I took the week off to go to my favourite east coast beaches at Scarborough and have whittled down 10GB of photos to the following:


North Shore

early in the morning


everybody's gone surfing



South Shore

arcades


lighthouse


the harbour


the harbour close up



Peaseholm Park














Scarborough Castle

castle gate


The great keep


inside the great keep


the castle gate from top of the curtain wall

Scarborough Castle stands on a massive promontory of rock that rises sheer-sided high above the North Sea. The great keep was built by Henry II, 1159-69, and it stood until the west wall collapsed after bombardment during the English Civil War siege of 1645.



The SeaLife Centre




the tunnel


moon jellyfish



continued...

WoW!! awesome and great place Fae!
beautiful pictures .. I rest my eyes..nice shot.

Thanks Chaos...appreciated


found a few more

Miscellaneous

Rotunda Museum of Geology


the Black Pearl me hearties arrrgh...no Johnny Depp though


Dr Who dropped in...last seen eating fish and chips on the promenade


St Mary's Church where Anne Brontë is buried.

The Central Tower and the Chancel were destroyed by artillery during the Civil War when the Parliamentarians used the Church for their batteries to attack the Royalist held Castle. The existing tower was rebuilt in 1670 and the extent of the original Chancel is marked by masonry.


I also went to see the BTEC art exhibition at the Art gallery...those kids are talented...great work and managed to fit in a couple of glasses of wine here and there

some really good pics there, i live in Whitby so just down the road and not been to Peasholm Park for years but it looks nicer than i remember it unless that is your Photography Wizardry

Looks like you had a fun week, I think i've taken a photo of the sealife centre from the exact same spot.

Looks like your really enjoyed yourself! anyways glad that your back fae

Amazing pictures fae it looks like you have enjoyed yourself too much on your vacation week

Thank you for sharing your pics with us

Thanks for the pics, fae!

Some great shots in there -- the beach ones are my favourites

Looks like a nice place

I like the telephone box, and the arcade...

Thanks everyone I really did enjoy myself and had so much to pack into the time that I hardly slept.

@ danwel...I went before the season really started. I expect the park won't be as clean and free from litter etc when all the hordes of kids descend on it.
I've only been to Whitby once when I was younger and I daren't sleep in case Dracula got me Now that I'm older, Whitby's seafaring and whaling heritage would be really interesting to me.


I think my favourite photo is of the great keep.

Lovely pics Faerie, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. It looks like a very beautiful part of the world

Edit: I can't believe that you found a blue police box. Thats pretty cool

Beach near the green i always luv it
I had never been there, nice place.
Thanks for the shots.

I didn't even know Scarborough had a castle It's been too long since I went on holiday

Thanks for sharing fae

wow, you have defo captured the real beauty of scarborough there fae....i think i might have to go there myself after seeing those shots it looks like alot has changed

but as far as going to whitby....dont bother fae, its became a total dump in my opinion i was there only a couple of weeks ago

Nice piccies fae.. I used to work close by and I don't ever remember it lookin' that good... You've obviously got the "eye"..

Better to skip Whitby and go to Robin Hoods Bay

Thank again everyone

@RV...I didn't think any police boxes were left...but there it was ...sheltering people from the gulls

@ aXXo...yes you are right... a beach near the green is magical

@ Hash... ... time to ring the travel agents

@ SR...I would go to the coast early season...shame about Whitby, I was thinking of having a look.

@ gazarris...I expect it was because I went early season...everything fresh and clean.

@ dEV...I haven't been there for years...might take a look


I really appreciate everyone commenting on my piccies cheers

I sure enjoyed those pics fae, thanks a lot for posting them.

Very nice to view after getting aggravated working on someones computer. I feel relaxed now.

thanks for the tip fae



and it was just my opinion about whitby but the amount of litter would make the environmentalists have a field day, apart from that its still a beautiful place

Fae,

Each of the pictures really intrigue me, As they tell a story to me of the location history, and how they smartly kept the architecture and land close to the original.
Indeed these are images one must see in person. Thank you for the virtual pleasance, and even more importantly you enjoyed yourself on a long needed holiday

Regards

WLH

Very beautifull places there Fae!Would love to have a vacation there myself!Hope u enjoyed at max ur holiday!

