What A Lovely Day!

I’ve had a really lovely day today, James, his 12 year old brother and I spent the afternoon and evening at the seaside. We got (a very extortionately priced) train to the seaside town of Scarborough.

First of all, we got a taxi to the Sea Life Centre, which was a waste of money, because it was closed. We were told it closed at 5 but, apparently it closes at 4… Never mind! Very annoying because I am sure that the taxi driver would have known… Grr! I like to remain optimistic, and because we were now at the opposite end of town we got to walk right along the beach. I don’t think we’d have been able to walk that far otherwise, which meant I got to see all the multicoloured beach huts. This was probably the highlight of my day as I took lots of lovely photos! That sounds quite sad, I know, but the beach huts were very cool!

After that, we went for a walk around Peasholm Park I only wanted to go there really because it feels a bit special for me and James. We went there on our ‘non-Valentines Day’ (like the day before or something) and we sat there chatting whilst it was really dark and romantic! Anyway, after more photo taking and several geese trying to eat me, we walked back down to the beach and played with the ladybird kite we bought… I took some really nice pictures of James sat with his brother… Aww!

After flying our kite we got some yummy fish and chips as well as ice-cream. Ate these on the beach, perused a few shops (think rock, dodgy joke/adult shops, tacky gifts and candyfloss!) then bought some crab lines and squid!

Now, I’ve never been ‘crabbing’ before but I really enjoyed it and I could tell the two boys loved it. Even though I was very annoying and wouldn’t let them get right up on the edge…! It made my stomach turn every time they got near the edge of the harbour. We caught two massive crabs, and a whole lot more kept dropping off the line before we brought them in. We put the crabs we caught back into the sea and left for the station.

Now, last time we went, we ended up missing the last train back so we practically ran to the station today to ensure that we got there on time, and luckily made it with literally one minute to spare…. Phew…! We’re back home now, disappointing that I have to work tomorrow morning, but at least I feel a bit more relaxed after my mini-break!

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