Harry Potter at Goathland

One of the locations used in the Harry Potter films was the railway station at Goathland in North Yorkshire, which is where Rob’s friends live ... in Goathland that is, not at the railway station.

The journey down was quite straightforward other than a massive delay due to roadworks at one point though there was no-one working of course, as it was a Bank Holiday, but everyone had to suffer all the same. Goathland was packed with tourists as Rob arrived and although it may be nice to think everyone was there waiting for him to arrive (he can clearly be quite deluded at times) they were there to see the station, ride the steam train or visit the locations in the village which were used in the TV series ‘Heartbeat’, which is not a programme Rob watched so it was difficult to see what all the fuss was about. They all looked happy though.

After coffee and home-made cake they went for a walk around the area, including visiting the station of course, then came home for the evening. Tomorrow there is more walking planned ending in Whitby. Should be good.Read more