24th July,2013....Scarborough and Abbeywatch!

What a difference in weather directly opposite Barrow on the east coast. We were in Scarborough earlier in the week, complete with sea mist so thick we couldn't see the sea from our hotel window and it was only 50 yards away!!

The iconic Grand Hotel... we didn't stay there though.. not grand enough for us!! We stayed in the Crown Spa Hotel, which was really lovely!

Sea mist covers the castle and it was only 11am!

 

 

 

 

A local lady we were talking to said that their weather rolled in with the tide, and was unique to that piece of headland...very strange! As we got to Harrogate and the Dales on the way back, the mist was gone and the light was more like we were used to! Very hot at the Abbey today though!

 

 

You can't beat Barrow as a holiday destination, or a place to live...Scarborough was packed and covered in seagull muck...which is a moot point at the moment in our town too...I'm a bit torn on the subject. The gulls are only doing what nature intended, but we don't want the town to end up like Scarborough....as it is set into cliffs, the different types of gulls nest on any ledges anywhere...windowsills, bridges, shop signs...they were everywhere!

 

 

 

Lovely and clean and natural down here today though...give me Barrow anytime!!