Bridlington and Sewerby Hall

[smallhobbit]

We started our break in Yorkshire at Bridlington, which is on the coast.  It managed to rain quite a lot of the time we were there, but the sun came out the day we left.

    

We visited Sewerby Hall, which was originally owned by a local family, but is now in the possession of the local council.  The rooms have been set out as they would have been about 1910.  I've no pictures from inside, because it felt more like a museum than a home (many of the pieces are on loan from the V&A), and for various reasons I'm not a great fan of the Edwardian era.  It does have some lovely gardens though.

   

And some beautiful bushes.  The one on the right is a Weigela, and I instantly decided I want to have one in our back garden.

 

They also have a mini zoo, with penguins.

 

From there we went to Flamborough Head and saw all the seabirds nesting on the cliffs.  I did a couple of sketches, but failed to take any photos.

Comments

[luthienberen]

Beautiful photos! Looks like you had a fab time! =^_^=

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. We did have a good trip.

[corvidology]

I think I was about 11 the last time I was there so it's nice to see the photos.

[smallhobbit]

I last went when I finished uni, to visit a friend who lived there. Glad you liked the photos.

[adafrog]

Gorgeous.

[smallhobbit]

Thank you.

[scfrankles]

It managed to rain quite a lot of the time we were there, but the sun came out the day we left. And there, ladies and gentlemen, is every British seaside holiday in a nutshell ^___^

Sewerby Hall does look very striking from the outside. And I love their gardens - and penguins ^__^

[smallhobbit]

I know. And we still walked along the beach.

The hall was well presented. The gardens were lovely too. And the penguins were a bonus.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Lovely photos! I am glad you had a good time! Like the penguins, especially!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you. The penguins were great, very noisy and had fishy breath.

[debriswoman]

I think every garden should have a space for penguins:-)

[smallhobbit]

I quite agree.

[moth2fic]

Love the penguins, which I don't normally associate with Bridlington... Glad you're having a good time!

[smallhobbit]

Penguins aren't the first thing to come to mind, but they were fun. And thank you.

[howsmyenglish]

lovely pictures! thank you!

the penguins reminded me of how "Benedict Cumberbatch can't say penguins"))) if you don't know what I'm talking about, search for it on YouTube, it's very funny!

[smallhobbit]

Thank you, I'm glad you like them.

[margaret_r]

Penguins in a garden! How original. The gardens look lovely and yay for sunshine, even if it was late sunshine!

[smallhobbit]

It was a mini zoo - there were a few other animals too, but nothing very exciting other than the penguins. The gardens were so well kept.

[mafief]

Ok! I can ask you. What are those wooden(?) things that are placed down the beach called? Why are they there?

I when I was scanning some part of the coast on google maps and noticed they were just about everywhere. We don’t have those on our coast lines.

[mafief]

Curiosity got away from me. Anyway...
It looks like you had a fun trip! The penguins are adorable.

[smallhobbit]

They're called groynes and help prevent erosion. You can Google them.