https://beingyonder.com/categories/2023-suffolk-yorkshire/ Recent content in 2023 Suffolk Yorkshire on beingyonder Hugo en-gb Sat, 27 May 2023 08:43:22 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/26/friday-drive-home-and-compton-verney-exhibition/ Fri, 26 May 2023 22:02:46 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/26/friday-drive-home-and-compton-verney-exhibition/ We set off unusually early, having got into a habit of rising late. It was just after 8am when we left Goathland. We got to Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park around 12:30 and had lunch in the cafe and then had a look around the “Making Mischief Folk Costume in Britain” exhibition. It was … Read more “Friday: drive home and Compton Verney exhibition” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/25/thursday-walk-with-waterfall-and-pies-also-tree-creepers/ Thu, 25 May 2023 22:23:14 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/25/thursday-walk-with-waterfall-and-pies-also-tree-creepers/ We parked near the old railway station at Cloughton and walked along the disused railway line for a bit, then went along the coast path. Some birds: Yellowhammer. Then down through the woods to the waterfall at Hayburn Wyke. Had lunch on the beach, nice left-over pie from Tuesday. That’s pies for lunch three days … Read more “Thursday: walk with waterfall and pies, also Tree-creepers” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/24/wednesday-walking-with-curlews/ Wed, 24 May 2023 22:01:36 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/24/wednesday-walking-with-curlews/ We set off from here and stopped at the Mallyan Spout hotel for coffee, then went down the steep path to the waterfall. We walked alongside the river until we came to a sign which directed us up onto the moor, as the path we intended to follow was suffering from erosion. The moor gave … Read more “Wednesday: walking with Curlews” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/23/tuesday-moors-sea-lizards/ Tue, 23 May 2023 21:41:07 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/23/tuesday-moors-sea-lizards/ We drove to Jugger Howe on Fylingdales Moor, the walk we’d aborted a couple of days ago. We followed the path up across the moor following a track laid down by the military in WW2 – they used this area for practice – and down into a valley where there was small tree-lined stream. Over … Read more “Tuesday: moors, sea, Lizards” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/23/monday-whitby/ Tue, 23 May 2023 00:13:27 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/23/monday-whitby/ On the way out we startled a deer in the herb garden. It scampered around for a bit and then jumped over the gate. We went to Whitby. Parked at the Abbey car park. It was £14 (each) to get in to see a building which didn’t even have a roof so we had a … Read more “Monday: Whitby” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/22/sunday-barn-owl/ Mon, 22 May 2023 10:09:25 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/22/sunday-barn-owl/ We made sandwiches and drove to the raptor viewpoint at Highwood Brow at the south end of the North York Moors. A 5 minute walk from the car park through the trees brought us to a ridge with two wooden benches. There were a couple of birders set up for the day there with scopes … Read more “Sunday: Barn Owl” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/20/saturday-nice-walk/ Sat, 20 May 2023 22:55:23 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/20/saturday-nice-walk/ We walked into Goathland village and across the railway line. Our route followed the railway line pretty closely and we heard steam trains chuffing and hooting while we walked. On the moor we saw a Common Lizard. Curlews were calling and flying about. At Grosmont there was a bustle of activity with lots of people … Read more “Saturday: nice walk” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/19/friday-seaside-towns-and-villages/ Fri, 19 May 2023 21:11:56 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/19/friday-seaside-towns-and-villages/ We went to Scarborough and climbed up to the castle walls. Then came across Anne Bronte’s grave (d. 1849, aged 29) in the churchyard. We looked around the town, Victorian grandeur and a lot of tat, but not too shabby, had a coffee, spent a while in a labyrinthine second-hand bookshop and then wandered along … Read more “Friday: seaside towns and villages” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/19/thursday-birds-birds-birds-birds/ Fri, 19 May 2023 10:28:58 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/19/thursday-birds-birds-birds-birds/ Breakfast took ages, but eventually we made it to Flamborough Head Light House car park. We walked along the cliffs and looked at the teeming hordes of Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes. Dolphins were jumping about out at sea., We drove to the Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve. It was busy, we had to park in the second … Read more “Thursday: birds birds birds birds” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/17/wednesday-driving-with-dolphins/ Wed, 17 May 2023 22:21:49 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/17/wednesday-driving-with-dolphins/ Mostly driving today. We left The Eel’s Foot a bit after 9am. Stopped for lunch at Caistor Arts and Heritage Centre cafe, just north of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Looked around Caistor after lunch. That took about 5 minutes. Around 4:30pm we arrived at Bridlington, thinking to have a walk along the sea front before carrying … Read more “Wednesday: driving with Dolphins” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/16/tuesday-mostly-minsmere/ Tue, 16 May 2023 21:33:32 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/16/tuesday-mostly-minsmere/ In lieu of today’s breakfast we’d opted last night for a packed lunch, which was delivered to our door in a cool box. Consequently, we were at Minsmere at 8am. We saw Red Deer from the Bittern hide, plus the usual Marsh Harriers and so on. We did the route to the Island Mere hide … Read more “Tuesday: mostly Minsmere” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/15/monday-walk/ Mon, 15 May 2023 21:56:34 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/15/monday-walk/ We did a good walk. Blustery north winds, very occasional light rain, sunny spells. We followed an overgrown path alongside a drainage channel, lots of nettles and sedge and reed warblers all the way. Then across Westleton Heath.   Good lunch in the Ship Inn at Dunwich, a ploughman’s sharing platter that would have served … Read more “Monday: walk” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/14/sunday-minsmere/ Sun, 14 May 2023 21:57:12 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/14/sunday-minsmere/ Kippers for breakfast, then spent the day at Minsmere. Lots of birds: Cuckoo, Bitterns, Bearded Tits, Marsh Harriers, Garden Warblers, Hobbys, etc. Checked into the Eel’s Foot Inn. After dinner we walked down the lane. Bitterns booming, midges, bats. https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/13/saturday-orford-ness/ Sat, 13 May 2023 21:28:10 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/13/saturday-orford-ness/ We bought some food for lunch in Aldeburgh and then drove to Orford Quay and caught the 10am ferry, which we’d pre-booked, to Orford Ness. Orford Ness is an approximately 7-mile by 1-mile shingle spit, one of the largest in the world. It’s now owned by the National Trust, but for many years was used … Read more “Saturday: Orford Ness” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/12/friday-stone-curlews-2/ Fri, 12 May 2023 21:40:40 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/12/friday-stone-curlews-2/ We went back to Weeting Heath nature reserve first thing and watched the Stone Curlews and chicks again. Lapwings, normal Curlews, lots of Rabbits and Hares. A couple came into the hide with a telescope (“Birdwatching for 50 years, been coming here every year since before they built the hide, there’s a Cuckoo likes to … Read more “Friday: Stone Curlews 2” https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/12/thursday-stone-curlews-1/ Fri, 12 May 2023 19:24:38 +0100 https://beingyonder.com/2023/05/12/thursday-stone-curlews-1/ We set off at 1pm and drove for 4 hours to Weeting Heath nature reserve in Norfolk, near the Suffolk border. We watched a distant pair of Stone Curlews with two chicks. We walked through the woods for a bit, then checked in to the Crown and Mundford, a few miles down the road. Nice … Read more “Thursday: Stone Curlews 1”