After the Storm, Bridlington South Beach
"It's so nice to go travellin', but it's oh so nicer to come home!"
I have enjoyed our little break in York. It really is a beautiful city. We stayed in a fine three storied house on the riverbank with marvellous reflections to wonder at, especially at night. I spent a little time sketching figures as they hurried by, carrying out their business and getting on with their lives. Some things have changed of course when you observe people today. The most obvious one of course is mobile phones...nearly everyone on their own who passed was talking to someone on a mobile - what did we do before they came on the scene? Certainly a big change in my lifetime is unisex clothing. When I was young, women wore skirts (and in the sixties very short skirts - but's another story!) whereas nowadays both sexes wear trousers or variations of. Shoes were different too which affected the way men and women walked. In the 'good old days' a man did not carry a bag apart from the odd briefcase or a haversack containing his 'snap'. Back then men had pockets to carry things. Nowadays everybody carries a rucksack on their back though I have no idea what they put in it. There is less social inter action too- people do not look at you or smile or say a greeting...but I suppose it's difficult when you're talking on a mobile!
I have enjoyed our little break in York. It really is a beautiful city. We stayed in a fine three storied house on the riverbank with marvellous reflections to wonder at, especially at night. I spent a little time sketching figures as they hurried by, carrying out their business and getting on with their lives. Some things have changed of course when you observe people today. The most obvious one of course is mobile phones...nearly everyone on their own who passed was talking to someone on a mobile - what did we do before they came on the scene? Certainly a big change in my lifetime is unisex clothing. When I was young, women wore skirts (and in the sixties very short skirts - but's another story!) whereas nowadays both sexes wear trousers or variations of. Shoes were different too which affected the way men and women walked. In the 'good old days' a man did not carry a bag apart from the odd briefcase or a haversack containing his 'snap'. Back then men had pockets to carry things. Nowadays everybody carries a rucksack on their back though I have no idea what they put in it. There is less social inter action too- people do not look at you or smile or say a greeting...but I suppose it's difficult when you're talking on a mobile!
Anyway although it has been a very pleasant few days it was nice to pack up and set off for home. We took the long way back detouring through Rosedale Abbey, Castleton and Danby on the North Yorkshire Moors before finishing up here in Sewerby.
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