2010 Scooter Rally

Easter weekend resounded to the sound of hundreds of scooters in every shape and size. This one belongs to Bob, one of our guests, and very authentically reproduces the image of the scooters that I remember from the 60s and 70s. The difference is that in the 60s and 70s the riders of the scooters would wreak havoc wherever they went but now the majority are ridden by middle aged men who can afford the many thousands needed to buy an original Lambretta SX200 such as Bob's. The style is there but thankfully the violence originally associated with the riders is now a thing of the past.

Read Whitby Gazette's article on the rally.

Apologies to all for email delays - Broadband Down

We were off on Monday and Tuesday celebrating our wedding anniversary and so hadn't been able to respond to emails. When I sat down at the computer on Wednesday morning to send my mails our internet went down because of a flood and fire in Paddington. Initially the downtime was expected to be much longer but fortunately we werre back online in a little over 24 hours.To read a bit more about the problem see this link. Paddington Flood. We use Pipex (now a part of Tiscali).

Our Daughter is doing a skydive for Lynn's Bowel Cancer Campaign

Jessica has volunteered to do a skydive on 8th May in aid of Lynn's Bowel Cancer Campaign

Earth Hour 2010

Why not join us once again in supporting Earth Hour 2010 on Saturday 27 March 2010 from 20:30

Farewell to the Turk

Farewell to the Turk

This image of the Grand Turk returning to its home port of Whitby is unlikely to be seen again as the ship has been sold to French company Etoile Marine based in St Malo. She sailed from Whitby at 4:00 am today leaving a gap down at the harbour side, many are sorry to see her go as she has been berthed her for the last 7 years. For more information read the article in today's Yorkshire Post

Great effort by Rochdale Golf Club Ladies

Yesterday we went to Rochdale to collect a magnificent cheque of £4000 from Rochdale Golf Club for Lynn's Bowel Cancer Campaign. The Ladies originally had a target of £1000 for the charity selected by Jan Cavanah as the outgoing captain.

Jan chose the charity as her daughter Jeni has now survived 5 years since her original diagnosis and treatment after having a routine check up because of a family history of bowel cancer.

Photo from left to right.

Liz Barker Secretary
Judith Hoyle Vice Captain (New Captain)
Edna Babbs Lady President
Jan Cavanah Captain and Jeni's mum
Stephen
Julie

Jeni Clapper 5 year survivor

For more information about bowel cancer visit www.bowelcancer.tv

Number 13 in Trip Advisor top 25

We are delighted that we have been listed in Trip Advisor's awards as number 13 in the UK based on our guest reviews. There has also been an article in the Yorkshire Post in which we get a mention as well as being interviewed on BBC Radio Tees. If you would like to listen it will be on Listen Again for the next week, drag the slider to 2:48:00.

Thank you to everyone who has been kind enough to leave a review.

Winter News

Before we went on holiday we were nominated for the sustainable award in the Yorkshire Moors & Coast Tourism Awards. Unfortunately we lost out to The Crown Spa in Scarborough, nontheless we are happy that we were one of the finalists. We didn't realise at the time that we were in line for another award from Whitby Hospitality Association, and we are delighted to have received our certificate today.

Season's Greetings

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Can't believe that it's 4 years

We have come to the end of another season and closed our doors until February, except for a few days over New Year (for which we still have a couple of vacancies). Now is the time that we will get those maintenance jobs done and, of course, take some rest and go on holiday ourselves.

Working for Toyota and The British Library now seem like light years away and a different lifetime.