Saturday 26th – Tuesday 29th August 2023
Flamborough:
As our final stop on this trip, we stayed at another Camping and Caravanning Club temporary holiday site, this time hosted by the Yorkshire Region District Association at Beacon Farm, just on the edge of the village of Flamborough. On previous occasions, we had stayed on the northern side of Flamborough Head. This time, we were near the village, to the southern side and after parking up on-site, took a walk along the coast nearby:
Although obviously not as high as those at Dover, they are made of similar chalk soft stone, which is used by molluscs to bore out a home. There are many examples of stones with holes.
It is a very pleasant beach and dog-friendly:
Flamborough is a very pleasant village in a beautiful area, known for its dramatic sea cliffs and abundant seabird population. The RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs is nearby. We have stayed in this area a couple of times previously in 2021. In fact the Flamborough blog post was the very first entry in this blog, so I will try to avoid repetition.
On Sunday, the village had arranged an event in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), on the village green.
The event was well supported with a large number of stall-holders and exhibitors:
Our walk to the village green, took us past the castle, which is on private land, so can only be visited by arrangement.
There had also been a flowerpot festival and some were on display in a front garden and a shop window:
Flamborough seems like a really nice place to live. It looks like someone else agrees:
Later, we rode our pushbikes to North Landing and the lighthouse there, passing some straw bales in a field which I thought made a good picture:
The lighthouse above is not the first to be built here. The are still the remains of the old lighthouse on the adjacent golf-course:
In the sea, near the lighthouse, there were many seals.
…and of course the scenery was stunning (I apologise if you have seen similar images in previous posts):
Down on the beach, there appears to have been a balancing act:
On our final day, on our way home, we called at Bempton Cliffs RSPB Reserve, but I will not post more images as I have covered this area extensively in the earlier posts (19th April and 12th June 2021). In any case all the puffins had moved-on.
Kirkham Priory:
A little nearer to home, we visited Kirkham Priory, near York. As with many such monasteries the setting is idyllic but here, sadly, many of the the buildings have gone.
There were some interesting details though:
Visiting Kirkham Priory by Motorhome:
Access to the Priory is down a fairly narrow, but shortish road from the main A64. There is a small area outside of the gatehouse, used for parking, but this is not an official English Heritage parking area. We had to wait for a vacant space, but no problem once there was one. The car park is used by walkers as a base, so there were more cars there than were for visitors to the Priory. There are small “no motorhome” signs on the fence, but I assumed this was for overnight stays.
English Heritage do not open the site every day throughout the year so check on their website before visiting.
"See-u-Later" 