After visiting Middleham we then went to a place called Richmond, the North Yorkshire version. There is another Richmond somewhere, which dad informs me isn't as good as the Yorkshire version. I don't know the other Richmond but I think he may be right as the one we visited is really nice, I liked it a lot. There is lots of history, most of it set around or not far from a large cobble stoned market square, where a market is held every Wednesday and Saturday, which once again we missed by a day! Never mind, there were lots of other things to see.
The reason for our visit to Richmond is because mum and dad did a lot of their courting here. They would take romantic walks along by the river, although dad won't admit to them being romantic, they were just walks apparently!
After quite a lengthy stay in Richmond we then headed across the country towards the North York Moors national park. Calling first at a place called Helmsley and then Pickering before finishing the day close to the sea at a place called Whitby. Although the campsite was just out of Whitby.
We walked in to a nearby village to a pub where we had dinner. The fish and chips appealed to me but I thought I'd better not push my luck. Mum suggested I tried the Cumberland sausage but I sort of went off sausages a while back so decided to have the homemade steak pie with chips. Dad went to the bar to get some drinks, and the meal got to us before he did with the drinks, which didn't go down well with mum. It seems he had met up with some farmers at the bar and he got talking to them. No doubt comparing much spreaders or something similar. Anyway we had another great night. I planned on writing all this when in bed before going to sleep. I think I wrote about two lines before falling asleep! I didn't even wake up early either, All this holiday business is very tiring.
Below is a link to another walking tour, this time it's around Richmond.
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