We set off for Whitby this morning, an old fishing town on the coast. It was a little dull and we had a few small showers during the morning but didn’t get wet. On arrival we walked down the hill to the harbour, then through town, over the harbour bridge and up 199 steps which took us to a church and the old abbey grounds, way above the harbour on the other side. We then walked down to the town again and it started to rain so we went in for lunch. Once we’d filled our stomachs and had a nice coffee we set off back to the car. On the way back to Ripon the sun came out and it was gorgeous, I remembered why they call this Gods Country. Dave drove along narrow one lane roads with hedges, had to slam on the brakes a few times as cars came in the opposite direction and someone had to back up and let the other car past. We stopped for a walk and ice cream at Rosedale Abbey, then we stopped again at Rosedale Chimney where there was the ruins of an old iron ore smelting place that closed in 1920. We were very high up and could see for miles, we also got a little wind swept.
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