A photo tour - Christmas 2011 on the Yorkshire coast

We had a mini tour of some of our favourite places along the Yorkshire coastline and the North Yorkshire Moors over Christmas. Here are some images from the experience. (Click on the photos for a larger version.)

Here I am in Whitby, on the jetty with the abbey on the cliff top behind me.

Swans in the harbour at Whitby.

Panorama shot of Whitby taken from the jetty.

The Dracula experience, Whitby.

At Pickering Castle.

Pickering Castle Gate - love the tree shadow on this one!

North Yorkshire Moors from the summit, one of my favourite spots in the world. Check out the awesome lenticular clouds we had in Yorkshire that day!

The North Yorkshire Moors. I always think of Stoker in his carriage up here. :)

Panorama shot of Robin Hood's Bay taken from the grounds of Raven Hall at Ravenscar.

A taste of Yorkshire. :) The fireplace at the lovely Raven Hall.

Just chilling. :) Happy Christmas.

The view during breakfast at Raven Hall, overlooking Robin Hood's Bay.

Christmas Eve dawn sky in Scarborough.

Sunrise, Christmas Eve.

Scarborough's North Bay - surfing on Christmas Eve.

Flamborough Head lighthouse, Boxing day sunshine.

Boxing Day sunshine on the beach at Bridlington.

Panorama shot from Bridlington Promenade.

Tour map, with places where photos were taken marked in red.

Somewhere over the rainbow..

The stormy weather we've been having abated for a couple of hours this morning, so we made the most of it and had a drive out on the moors. It's just as well we did it right away, because it was back to rolling angry skies and hailstones by the time we got home. Up on the moor, though, it was just amazing, with that brilliant light you get after the storm. The photos show nearby Ilkley Moor, and the Cow and Calf rocks. The photo with the rainbow showing faintly in the background was taken today with a mobile phone camera, the one further down is a much better shot of the same location from the web, but it gives some idea what it was like. At one point we had two rainbows standing next to each other, seemingly close enough to touch.

It was good. I badly needed to get out of the house for a few hours, partly because this weird weather has me in danger of getting cabin fever, LOL, but also because yesterday I took delivery of my new car. Yay! Oh, don't get too excited...I changed a black Ford Focus for a new black Ford Focus. But I needed to get out for a bit of a test drive. There's something very special about driving a car with only 30 miles on the clock.

Because I'm disabled, with bone disease in my right leg, I drive a specially adapted vehicle. This time the adaptations were slightly different, so I had various upgrades to familiarise myself with. I was very happy with it! The sun was shining, and we doubled the number of miles on the clock. ;) We saw a lot of fallen trees, but the sheep were happily out and about roving the moor, which was a good sign. Even though it didn't last the whole day through, it was just brilliant.



I hope you've been having a good weekend too.