I have got to the stage where I think it may be time to close this blog. I am not good at blogging, I forget for months on end that I even have a blog. I question why I think I have anything to say here. But you know it is so nice to have…
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Team Labo is a great place to spend an hour or two. Of course though this is Japan so you have to expect a bit of a crowd. It’s good fun though, it is a little dark though so if your kids tend to run off you will need eyes in the back of your…
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The first thing that struck me about this town was that it was completely empty, we hardly saw another person. With these cute quirky little cobble street fishing villages that is very strange. I only saw Staithes with the tide out, I would have loved to have seen it with the tide it, I can…
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Some places feel characterful but touristy and then you get places like this that are full of character and feel completely lived in. This places oozes history, it feels like a town that has a lot of stories to tell. Apparently it was a bit of a smugglers town, bringing in alcohol and smuggling it…
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Strange photo to choose for the opening shot I know but this is the building I will remember the most from Whitby. Firstly I am always happy to find a book shop but this one has so much character that there are illustrations of it. The stairs leading up to the second floor feel like…
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When you stay anywhere you inevitably take lots of photographs of some places in-between, places you pass through, places you whizz around and never really have enough time in, places you have been to before and places you plan to one day see again. We had breakfast one morning in the market town of Helmsley…
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What a castle! This castle has been lived in by the Howard family since it was built 300 years ago. The house/castle has 1000 acres of land, covered in beautiful woodlands, with lakes, temples and fountains. They also have some cool shops (important feature for us girls), cool little cafes with some very fresh food,…
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Grosmont is a small village in the Esk Valley in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. It is home to the old steam trains that go from Whitby to Pickering. The trains were stopped and the station was closed in the 1960s but reopened in the 1970s thanks to the efforts of some steam train…
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