Tag: Scarborough
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Launching the lifeboat
Scarborough got a new lifeboat station in 2016, and shortly afterwards, in 2021, a brand new lifeboat to go with it! The all-weather Shannon-class lifeboat was named after Frederick William Plaxton, the founder of Scarborough coach building firm Plaxton Ltd. It cost in excess of £2 million pounds and is capable of reaching a speed of…
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Kittiwakes with nowhere to go!
Imagine coming back from a winter spent at sea to find that your nest site is no longer there! That’s what’s happening to many kittiwakes in Scarborough this year. You’ve come back and have found your long lost love – kittiwake pairs do not stay together during the winter – but the euphoria is heavily…
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Armed Forces Day: Scarborough
Saturday 29th June 2024 was Armed Forces Day in Scarborough; an annual event celebrated around the country to commemorate the service of men and women in the British Armed Forces. Whatever you may think about celebrating the contributions of ex-servicemen and women, it is a great opportunity for photography! Personally, I think we owe these veterans a…
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Armed Forces Day National Event 2022 Scarborough
Some photographs of the Armed Forces Day in Scarborough on 25th July 2022.
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Patterns: ancient and modern
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day with a rich evening light. Evening being between 2-3 pm at this time of year in North Yorkshire! I strolled around the harbour here in Scarborough, a very familiar tramping ground, as there is always something to photograph: fishing boats, birds, people, reflections, the list goes on. The light…
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A travel blog on Scarborough
It’s hard to keep up a travel blog in these times of lockdowns and travel restrictions. So, I thought, why not do one on your home town? Starting out near home, we come across this lovely house (below). Many of the houses in the Old Town, Scarborough, are Grade II listed, which means that ‘are…
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Katie the Kittiwake goes to sea
The Kittiwake nests are all empty now in Scarborough; on the cliffs and in the town, the birds have all gone. Long gone. Gone to sea. Katie did not want to go to sea; she wanted to stay on her ledge above Marks and Spencer and try all the lovely food her gull-friends on the…
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Tour de Yorkshire comes to Scarborough
It was a cold and windy day here in Scarborough today (4th May 19), for the finish for Stage 3 of the Tour de Yorkshire 2019, cycle race. The waves were sweeping into North Bay, driven by a strong wind. It must have been grueling to have cycled 135 km in this weather. The men’s…
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Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 3, May 1st 2016
The third and final stage of the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race began at Middlesbrough and ended up in Scarborough, 196 km later. The course of the race can be viewed on the race website (1) and the ups and downs are shown on the Cycling Weekly site (2). Prior to the arrival of the…
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