In East Yorkshire, everyone refers to the seaside town of Bridlington as "Brid". The village of my birth was halfway between the city of Hull and Brid so I have had a fairly intimate relationship with the place all my life.
Anyway, tonight we are staying in a little rental cottage just outside Brid and this my friends is a scheduled post that I prepared on Tuesday evening. Brid is about two hours from Sheffield. We are staying in two-bedroomed Kibbletree Cottage with Phoebe. With my Booking.com "Genius" account I secured a healthy discount.
During school holidays (American: vacations) many grandparents find themselves undertaking a lot of child-minding duties and this week we were earmarked to look after Phoebe for three days in a row so that's why we came up with the idea of a night away at the coast.
Mind you, rain is in the late summer forecast so no doubt our coastal activities will be affected. Being in rain will be a real novelty for us after two months of drought.
All being well I will be back to normal blogging duties on Thursday night.
Three days by the sea! You have the chance to teach Phoebe how to make sandcastles.
ReplyDeleteI hope the three of you have had a good time in Brid!
ReplyDeleteIn the ca. 25 years I have regularly been coming to Yorkshire, I have visited Bridlington only once, for a day trip by coach from Scarborough ("Scarbie" to us) with Steve. The trip stopped at Filey first, which I liked very much. Brid, not so much. The crowds there were a raucous lot, and I honestly didn't feel entirely safe, keeping my handbag firmly clutched to my side for the time it took us to walk from the bus station to the sea front and back. I guess it just was an especially busy time in that summer of 2003.
I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing time with your granddaughter, and I look forward to hearing all about your coastal adventures when you’re back at your keyboard on Thursday.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the break,
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your time with Phoebe -- have lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteHave fun!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your stay! I have old postcards from Bridlington somewhere around here.
ReplyDeleteHave fun
ReplyDeleteBeen many times but never stayed over. It's been a while though.
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