WEDNESDAY 2ND
Although Ian said there were no more steam train trips to go
on he seems to notice another one every now and again. Today we went from Whitby to Goathland. We had been to Goathland to Pickering last
time we were here so have now done the complete trip. There were two older ladies from Sussex
sitting opposite us and they kept us well entertained on the way. Both a pair of characters. One used
to be a truck driver for the company the other’s husband owned. She was the most unlikely truck driver. They came straight back to Grosmont (a little
village between Whitby and Goathland) to see where the truck drivers aunt used
to live. When we got off the train at
Whitby they saw us and the truck driver excitedly told us that her aunts place
was now a café and the old school accommodation. She was over the moon. Whilst waiting for the train I told Ian I
would sit and wait on the platform whilst he wandered around. As I did some other ladies heard me say it
and commented ‘another steam widow’. The
men just love the trains and they run around with cameras and videos, sniffing
the steam and love to tell you where the old engines used to travel, how fast
they used to go and what they were capable of carrying.
When we came back to Whitby we went to the Magpie Café for
lunch. The Magpie is known far and wide
as the best fish and chips in the world.
It lives up to it’s reputation. It
was nearly 2.00pm when we arrived and only had
to line up for about 15 minutes today which was quite long enough, the
wind is bitter off the water. Last time
we were here we lined up for about an hour and a half however it was a lovely
sunny day that day so it didn’t matter.
Ian and I both decided to have other than fish and chips and Ian’s fish
pie was great and I had the seafood hot pot which was magnificent.
After lunch we wandered around some of the little streets on
that side of the harbour. Whitby is
famous for it’s jet and these streets are lined with jet jewelry shops. It was well after 5.00 when we walked back
to our accommodation and we are both pleased to be out of that wind.
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| Goathland Rail Station - note the two station men chatting across the lines. |
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