Bucket list - a tick

I love an away day road trip. I pack the car, grab supplies, namely chewy sweets, and head off for a day of sight-seeing. These are usually a ‘there and back’ in one day affair so I’ll start early and arrive home late, tired but enthralled by what I’ve seen.

I recently did one such trip to Whitby to visit the ruins of Whitby Abbey who’s haunting beauty inspired Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’. For several years, I’d said I wanted to visit so off I went accompanied by my dog. We had breakfast at Maccies, we had dinner at Maccies and Teddy tasted his first ever chicken nugget, much to his delight! 

It was a long drive from Warwickshire but the weather was beautiful, the music loud and the company delightful! And, the Abbey ruins didn’t disappoint. My photographs don’t do it justice, so please don’t credit me for the accompanying image* 

We also discovered The Donkey Road, a cobbled street that has an incredibly steep incline which sits alongside the 199 steps, which we ascended on the way back up to the Abbey ruins. Though I did have to carry a certain buddy, as he’s an old boy with a clunky back leg! Ironically, on reaching the top step, I’m huffing, puffing and totally whacked and he's full of life – which made several holiday makers giggle. 

All in all, an excellent road trip and something else ticked off my bucket list.

*I don't know who took this photograph but if I did I would credit their name here as it is stunning!

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