STAITHES

podrozy wzdluz angielskiego wschodniego wybrzeza ciag dalszy.

tym razem miejscowosc STAITHES. w skrocie, jest to mala wioska rybacka wcisnieta w wawoz wydrazony przez rzeczke, pomiedzy dwoma wysokimi klifami. podobno staithes jest znane ze znajdowanych tam skamienialosci... coz zobaczcie sami. jeszcze tylko jedna mala wskazowka: staithes jest dosc latwe do znalezienia, jest zaraz po boulby (jadac od polnocy), niestety zjazd do starej czesci i klifow jest slabo oznaczony (jest duza tablica ale bardzo nieczytelna), nalezy skrecic w lewo zaraz po wjechaniu na gorke (chyba drugi zjazd przed sklepem) i zostawic samochod na publicznym parkingu (oznaczony)

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trip along east coast of england, continued.

STAITHES is a wee fishermen village, the historic part is squized in the gorge between two high cliffs. apparently staithes is known for fossils trapped in the cliffs, well - let's see it later. just a wee hint - the village is easy to find, it's just off boulby (driving from north), but way to historic village is not too clear - there is a signpost but easy to miss when driving. remember to turn left just when you reach the hill, the public car park is signposted (i think the fee was £1).

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tak dla orientacji, staithes jest zaraz nad whitby / just to have a rough idea where we were, staithes is just above whitby

glowna ulica prowadzaca do starej czesci / main street, leading to the historic village

doniczka / the boat-pot

staithes zdawalo sie byc wymarle. poza nami po wiosce krecily sie chyba tylko jeszcze 4 osoby. ale -tu niespodzianka - w czasie naszej wizyty ekipa bbc akurat krecila w staithes jakis nowy serial!

staithes seemed to be totaly dead. i think there were maybe another 4 people roaming the streets, except us. but - to our surprise - the bbc was just making a new drama based in staithes and we actually witnessed it!

plaza, przystan i klify (i wiatr). klif poludniowy / the beach, the harbour, the cliffs.. (and the wind). the southern cliff

klif polnocny / the northern cliff

na wioske.. / towards the village

na klify / towards the cliffs

przystan / the harbour

klify / the cliffs

a za zakretem.. jeszcze wiecej klifow! / and around the corner.. even more cliffs!

no dobra, skoro to miejsce jest znane za skamienialosci to popatrzmy skoro juz tu jestesmy, i tak juz lazimy.. / ok, as they say this place is known for easy-to-find fossils, let's have a look around, we're wandering here anyway...

cholerka, serio! szczesliwa jak szesciolatek w boze narodzenie :) / whoa!!! it really is a fossil! i'm happy like a 6yr old on xmas!

jeden taki ... / here's the first one..

a drugi taki / and here's the other one :)

widok na wioske z polnocnego klifu / looking down to the village from the bank of northern cliff

staithes, chyba najlepsze ujecie (z punktu widokowego na polnocnym klifie) takie zdjecie to wlasnie wizytowka tej miejscowosci / staithes from the viewpoint on the bank of northern cliff. i guess it's the most known image of the village.

BAMBURGH CASTLE

ehh, oryginalny zamysl to byla 4 dniowa wycieczka na hebrydy zewnetrzne - lewis, harris i te inne, ale prognoza pogody wiescila huraganowe wiatry (ktore sie niestety sprawdzily, wiec gdzie my tam z namiotem..), potem probowalysmy leciec do amsterdamu, ale wybuchl wulkan na islandii (o matko..) wiec ostatecznie, dosc spontanicznie postanowilysmy jechac w jedynym slusznym kierunku -na poludnie. trasa wycieczki obejmowala zamek bamburgh, wioske staithess, miasteczko whitby, zatoke robin hooda, caly dzien w york a potem okolice harrogate i doliny hrabstwa yorkshire. bylo fajnie, choc pogoda w kratke, ale najczesciej padalo kiedy akurat jechalysmy (a jesli nie to - nieprzemakalne spodnie najlepszym przyjacielem lazika), w sumie udalo nam sie zobaczyc nawet wiecej niz zakladalysmy. corsa dzielnie pokonywala 20-25% podjazdy w dolinach yorkshire, bo bylo ich tam pelno.

zamek bamburgh - calkiem fajny na pewno warty odwiedzenia (szczegolnie w polaczeniu z holy island (swieta wyspa lindisfarne) ktora jest oddalona o zalednie kilka kilometrow. zamek usytuowany przy dlugiej piaszczystej plazy, w sloneczny dzien wyobrazam sobie ze mozna tam spedzic wiele godzin na spacerach.

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well, original plan was to go up north to outer hebrides (lewis, harris and pals) but the forecast was hurricane winds (at it came true..) therefore we gave up the idea of going there with our tent. then we thought about visiting amsterdam, but due to volcanic eruption in iceland we gave up this idea as well. lastly and spontaniously we decided to go south to seek better weather than in scotland and to see something different, like proper tourists. we planned 4 days trip, visiting bamburgh castle, staithess, whitby, robin hood's bay, york, area of harrogate and yorkshire dales. weather was so-so, but we managed to stay dry (mostly, waterproof trousers are walker's best friends). actually we managed to see even more than we planned, which was really good. corsa was all right too, managing up the roads with 20-25% ascent angle (plenty of them in the dales)

so, first of all - bamburgh castle. nice wee place, definitely worth visiting, especially when visiting holy island of lindisfarne (which is only few miles away). basicaly the castle was build on the long sandy beach (just at the beach), on a nice sunny day i believe it's easy to spend there many hours just out and about.

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plan wycieczki / planned route

bamburgh castle & holy island

miejscowosc bamburgh oraz zamek / the village of bamburgh and the castle

bamburgh castle

no i prosze, zaczyna lac! / here you go, torrential rain!