Raven Hall

 Hi there! just had the most lovely lunch at Raven Hall with Steve and our friends Richard and Mary. The food was soo lovely and of course we were in one of my favourite places! take the road from Cloughton outside Scarborough and there is a road that takes you to Ravenscar the only way to go any further from there is by foot on the beach to Robin Hoods Bay so it is not the most vastly populated place in the world! no trip to Raven Hall is complete without a walk on the battlements..

 It's sooo peaceful I could have dropped to sleep sitting in that corner even if it was a stone seat! (I'm great company by the way! ha ha) Did you know that King George 111 of the mad variety was rumoured to have stayed here, gasp! Ravenscar is also 'the town that never was' as they tried to persuade people to go and live there in the early twentieth century, but it just didn't take off.. there are also old alum mines you can wander around still with the old kilns. Apparantly a necessary ingredient for producing alum was urine (!) so boats were sent up from London with the required urine aboard, mmm, hardly what I'd call the cruise of a lifetime, and anyway what's wrong with yorkshire urine? the cheek..

 Super duper roses as well, mine have been rubbish this year, in fact i am really disappointed in the garden full stop, next year is going to be different! aah if only I didn't say that every year!

Well, what an extremely informative and educational post I do hope you have all enjoyed it, however, we'll be back to the usual old rubbish next week! ha ha! have a restful day I know I am!!!