I’ve decided to stick with Roman Numbers for the time being – it seems rather lightweight to use the word Chronicles then use ordinary numbers. With snowflakes, Millennials and all the rest of that stuff, we don’t need more lightweights. We need austerity, Spartan living conditions and more of those rough grey blankets we used to use as bedding when I was a lad.
Duvets, I suspect, have a lot to answer for in the softening of the species.
We couldn’t add to the chronicles at Bempton, because there wasn’t room. It was quite crowded and, despite the rain, even the outside tables were all taken. There was room at some, but people seemed to be indicating a preference for solitude by the way they were spreading their kit about.
The only table with nobody on it was one that was ringed with tripods and telescopes, indicating that someone would be back to use it. Or that tripods are becoming sentient and demanding food.
I’ve probably been reading too much Terry Pratchett…
You’d have thought they might have made provision for a seasonal rush.
We had, as you can see from the photograph, prawn sandwiches from Tesco, whilst sitting in the car on the seafront at Scarborough. That tiny stump in the distance is Scarborough Castle. It’s more impressive in real life, and it has a colony of Kittiwakes nesting on the cliffs below.
One the way home we had chips at Filey. They are excellent chips and the fish is probably the freshest I’ve had from a chip shop.
You do, however, pay a premium for this. At £6.50 a portion it’s nearly as expensive as sitting down in some places. That is the dilemma – eat excellent fish and chips in the car whilst watching the sea, or, for almost the same price, have peas and tea, and sit at a plastic table that exudes an aura of stickiness whilst moaning about the poor quality fish.
Decisions, decisions…
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I am in Whitby – I have never before seen so many fish and chip shops in one place.
Sounds like paradise… 🙂
Hope the weather is staying good. We are thinking of a boat trip from Whitby to Bempton later in the summer.
Weather is fantastic. Went to Pickering today on the steam train. England is wonderful in good weather. Had an excellent score btw.
Yes, I’d been thinking of afternoon tea on a steam train. I’m turning into a geriatric thrill junkie. 🙂 Did you have a scone rather than a score?
Good looking chips. I am worried that you will be fading away without regular scones.
I’m struggling to navigate a course between scones and terminal obesity.
I know the feeling. It relates to cheese in my case.
Cheese is tricky stuff – very hard to resist. I currently have a nice piece of Wenslydale waiting for supper.
An enticing prospect.
I do like a nice piece of Wenslydale, though it’s hard to say so without thinking of Peter Sallis.
That isn’t a photo of Whitby by any chance is it?
The sandwiches are Scarborough, the chips were at Filey. We didn’t make it to Whitby this weekend.
Filey and Scarborough are sufficient for one weekend. I haven’t been to Filey, as far as I am aware, so that could be on my to-do list!
Filey is OK, but it won’t take very long. However, it is close to Bridlington, which does have plenty to do.
Okay, thanks for the tip!
🙂
I have a particular fondness for eating in the car and watching water. Everything seems to taste better, and being in the car never seems like a hardship to me at all.
Very true. The view is better, the flavour is enhanced and the company is also an improvement. 🙂
Salt water or fresh water, it doesn’t matter.
🙂 Water is good.
No contest, I’d say. I thought this might have been about hot cross scones
That has put a new recipe idea into my head… 🙂
🙂
I always go for the better food. The heck with sticky tables.
Despite my legendary parsimonious streak, I’m coming round to your way of thinking. 🙂