UK Tourist & Leisure Attractions

By day 3 we hadn't yet done a Yorkshire walk so we headed out to walk part of The Cleveland Way, starting at Ravenscar.  Ravenscar is known as 'the town that never was'.
 

It was quite a distance to Ravenscar so as soon as we arrived we ate our picnic lunch.  The town's in the background, see the Yorkshire links to check out Ravenscar's history.

We hadn't walked far along The Cleveland Way before we were rewarded with this magnificent view across to Robin Hood's Bay, unplagued by sea fret.
 

It's not far then, so Mike strides ahead setting the pace.  The track runs along the crumbling cliff top at points, which was a bit worrying!

We didn't arrive in Robin Hood's Bay town until late and only just in time for a coffee before closing.  The town used to be a quiet fishing port, but now tourism is the main industry.
 

Our poor feet!  It turned out to be quite a trek, it was getting late on our return to the car at Ravenscar and we still had a fair drive ahead across Yorkshire back to the cottage.

Mike's a happy chappy as he announces to camera that they're back in York, this time for a shopping trip to the McArthur Glen factory outlet with 70% off!  Wow, let us in there!

The shopping outlet has all the usual shops and could be 'anywheresville' apart from a few individual shops.  Mike got some new trainers at McArthur Glen and Belinda some 'women's stuff'.
 

Time for a local evening pub meal, it just so happened there was such a place a short walk up the road from where we were staying in Yorkshire in Grafton.
 

Our final day then, and another Yorkshire walk and a local one from the cottage across the Dales.  The weather didn't look too good, but what the heck...

This is just before we got our second soaking of the week and shows the result of Belinda scaring all the sheep from the field.
 

Another pub meal to round off our Yorkshire holiday, in Boroughbridge this time, and an excellent meal it was too.

Time to head home after a wet and cold, but nonetheless happy holiday week in Yorkshire.
 

You may also be interested in our 1999 Peak District holiday.

Don't forget to view our Yorkshire and other UK tourist related website links that we've researched and reviewed, handy if you're planning to visit the area.