tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post2600789466849388617..comments2024-03-28T15:25:55.785-07:00Comments on Raybeard: My few days away - the evidence.Raybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-30369999009357738562010-10-14T23:58:02.753-07:002010-10-14T23:58:02.753-07:00Thanks, Kyle. I feel quite 'chuffed' that ...Thanks, Kyle. I feel quite 'chuffed' that you liked the pics too.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-70348876823459914412010-10-14T12:09:16.424-07:002010-10-14T12:09:16.424-07:00Glad you got away Ray. The pics are lovely. Bring ...Glad you got away Ray. The pics are lovely. Bring on a history lesson any day.Kyle Leachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13369076904327452139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-11219009392304884252010-10-11T23:51:45.444-07:002010-10-11T23:51:45.444-07:00I noticed my seemingly long legs in the pic too, L...I noticed my seemingly long legs in the pic too, Larry, but I think it's a trick of perspective - maybe the photo was taken on the wrong focal length. I'm actually only just on 6 foot tall, though having said that, I've always been the tallest (well, since growing up) as well as the darkest in the family - swarthier even than my dad from whom Portuguese ancestry comes, hence our surname. (My mum was English on both sides.)<br />Yes, Whitby is a fine place and though I haven't yet 'done' the Dracula Experience it is widely regarded as one of the country's better tourist attractions of that kind.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-62607636320340084252010-10-11T11:28:31.642-07:002010-10-11T11:28:31.642-07:00I can't see any resemblance between you and yo...I can't see any resemblance between you and your sister. I did notice however your long legs! How tall are you?<br /><br />Being the stalker that I am, I immediately revved up Google Earth and took a look at Whitby. I found the marker for The Dracula Experience, and it gets great reviews. No doubt a lot of fun.Cubbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12659801291785890663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-32752842539300032442010-10-10T04:13:27.484-07:002010-10-10T04:13:27.484-07:00Yes, Micky. I went on the North Yorks steam railwa...Yes, Micky. I went on the North Yorks steam railway about 5 years ago, all the way from Grosmont to Pickering. A great experience - and very nostalgic for those of us who recall the times when ALL trains were steam-run. But the scenery around there is so glorious anyway. My childhood was spent in that area and it was a great adventure for us to go for our Summer hols to Glaisdale - all of TWENTY MILES from where we were living!<br />I didn't go up to the cliff top on this visit but have done it a couple of times in the past (but with no F.B. to accompany me!). It's well worth trudging up all those steps. <br />I too prefer Whitby to Scarborough. As well as being significantly smaller, Whitby retains some of its olde-worlde historic charm that so many other places have sadly lost.Raybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12424095016313843883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926347286766677626.post-78169428780927871322010-10-10T02:21:06.388-07:002010-10-10T02:21:06.388-07:00Did you see / go on the North Yorkshire Moors Rail...Did you see / go on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway? They run a few trains there, don't they?<br /><br />If you go up onto the cliff top on the northern side of the river - that's where we took the Former Bitch for a windswept caper when we were there about three summers back. (I'm sure you wanted to know that!).<br /><br />Your pics reminded me. It'a a fine place and generally I prefer it to Scarborough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com