Hinderwell (nr Whitby), Yorkshire Moors

A few reminders of our weekend

- Barrie "Fish n Chips" Astbury
- Charlie "Treble One" Grant
- Pete "TEN POUNDS??!!" Smith
- Simon "ZZ Top?!" Piercy
- Tim "Map Zoom" Spate
- Dave "Pop Quiz" Noble
- Steve "Keys Thief" Barker

Friday

Simon, Charlie and Tim stop-off in Pickering for a quick pint but only after Simon purchases a couple of missing essentials (a flask and some shoes)

We meet up with Barrie and Pete at the bungalow and with news that Dave and Steve are not far away, we head off to the pub - but not before having a quick pint at our landlord and landlady's in-house bar!

Moments after arriving at The Badger Hounds pub ...

... Dave and Steve arrive and much manly hugging ensues, with bewildered locals looking on (we're NOT gay, honest).

(Mapping courtesy of Simon Piercy)

Sun rise

(Photo courtesy of Pete Smith)

Chef Pete doesn't want to again face the wrath of Dave "#QuiteParticularAboutHowMySausagesAreCooked" Noble, so he carefully cremates and slices open Dave's bangers ...

... and there they are

Breakfast in the poker room - erm, I mean the conservatory!

As Steve "#WillEatAnythingAndEverythingThatIsLeft" Barker gathers the remaining food items, this little earwig nearly gets included

After breakfsat the table is set for later

The pool ...

... and its rules

This is the official web site photo of the bungalow's outside bar ...

... and this is what it looks like now

The Fleet

Sunnygarth

Conker

Morning meditation

You have to be of a certain age to 'get' this T-shirt ...

... and here's a clue

So off we go on our coastal walk to Whitby

The Usual Suspects (slightly sloping!)

Skimmer attempt (see video)

"That's where we're going"

Tunnel (sadly, it is bricked up)

We hear gun shots and find a line of parked 4x4s

Then we see it - a partridge shoot (see video)

One old guy with 2 dogs stands on the path and waits

Then we find out why - one of the shot birds makes it away from the main shoot before dropping out of the sky. The old guy tells his dogs to 'go get' but they don't seem keen initially. As Simon and Charlie get nearer the dead bird the old guy's commands become more urgent (did he really think we would bag the bird?!) and the dogs finally obey

Lunch with a view (see video) but please excuse Simon's potty mouth! (He was describing the shooting)

And that means it must be time for the P.P.P.P.P.P. (Potty-mouth Piercy Piri Piri Pot-noodle Pic)

Lovely waves (see video)

We make it down to the beach

We were quite worried about the possibility of drowning because Simon's app said we were 23 feet BELOW sea level!

And here come the waves (see video)

We find some interest rock formations on the beach

Sign: "No humans with a missing hand allowed"

Captain James Cook

Harbour entrance (see video)

The old RNLI lifeboat

A well-earned pint (or three) before getting the bus back to Hinderwell

As the 7 of us board the bus, Barrie whips out his bus pass - so it's just 6 x £4.90 from the kitty

Steve in a loving, sleepy embrace with his rucksack

During an early evening poker session, Charlie rivers the nuts - quad 3s!

We head to the pub and whilst selecting our meals, Barrie laughs-out-loud when he sees this strange entry on the menu - a vegetarian meal with bacon?!

The Usual Suspects

We enter a 4-man team in the charity Bullseye competition, during which - Simon gets a bullseye (and Charlie, the darts player, gets three 1s)

We do manage to win 4 raffle prizes though (we gave one back)

We get back to the farm in time to see the dying embers of a previous bonfire

Dave stokes it up a bit and creates enough smoke to upset Simon in his star gazing

Sunday

(Mapping courtesy of Simon Piercy)

In the bathroom we have this little fellow ...

... a jacuzzi bath (which nobody tried out all weekend) ...

... and a TV!

The early morning run duo (including fetching us some more milk)

We drive to Whitby for a walk up to the cliffs for 2 minutes silence, a look at the abbey, a walk round the town, a few beers and then fish and chips ...

The Usual Suspects - preparing for 2 minutes silence

Whitby Abbey

(Photo courtesy of Dave Noble)

Whitby

The Usual Suspects

Simon's beloved Newcastle beating Spurs

One of the best fish and chips shops in the land - "Quayside"

(Photo courtesy of Steve Barker)

Once again, Steve "#WillEatAnythingAndEverythingThatIsLeft" Barker clears up any leftovers

At this point we said goodbye to Barrie and Pete and then headed back to the bungalow. On route we once again dip below sea level (according to Simon's car)

The farm has a menagerie ... including peacocks, chickens, geese, goats, emus and llamas ...

(Photo courtesy of Steve Barker)

We then formed a geo-cache search party, to help Simon bag another one nearby

We also discover a blue door in a slanting wall. Steve is convinced that the door is NOT perpendicular to the horizontal. Charlie's clinometer app proves that it is ...

(Photo courtesy of Tim Spate)

(Photo courtesy of Dave Noble)

Steve doesn't remember applying for permission to build a swimming pool ...

We head to the pub and have an epic pool match, plus much fun on the quiz machine (mostly pop quiz). It ends up with just the 5 of us and the landlady - she looked like she would serve us drinks all night long!

In the morning we just about managed to cook some sausages in the oven (eventually!) before clearing up and heading home.