April 2026. Staithes. North Yorkshire. I took this picture of Staithes High Street on a dreich day in 2017, when we oddly walked past the Royal George, oblivious to its GBG pre-emptive potential. And this one last Thursday. You get a better picture of the cobbles in the first one, so I’ll keep that in.… Continue reading THEAKSTON IN THE ROYAL GEORGE, STAITHES
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WELCOME TO WITHERNSEA
April 2023. How many Britons could place Withernsea on a map ? Admit it. Even the “sea” isn’t a giveaway. Whittlesea is nowhere near the coast, nor is Waterbeach. No railway, a bumpy old ride east out from Hull, and no Wetherspoons when you get there. But they have sea, and chips, and ice cream… Continue reading WELCOME TO WITHERNSEA
KESSINGLAND – AN ANTIDOTE FOR SOUTHWOLD
I’m enjoying Richard Coldwell’s series of posts on posh Suffolk at the moment, if only as a guide on how to avoid out-of-town Londoners. Richard has recently been braving Southwold , a place where pashminas are required dresswear to enter the pubs and sourdough shoppes, and where Yorkshiremen are heard to groan “‘Ow much !!!”.… Continue reading KESSINGLAND – AN ANTIDOTE FOR SOUTHWOLD
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