, we all headed off towards Scarborough to pop in and see Nathan aka the "Postman" & "Dot". Nathan rode from Sydney to London on a moped (named Dot) earlier this year and is a really lovely one off character. We all turned up & his Father supplied tea & biscuits for us all. Thanks Nathan & good luck with the book.

I was getting really excited ...

... sheets. Let's hope my 3 other room mates don't mind my snoring! At least I got there early and bagged the bottom bunk!

Up early to get some breakfast and to try to work out where to head to tomorrow. Nothing booked yet...let's see what happens. Left the LR tonight with a strange rattle, not sure what it is, sounds serious, lets hope I can work it out tomorrow and it doesn't cost too much :-(

... Dan and I went to the toilet at Starbucks, then headed to the tourist information Centre. We wanted to walk up the spire but the Church wasn't reopened until 1pm, so we lined up at got a Cod and chips at a Fish 'n Chip shop. The fish and chips were a bit oiley, the fish inside the batter was very nice, the chips a bit average. We watched a street performer get out of a straightjacket and chains whilst we ate. He was pretty entertaining ...

... lunch and fagged up the long hill
to the church. It sits as a crown on the lushly forested hill overlooking a river. You enter through the North door and face the baptismal font. To your left the great space rolls out like the peal of bells. The nave is trisected with two side and one central aisles. Built primarily in the Norman style, a British response to the Romanesque. The vaulting is barrel the arches are round and the pillars are huge cylinders of sandstone ...

... to Cote Ghyll Caravan site , he had to go and borrow a hose off a neighbour as he had forgotten to fill my water tank. What did he think would happen...I would get it myself? Who does he think he is...his job is to look after me, not the other way round!!!

He also had trouble keeping me warm overnight... he couldn't understand how to turn on the ...

... very long time in Thirsk.

On Monday morning we had a very tearful time saying goodbye to my Mum, Dad and Emma. We are hoping Emma was none the wiser as Mum took her out for a walk and we packed and moved out while they were gone.

No one could have prepared us for how it feels to say goodbye to family. I was obviously ...

... be present in castles near the sea so that a proper flow of incoming and outgoing water can be created. Castles which are deep in the countryside seldom have these protective water rings. There were many people walking about on the green fields that comprised this site, where the ruins of the priory sat still. Apparently, little is known of the origins of the site, but the Benedictine priory was the resting ...

... with the fresh raspberry preserves. And we didn't even have to ask the Smalls for them. Yet another reason why to go back to Ratho Hall: these people remember the small details to make a stay memorable. Given all the effort they had made, I couldn't resist "the full fry" this morning. After breakfast, we headed up to our rooms and packed. A short while later, we were headed out the driveway toward Edinburgh. There was a strong sense of sadness in the car as we departed ...