Back from a weekend away…
Did you miss me? Did you notice I’d even gone? DH and I just spent 4 days with my parents in Robin Hoods Bay on the North Yorkshire Coast. We went to meet my parents as they finished the Coast to Coast walk from St Bees in Cumbria on the West Coast of England to finish nearly 200 miles later on the East Coast in Robin Hoods Bay.
This is them dipping their feet in the sea at Robin Hoods Bay as they finished
and at the official end at the Bay Hotel on the slipway
As you can see the weather wasn’t very good as they finished, raining for the last 2 miles which we walked with them! However, the rest of the weekend was sunny and dry, if a bit cold for July so we paddled
explored rock pools
and enjoyed a pint (or two!)
I did some knitting sitting at this pub (the Bay Hotel in Robin Hoods Bay) and managed to complete the latest clue (2 clues?) of MS3. Will pin it out later and get some photos.
We also visited Whitby where I discovered a wonderful shop called “Bobbins” in the old Wesleyan Hall. It calls itself the “Knitters Paradise” and on fist entering gives the impression it’s a craft fair with lots of stalls but it is actually just one shop with Colinette, Noro, Fisherman’s Ganseys and the yarn to make them, old bobbins and antiques, patterns, lots of yarn…..DH gave me a budget before I went in so I only bought…
… 5 skeins of Colinette Point 5 “Mardi Gras”
….a pack of 10 balls of Noro Silk Garden
…and two balls of Regia Cotton
…after Whitby (oh, here’s a picture of Whitby Abbey)
we drove further along the coast to Staithes where the lifeboat was just coming in from a call out
and where I found an Arts and Crafts exhibition in the church hall with some wonderful felting and spinning along with lots of fleece and drop spindles (very nearly bought one to try) and some hand dyed wool which was so cheap I couldn’t resist -
this is dyed by Wheeldale Woolcrafts who use natural dyes and mordants and have some great stuff on their website.
Back home now, very tired from all the driving but we had a lovely break
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July 30th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
wow! thanks for those wonderfull pictures
So, it was a nice week end. And of course some nice yarns 
July 30th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Yeah! Glad you had a lovely time. I missed you. That is certainly a good wooly haul from your little trip. Looking forward to the weekend, hope we finally get to meet up :0)
July 30th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Great pictures! It looks like you had a fun weekend and found some nice yarn.
July 30th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
Great photos! I feel like I just had a mini vacation right here at my desk! And beautiful yarn colors! I’m jealous!
July 31st, 2007 at 12:10 am
Nice get away! Awesome photos!
July 31st, 2007 at 7:20 pm
ooooOOooo.. I like the new look to the blog page! I havn`t visited your blog for a while. I tend to write a blog first and then read others and make comments after!
Great photos! Well done to your Mum and Dad for doing the coast to coast walk. They must keep so fit! I struggled with a 20 mile bike ride last night
I bet that`s aa pint of cider J has there .. hmmm You will both have to sample some “real Cornish cider” when you visit!
Oh, I sent you an email the other day btw, did you get it? Steve wants to know about any song requests, and also whether you have recieved his invite or not?! Thanks!