Wednesday 20 October 2023

Leeds to Scarborough 

It was to be the 10:34 that propels us into Scarborough today with just four making the direct journey. John, Mark, Glenn and Colin. Derek unfortunately had an overnight incident with Sandra that prevented his attendance. 

Sourcing ourselves a table we all quickly settled down and discussed our future plans. 

We made good progress and we’re soon in York. Malton and Seamer soon followed arriving in Scarborough @ 11:53. 

We made our way down the main drag turning right on the street where McDonald’s is and coming out just above The Grand and then over the Valley Bridge towards The Clock Cafe where we would relax and chat with a drink and scone looking out over the North Sea with waves rolling in in a soporific panorama. 

Moving on after forty minutes we made our way to the terminus on South Bay and caught the bus (Coachliner) to the South Bay before climbing up to the road that would take us to Scarborough castle. There were a multitude of fantastic views that John captured on the camera it was a hard choice which ones to use.

 

It was a comfortable climb up to the castle but well worth the energy. However, time was pressing on and hunger more than the cost of going in to the drove us on to The Lookout on the Pier for Fish&Chips. Small for three of the lads but John chose massive which he was unable to finish as expected. 

Moving off from The Lookout on the Pier we made our way towards the Funicular Tram that would take some of us up to the Grand area which would allow us to get back to the Railway Station without too much effort. 

Arriving at the station we noticed our 16:48 train would be departing from Platform 2 that was scheduled to get us back to Leeds around 18:04 but due to a ten minute delay at York it actually arrived at 18:15. 

We all departed to get our respective trains and buses to our dwellings after a lovely day in Scarborough with the sun shining most of the day with a modicum of wind but thankfully we were not effected by Bibet in anyway.