Kirkleatham, Redcar, 42nd anniversary

We bought each other flowers!

42 years!

Quick photoshoot, then off the Kirkleatham for a stunning knitted afternoon tea.

I had fun in the mirrors...

and looked at lots and lots of FLOWERS and BEES and BUTTERFLIES in the Hospitality Garden.

The Hospitality Garden was inspired by the spirit of Sir William Turner with many species of plants renowned for their healing properties - a nod to Sir William Turner's hospital and Almshouses. 

Echinacea (Daisy family)

Comma butterfly

Pasiflora (Passion flower)

Alstroemeria

Red Hot Poker

When we came out we saw the Knife Angel being installed.

Press and cameras everywhere.

And then on to Redcar.

This time we walked along the beach from Redcar to Saltburn

(what again?)(Yes again)

There was hardly a soul on the beach.

The ice cream had a Lemon Top.

More knitted magnificence....the royal horses....

and royal corgis....

and  a crown...

..with an afternoon tea.

You'd think we had walked enough but hey.. we are the Jolly Hollies...and we had f'n'ch to walk off ...so tonight we walked from Staithes round to the other side of the harbour, to Cowbar.

The noise of the herring gulls and kittiwakes was incredible.

I can't believe we didn't get tiddled on.