Midweek Marauders : Sunny Scarborough

Thursday 7th. October 2021. Sunny Scarborough

Today’s adventure for the Lads would see it blessed with unseasonably very warm sunny shine, as the midday temperature began to hit the 22 degrees mark. This all took place at the East Yorkshire coast resort of Scarborough. The group who enjoyed this outing consisted of Brian, Colin, John and Dave along with Alan who had arrived in the town a few days earlier, he met up with the Lads as they arrived at the station just a few minutes before 11am.The previous day had been totally different as rain persisted for almost all of the daylight hours.

Greetings over it was now time to head for the Clock Tower Cafe, a favourite haunt of the local residents, from this vantage point you can admire the wonderful views that are on display, especially on such a glorious autumn day as this. We soon found a place to sit and enjoy a cuppa along with a bite to eat as we all soaked up the sunshine that was on offer. Fifty minutes later we found ourselves down on the beach and walking towards the Lifeboat Station, at this point the tide was far out to sea, opening up a vast amount of sand for the visitors and their dogs to explore , fun for everyone.

As the lads left the beach they now crossed over the road and began to make their way up the winding streets that would eventually take them to the old church of St. Mary’s that sits on the hillside overlooking the South Bay. This was a daunting task for a couple of the lads, but several resting places came in handy to say the least . Twenty minutes on and the Lads found themselves by the side of the Church graveyard and viewing the headstone of Anne Bronte along with many more from a bygone era.

5 more minutes from this point found us admiring the views of the North Bay here at Scarborough, yet again what splendid views of the far off distant coastline stretching as far as the eye could see.

Now for the decent from this vantage point back towards the shoreline and onto Marine Drive , walking slowly back towards the town centre and take up the opportunity to enjoy our late lunch time meal at the Lookout fish and chip restaurant which overlooks the harbour. Meal consumed it was over the road for a visit to the harbour bar for some of the lads and relish some of their delights.

By this time it was well into the afternoon and the Lads were now making their way back towards the railway station via the funicular tramway in order to catch the 16:32 train heading for Leeds with a change of train at York, estimated time for arrival in Leeds being about 18:07. From here the Lads now took their respective journeys home either by bus or yet another train.