Whitby, Day 1

We woke to a cold and frosty morning and were soon packed and ready for off.  The journey went well and we parked up at Boggle Hole nicely in time to enjoy our picnic lunch in the car.  As we walked down the steep slope to the beach with the youth hostel to our left, we could see that the tide was still well in.  Slightly surprising as it was coming up to low tide but we were obviously in neap tides.  Not a problem but we were not going to get the really low tides which makes beach combing just that bit more exciting.  On the plus side the weather and light were excellent so we were able to potter to our hearts content; Heather drawing and me  photographing.  I was delighted to be able to try out the new Fuji 100-400 with converter.  There were redshank and oystercatchers  on the beach and I enjoyed stalking them. The results on the back of the camera seem excellent. 

The town was very quiet as we wandered round and so we quickly headed back along the beach.  We arrived at Whitby Youth Hostel just before Peter and Linda and it wasn't long before we were enjoying a preprandial in our room before heading out to The Magpie for our traditional fish and chips.  As usual it was excellent,  the best we know.  Of course it would have been rude not to call in at The Black Horse for a swift half to help gird up our loins for the steep climb up the 199 steps back to the hostel and the land of nod.
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