Thursday, August 7, 2014

Heartbeat Country

 It hammered down last night, but by this morning it had well and truly stopped.

We did our usual morning walk with the dogs, Bainbridge is another little village that is very well cared for ...
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There were no kiddies around so Elaine and I had a go on the flying fox ...
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There are so many signs that The Tour De France went through the dales.  I don't think they will ever remove them ...
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We headed out of Bainbridge and the Dales and set the Tom-tom to Pickering in the Yorkshire moors.
Now here is a sign that you don't see too often!
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As we neared Pickering the weather turned foul but this truck was having fun going through all the puddles...
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We wanted to stay on a site and hook up with power today.  We found one in Pickering but there was a rally on plus no power.  The next one was behind a pub, which had power but nothing else and there was no one else on the site.

It was still hammering down so we headed out of Pickering onto the moors where we pulled up at a nice lookout for lunch ...
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We had  no internet and no phone signal so I couldn't search for any sites.  I hit the help icon on Mr Tom Tom and it said we were a couple of miles from Goathland, which we knew well as we stayed there back in 2000 when I was over here on business.  Goathland is also known as Aidensfield, as featured in the TV programme Heartbeat.

There was a sign for a campsite down a lane next to the pub (The Aidensfield Arms).  The lane went on for about half a mile and the reception was in a farmhouse.  As I was walking up the drive look what went past a few feet away……… Elaine was beside herself with excitement!
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The chap said the only powered site he had was in the farmyard, no probs says I.  We parked up, in a great site, away from the other campers with the toilet and shower block right next to us.  But the best bit was in front of us…………
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The steam railway was right in front of us!  They were running a busy summer timetable so we had 2 trains passing every hour.  Elaine was so excited, I just said "whatever"!
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We then took ourselves and the boys for a walk up to Goathland (Aidensfield).
There are reminders of the TV programme everywhere ...
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Elaine insisted we go to the station and check out the trains running on The North Yorks Moors Railway ...
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Look how excited she is, the dogs were bored stiff though ...
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There was a swallow's nest in the roof of the waiting room ...
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The station is in a lovely setting ...
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We then walked up to the village to check it out ...
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It is a very open moorland village ...
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Got to love the old and immaculate road signs ...
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The war memorial states 1914-1919, why would that be so?  Is that the date the last casualty from the village died? Perhaps someone can enlighten me ...
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Lovely words on the memorial ...
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We had to stop for a pint in The Aidensfield Arms. The doggies posed by the fireplace ...
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The garage is directly across the road from the pub ...
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It was then time to head back to the van and sit in the sun with a beer and watch the last trains of the day go by ...
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Tomorrow we will head to the coast.



5 comments:

  1. There were no rules or guidelines from central government when war memorial were erected across the country. Most state 1914-1918, but some have 1914-1919 because the war was not officially ended until the 1919 signing of the Treaty of Versailles. 11.00am on 11th November 1918 was the date when armistice was declared, not the official end of hostilities.

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  2. Runswick bay is a good place for a bit of beach, so long as your brakes are good (you will understand if you go !)

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  3. "Is it as steep as Robin Hood Bay?"

    Steeper I think, but if all else fails, you go straight onto the beach (or sea, depending on the state of the tide !!) down the boat ramp,

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