Scarborough North Bay

After a bit of a chilly morning where Mum insisted we go to a local lavender farm (which was a bit disappointing) we headed back to Scarborough. But this time to the North Bay - this was more of our style!

We started off in Peasholm Park which was really nice and the weather had also improved greatly. We had a go in a dragon boat around the little lake, overtaking everyone we came across and scaring the swans!

After the park we headed to the North Bay beach and found an ice-cream shop on the way. We'd been really disappointed at the lack of a real ice-cream shop on the other side of the town but this one was fabulous and Mum says it was the best ice-cream she's ever had. That's high praise given we're regular customers of Luvian's in St Andrews and Portsoy Ice Cream in Portsoy!

After a bit of playing and paddling at the beach it was time to head on. We head home tomorrow...

Scarborough

Scarborough today!

Another fun day in Yorkshire today. Scarborough is a rather stereotypical English seaside town - some of it not our normal cup of tea but we did find some cool things to do. We had a go in the funicular to get from the beach to the town - it's been there for over a hundred years and it's pretty cool.

We found a nice cafe for lunch up in the town and then headed for Scarborough Castle - it was just over there after all... Turns out 'just over there' is actually a fair wee trek, but we got there! There's not much of the castle left but it obviously did used to be pretty big, occupying a large part of the headland and offering great views over Scarborough.

I practiced some gymnastics and Dad and I had our customary battle!

From the castle we headed back to the beach. We stopped by one of the many amusement arcades and recycled some 2p pieces in the coin drop machines for a while and then found some ice cream :).

I practiced gymnastics on the beach - Mum and Dad insisted!

On the way back to the car we saw Cbeebies filming a show. It was interesting to see all the cast and crew involved for what could only have been a 60 second shot for some show. It was very funny when it went a bit wrong at one point and one of the actor's ice-cream was thrown over one of the extras!

Flamingo Land

Flamingo Land today! This was awesome fun, although it wasn't a good start when I wasn't tall enough to get on the first ride we tried :(. We soon found plenty rides that I was tall enough for. Quite early we went on the Pterodactyl - a really high and slowly spinning seat. Mum and I loved it and went straight back on when it was done but it broke Dad. He sat below looking very pale and recovering. He had to think twice before going on every ride after that and there were a few we had to leave him by the side for!

York

Today we went into York. It's a pretty cool town and we had a lovely day.

We did loads - I'm not sure how we managed to fit it all in!
The Shambles; Mum insisted we go to Betty's for tea; York Castle; Jorvik Viking Centre; York Castle Museum. Mum and Dad were broken by the time we were finished!

Castle Howard

Today we went to Castle Howard. It's not our usual kind of castle because it's not a ruin but it sure was a lot of fun. They've got fantastic grounds with a great park and lots of places to run and explore. The Castle itself is also very cool with amazing rooms and very helpful staff. There was a great mineral collection, some brilliant busts and we got to touch a Salvador Dali sculpture (don't tell anyone!).

Too much fun was had at the play park. I think we monopolised the spinney thing a bit!

Warkworth Castle

We're on our holidays! We're heading for North Yorkshire this time and the way south we stopped at Warkworth Castle. It's a very cool castle, really quite large in a lovely wee English village. Of course we had to continue the tradition!

These are some fireplaces.

The Helix

We went to The Helix in Falkirk today to see The Kelpies. They're really amazing - have to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. The whole setting is really nice and a really big park. Unfortunately the play park isn't finished yet so we couldn't go to play there - we'll definitely have to come back!

Lego Exhibit

Mum took me to a Lego exhibit in Edinburgh. It was very cool with lots of models, may of them of historical scenes. I think I need more Lego!