Yorkshire Dales
We have a picture of this bridge with snow around it!
Pub Lunch - outside!
Vodka Shots
We have had quiet weekends for the last two following Marrakech - mostly because we have both been sick - as a direct result of Marrakech - it has taken a good week plus to feel 100%!!! Last weekend was a long weekend so we decided to hire a car and visit Marz and Shane in Harrogate - nice weekend and lovely weather but bad idea to drive - the weekend before mid-term break as well! We left home at 8am had to catch a bus to the car rental because the DLR was down, finally got there and waited in a que for 45 min to pick up the car keys - we had already paid on line. So 1.5hrs after leaving home we finally had car keys and could leave. We then spent the next 6 hours doing a 4 hr dive in traffic crawling along - so enjoyable - we did take on 20 min break to get some lunch and change over drivers so I could give Josh a break - first time driving in the UK and the speed limit is higher than NZ - I won't say what speed I managed to get up to when we finally got a break - but it was fun! We arrived in Harrogate at 3.30 and had a walk around town, its really beautiful and has some amazing homemade fudge and sweet shops!! We went out for dinner and enjoyed some drinks in the old pubs and bars. Josh and Shane enjoyed vodka shots whilst Marz and I enjoyed Cocktails. On Sunday we set out to Whitby only the traffic was still terrible so after 30min of going 10 min down the road we turned around headed back the way we came and out to the Yorkshire Dales - we re-visited some of the towns we saw last time in the snow and they where very beautiful we got out and had a wander around - had an amazing pub lunch and stopped for tea and scone in the afternoon. The weather was great which made it a real plus. We ate dinner in a Chinese restaurant in the old bath house.
Monday was a public holiday so we went out for breakfast at Bettys - very nice old style English tea place and had a great breakfast before getting some more fudge for the dive home. We left Harrogate about 12.30 and made it back in 4 hrs thankfully - no traffic.
We have a picture of this bridge with snow around it!
Pub Lunch - outside!
Vodka Shots
We have had quiet weekends for the last two following Marrakech - mostly because we have both been sick - as a direct result of Marrakech - it has taken a good week plus to feel 100%!!! Last weekend was a long weekend so we decided to hire a car and visit Marz and Shane in Harrogate - nice weekend and lovely weather but bad idea to drive - the weekend before mid-term break as well! We left home at 8am had to catch a bus to the car rental because the DLR was down, finally got there and waited in a que for 45 min to pick up the car keys - we had already paid on line. So 1.5hrs after leaving home we finally had car keys and could leave. We then spent the next 6 hours doing a 4 hr dive in traffic crawling along - so enjoyable - we did take on 20 min break to get some lunch and change over drivers so I could give Josh a break - first time driving in the UK and the speed limit is higher than NZ - I won't say what speed I managed to get up to when we finally got a break - but it was fun! We arrived in Harrogate at 3.30 and had a walk around town, its really beautiful and has some amazing homemade fudge and sweet shops!! We went out for dinner and enjoyed some drinks in the old pubs and bars. Josh and Shane enjoyed vodka shots whilst Marz and I enjoyed Cocktails. On Sunday we set out to Whitby only the traffic was still terrible so after 30min of going 10 min down the road we turned around headed back the way we came and out to the Yorkshire Dales - we re-visited some of the towns we saw last time in the snow and they where very beautiful we got out and had a wander around - had an amazing pub lunch and stopped for tea and scone in the afternoon. The weather was great which made it a real plus. We ate dinner in a Chinese restaurant in the old bath house.
Monday was a public holiday so we went out for breakfast at Bettys - very nice old style English tea place and had a great breakfast before getting some more fudge for the dive home. We left Harrogate about 12.30 and made it back in 4 hrs thankfully - no traffic.
