It turns out the site has a view of the sea - if you stand on tippy toes and squint!! Here is the said view from Brunnehilda’s side window.
Kim and I walked up to the farmhouse to find the contact lady to pay for our pitch. She wasn’t there but we chatted to an old farmer (her father?) and a rather anxious looking collie dog called Rusty. He told us the best way to walk into Whitby was to follow the cinder path (ex railway track) rather than walk down to the coast path. That’s the farmer told us , not the collie dog?!
The cinder path runs right outside Brunnehilda’s front door and goes to Whitby one way and Robin Hoods Bay / Scarborough the other.
We set off at 11.15, arriving in Whitby at about 1 o’clock. The walk was very pleasant. Walking through some nice scenery and over a viaduct crossing the River Esk and then finally through the town down to the quayside.
By the time we reached Whitby, and regular blog readers will not be surprised to hear this, we were blimin’ hungry. The first restaurant we passed had a big “A” board outside saying it had won the best fish and chip restaurant in 2019 - this was good enough for us and we gave it a go.
Trenchers was a real find. Kim had the cod and I had Whitby Scampi and Seafood Chowder - bloody marvellous. All washed down with a cup or 2 of Yorkshire tea.
We had a look around some interesting little shops in Whitby town centre - loads of Whitby Jet jewellers and sweet shops. We were killing time before 3pm when we joined the Whitby Walking Tour.
Our tour guide was a nice young lad, recently out of Uni. He and his girlfriend set up the walking tour business 2 weeks ago. We were his only customers for the one hour tour! It was really interesting giving us lots of stories about the town and Abbeys history.
We gave him a biggish tip - as we had a personal tour - bless him he seemed delighted and we all went off with a spring in our step.
In our case we needed to ... he left us at the foot of the 199 steps up to St Mary’s Church / The Abbey. It was a bit of a hike but worth it for the views. After wandering through the churchyard (The Abbey will save forever another day!) and visiting the Whitby Micro Brewery to buy a few bottles, we started the long walk home- this time along a back road.
We got back to Brunnehilda at 5.45. And what a welcome site she was??! It was about an 8 mile round trip and our old backs (Kim) and feet (me) were definitely feeling the strain.
A refreshing cup of tea and an episode of The Waltons was enough of an energy shot to get us off to the local Sainos - by car! - to stock up with essentials and tonight’s tea.
An episode of The Wire while we ate and we were soon ready for bed. 9.45 tonight, so we’re getting later! Brunnehilda’s big German bed gobbled us up as the wind howled outside. I can think of worse places to be!?
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