Kilometres Walked : Monday – 13 km, Tuesday – 13 km.

Wednesday Morning 19th July, 2023.

After saying our goodbyes to the family on Monday morning we headed to the seaside. Our very good friend Toni had offered the use of her super cute caravan at Filey and so we packed our swimmers 👙 and went to the beach. Filey is a beautiful quaint little seaside town about 8 miles south of Scarborough on the east coast of England. Starting out in heavy rain as we left Leeds, the closer we got to the coast the more blue we could see in the sky! Stocking up on supplies we made our way into Filey and found the holiday park where we were staying. What a quintessential English caravan park with all the neat vans lined up in rows with little pots of colour around some and good sized decks on them where you can just sit outside and enjoy a wine as the sun sets. No sooner than we had unloaded the car and settled in, Julian and Ash surprised us with a visit for the afternoon. ‘Get your shoes on , we are going on a trip to Scarborough’ they said. And so off we went on a double decker bus ride to Scarborough for none other that the most delicious Icecream Sundae’s you have ever tasted. Oh and waffles🤪

Yes a lot of sugar was consumed in a very short space of time. We all had a round of Sundae’s 😋 (Ash had 2) then we all had a round of Waffles! Super delicious and so filling we couldn’t even contemplate dinner later that evening. The Harbour Bar, a groovy retro milk bar that has been around since the turn of the last century and is still going strong today, and if the taste of all those goodies was anything to go by I can clearly see why.🍦🍨

After an evening stroll along the Filey promenade and headland gardens, our dinner consisted of wine, cheese and olives. That was about all we could fit after our decadent afternoon at Scarborough.

After a very slow start to the day on Tuesday we eventually got ourselves organised and went for a lovely long beach walk. Filey has an impressive 5 mile long sandy bay that is perfect for beach combing at low tide. We had hoped for a swim in the North Sea, but the weather had other ideas. It was a little to windy and cool for a dip. (Well for us Aussies anyway)

Filey Beach, what a lovely little hidden gem. Such a beautifully kept town with stunning gardens and pots of colour at every turn. With cute and neat little houses all with fabulous colourful gardens and well kept lawns. An abundance of fish and chip shops and a fantastic historic promenade overlooking the huge beach. Thank you Toni.😊