Pickering

We had packed up our motorhome the previous night, ready for an early start in the morning. 6:30am saw us drive off to beat the inevitable Friday tailbacks. It was a good move, for once our journey northwards was free-moving the whole way. With a breakfast stop for coffee and tea at Trowell services we made it into our site at Pickering in early afternoon. We even had time to take the scenic route through South Yorkshire. The site at Westgate Carr Farm was immaculate, and we arrived in glorius sunshine. We were soon set up, so we walked into Pickering mid-afternoon for a look-see and to determine parking availability for the van at the station for the following day. Many of the independent shops in the village were closed for the afternoon, which was a little disappointing. Returning to the site, we walked the on-site dog walk, which took us along a river bank, with the prospect of seeing an otter or two. Not for us though, we don't seem to have the ability to slow down to wait these things out.
The following day, we parked up in the large NYMR car park and joined Karen's father, Malcolm and Nicola at the station for an afternoon journey along the line to Whitby. It was a glorious day with temperatures in Pickering 20 deg C. The train chugs along the valley, stopping off at numerous places, some made famous in TV drama, serials and feature films. In the sunshine, the scenery was beautiful. When we arrived in Whitby, the town was shrouded in mist, and the old Abbey could barely be seen on the hill above the town. The temperature was 14 deg C. The place was very busy with visitors, as busy as we've ever seen it. We made it as far as Wetherspoons, where we enjoyed a couple of drinks prior to our return trip. The pub was rowdy with many hen weekend groups and others in weird and wonderful outfits. Donald was very pleased to be accosted by a couple of women in the pub on his way out. He was pleased to think that he had still got it at 92!! We wandered along the harbour front where there were many stalls set up selling various crafts and food items.
We left Pickering in the early evening to drive to Redcar. After a coffee at Roseberry Road we free camped on the stray.
Sunday was spent with Donald in Redcar, and after an early evening trip to the Redcar Wetherspoons, we free camped, looking at the sea once again. Redcar was sitting under the same cloud as Whitby, the temperature did not rise above 12 deg C, which prompted Donald to put his central heating on.En savoir plus