Wow , looks a nice place in the world . Awesome pics fae , thanks so much for sharing them with us .

Good to see you back and it looks as though you had a great time

Some rather excellent photo's there Faerie.

Thanks for showing. It's good to hear you had a nice time at the coast.. It's a great place to charge your batteries.

@ ehm...happy that you liked looking at the photos...working on another computer is usually aggravating. I've given up doing that.

@ SR... perhaps I'll have a chance for a quick wander around Whitby, Robin Hoods Bay etc

@ WLH...thank you...I really did enjoy my holiday and I like to investigate the history and geology of the places that I go to as well as sitting on the beach

@ Kyd, Hsv and ChasHK...thank you all for your comments... much appreciated

Great photo's fae especially like The Great Keep pic with the birds in flight....

Nice photos.

It's been a while since I last saw Scarborough, the Sealife Centre is a new addition. The beaches don't look too popular.

The park photos were great, it has a refreshing kinda Tibetan kinda look about it.

Thanks rabnbeinn ...I liked that too



Thanks Badog
no...I think it was the 6am and 11pm that wasn't popular on the beaches they were more populated in the afternoon, although, I went before schools were on holiday so Scarborough was fairly empty.

Very Nice Pics - BTW - it might be a typo but I liked the way it sounded. ;



Axxos post -

Beach near the green i always luv it
I had never been there, nice place.
Thanks for the shots.

"Had never been there" - suggesting 'until you put up the pics and i am soooo there!' Who needs to leave the room? All you need is an imagination!

tsk .. that sounds a little John lennonish - All you need is Love..... Pass it round! The love that is, not your imagination and definitely not swine flu, we can do without that being passed around.

lol. rant rant rant

Thanks ELMAFUDD

Fae - Nice photos of Scarborough. I have been on the Black Pearl and can vouch that there is no Johnny Depp

Scarborough is a great place to visit and photograph because there are lots of different and interesting places to see which change with the season and time of day.

Glad you enjoyed your week away on the sunny costa east coast

Thanks Tinkerbella.

no Johnny Depp ever

yes, I agree, the east coast is very interesting if not always sunny

very nice photographs! thanks for sharing them with us

Peaseholm, great keep, and black pearl were my favorites. Nice pics Fae!

all nice pics faerie, i liked the castle gate from top of the curtain wall, looks a beautiful place to visit thanks for sharing

the Black Pearl me hearties arrrgh...no Johnny Depp though

eaither those are some giants or the black pearl was over done haha lol i like the pics though i want a camera so bad now lol

Really awesome place there Fae! I understand why you like it that much.

Thank you for the comments afn_afg, g, freeze74, ogphat and Kabuki

@ ogphat...you weren't supposed to notice the giants

@ fae lol well they arent exactly hidden haha i think even stevie wonder can see them...oh and by the way i am jealious i want a camera to take pictures i see alot of thing that should be shot

You know what they say: Shoot to kill

wowoowow they're a great pictures fae
thanks for sharing
and keep them comming fae

yes scarboro' is a lovely place. very hilly though. i have done quite a few medieval re-enactments there. dont know where this beach near the green is though lol. yes axxo you will be sorely missed. cograts on becoming a new dad, im sure your minions could keep up the good work and help "stick it to the man". HAIL AXXO

Glad this thread got bumped spent many a week at scarbrough when a kid it was fantastic and looking at fae pics took me for a trip down merory lane

WoW!! awesome thanks for sharing cool pics

I think you've got your wires crossed



Thank you for the comments EL, richievallance, denwest and MRCUBARUM


yes, Scarborough is hilly denwest more like a keep fit holiday

love scarbie can watch the wave action for hours

same here dibley

Great pics Fae

wow those are some great pics. I love the pics of the castle. It's just incredible when you think about when it was built to still be standing. thanks for sharing fae

Nice photos fae. Enjoyed it very much

thanks aldred27, craka42 and kunju


There would be even more of the castle standing if the Roundheads hadn't bombarded it