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March 2024. Flamborough Head. Bridlington.

A last batch of pictures from the “bracing” east coast,

and a last tick for East Yorkshire at the Marine Hotel, a very typical holidaymakers small hotel.

Is Flamborough a holiday destination ? Well, the Taylor family stayed just up the road at Reighton Sands in a tent (£22 for 2 nights, scary bear based entertainment free) when the boys were toddlers, so it’s possible campers pop here for huge plates of fish and chips before walking all of 300 yards to see the cliffs.

You’re greeted by Vikings,

and a packed programme of entertainment that closely resembles a TUI cruise ship programme; Paul Bailey will confirm.

If you’re bored, see if you can spot the difference between this year’s and 2023’s entertainment…

I liked the Viking. Cheery barman, bench seating round the wall, happy customers,

Black Sheep from a clip with a paper label (hey ! I missed Doom Bar),

Adele on the stereo, and a roaring, crackling, fire meant a warm pub, not always a given in 2024.

A cool, rich, pint of Sheep in a Caffrey’s glass (NBSS 3.5, apparently), a lime soda in a Carling glass and a packet of Scampi fries for £4.60 seemed cheap to me. Lime soda seems to vary in price between free (zero) and £2.50.

Off to the cliffs, which didn’t quite have the same appeal to Mrs RM as the temperature plunged 10 degrees leaving the Viking.

Nice view, apart from the big shed with “BURGER & GRILL” written on the roof.

I’m not sure if this is the best place to see birds, none of which I would recognise now that pterodactyls are extinct, but it is a good place to feel like you’re on a film set of 1 million years BC,

hiding in caves from Mrs RM.

Really great landscape,

though I’d had to move some large rocks to provide stepping stones over the water and misjudged my return hop, soaking another pair of jeans. Luckily Mrs RM was already heading back to the car.