As you may remember if you have been following this blog for a while, last year I started using static caravan sites as part of my travel accommodation. 

Much as I love travelling in Katy, and using aires, there is joy in staying in one place for a while, especially if it has lots of room, central heating and a shower!

After Tarland I made my way down the coast, stopping at a few of the aires I have mentioned previously, and my first rest stop was in Northumberland, at the Haven Haggerston Castle site.

The weather wasn’t brilliant, and as I have visited the area a lot recently, I didn’t do much except some short walks around the site. They have a beautiful lake, with lots of geese and swans, and it was lovely to just watch them, and listen to them visit the caravans looking for food.

From there I made my way to Huddersfield, for a weekend with friends, we have been meeting up regularly for the past few years, and although this was a smaller one than previous years, it was lovely to catch up with friends I have known for 42 years.

It was also a reminder of how beautiful my adopted county is, even though I love visiting other parts of the UK and the world, Yorkshire has a very special place in my heart.

When my children were little we had some excellent holidays to Scarborough and Filey, and Ellen and I have visited Whitby a few times for steampunk events. However I have never really explored the coast in between the resorts.

Haven have a lot of sites in this area, so I booked two of them, Blue Dolphin, near Filey, and Thornwick Bay, at Flamborough. I was keen to do some walking along the coast, and also to go to Flamborough Head, which I remember visiting briefly many years ago.

The other thing I love about staying in statics is the really good kitchens so I can do lots of nice cooking!

I was really lucky with the weather both weeks, and had some excellent walks along the Cleveland Way, which runs right past the Blue Dolphin site.

I had just been reading another book on one of my favourite subjects, mapping. This one is about the first geological map of the UK, and it was brilliant to be there looking at the same cliffs that the man who created the map, William Smith did, on his travels in the 1800s.

His work was partly practical, as he worked as a surveyor for canals, another of my great interests, but also links to fossils and ideas about the history of evolution. An interesting time to have lived.

The author of the book, Simon Winchester, is one of my favourite non- fiction authors, and I have read a few of his works.

Thornwick Bay was a beautiful site, gorgeous caravan with a very cosy lounge, complete with fire, and direct access to the amazing coastline here.

Flamborough Head was also amazing, not least because there were so many seals there. It was a sunny day when I visited, and there must have been about 50 of them, just rolling around in the waves, playing, or sunning themselves. 

This means that in 2025 I was lucky enough to see Welsh, Scottish, and English seals!

I have had a busy few weeks since my return to the UK, and some technology issues, hence less posts than I had planned.  My laptop has died, the replacement I ordered didn’t work, so I am down to just my phone. I am on the road again as well, making my way up to Scotland, and am currently in another lovely static near Moffat.

Not much is planned for this week, apart from a couple of walks as next week will be busy, so lots of crafting and working on my crochet skills.

Hope you are all having a good time, the year is flying by, can’t believe it is the first of March already, and I am back in Scotland excited for another fantastic summer. Even if at the moment it is raining very hard! At least Katy is getting a good wash 🙂

Take care, thanks for visiting and hope to be back here again soon.