Scarborough from the air

Scarborough is ace, its cool, it was Britain's first seaside resort, it has a Tardis, my favorite film Little Voice was filmed there, Jimmy Saville is buried in Scarborough, Ben Kingsley was born in Scarborough.

Scenically it has everything, Scarborough Castle, cliffs, harbour, if you have never visited North Yorkshire you have never lived or had proper fish and chips !!

So on our trip round the UK in the Round Britain Rally I was looking forward to seeing the North Yorkshire coast in all its glory - but the weather was shocking....

 

 













No time for second chance shots, onwards we flew.


All photographs Copyright Sleepyg/Fragglehunter Photography 2012 - ask don't steal !

Pilot Jon Hilton

Lizard Night Club & Purple Door, Alderley Edge

This place is a total derp wreck, this popular night club of the 1990s was the place to be seen with clientele being the playboys of Cheshire, footballers and TV celebs.

 

 

It had been known under a variety of names such as Lizard, The Purple Door, Millenium and finally The Edge - It was granted a license as a lap dancing club in March 2000 and finally closed in 2004.

 

- Not the best explore and not the best pictures, but given I've smashed a couple of ribs leaving the place here we go.

Visited with a rather hung over Urban Spaceman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 











Looks like the Cheshire Set moved on and didn't look back....

Baron Hill Estate, Beaumaris

Down in the jungle where nobody goes.
There's a great big elephant washing his clothes.
With a rub-a-dub here and a rub-a-rub there.
That's the way he washes his clothes.
A tiddley- I-Tie A boogey woogey woogey A tiddley- I-Tiea boogey woogey wooge.
That's the way he washes his clothes.

Well that's how the song goes and as explores go this was fun, Boys Own stuff - mud, brambles, nettles, more mud, climbing over fallen trees blocking our path, more mud.

This was the jungle of, errrr Wales.

Originally built in 1618, reconstructed 1776, used as a billet for Polish soldiers during World War 2 who "accidently" set fire to the building.

The property is now a shell slowly being enveloped  by the plant life - despite being cut back in recent years the triffids are rapidly taking over !!!



It was a picture of the above lodge house that sparked my interest in this place, it sits on one of the old driveway bridges on route to the house. However the pictures I'd seen showed a clear path, our route was overgrown and full of fallen trees which needed climbing over to continue our journey.

 

 

Welcome to the jungle !!!

 



 

 

 

 




 

 

 

 

- Visited with Jdub, as the Urban Spaceman was otherwise engaged in his shed.

Kiwie at the Duke of Lancaster

Turns out the artist KIWIE is the master of the work at the Duke of Lancaster



The renowned Latvian artist worked under the watchful eye of the onsite security over a number of days.




What next, the story continues....

A Return to the Duke of Lancaster - August 2012

Anyone who regularly reads my blog knows I have a soft spot for the Duke of Lancaster, the ghost ship of Mostyn, North Wales - take a look at my aerial shots.

Having seen heard the rumours, seen the artists website, Jdub and I jumped in the car for a noisey.

The artists webpage Dudug, makes out that they beat security and they are counting down to something special happening on the night of  27th August.

We arrived early Sunday morning and nice artwork, but it was obvious it was done with agreement of the owners of the ship, given the height of the artwork and the new notices posted around the site (printed on plastic).



 

 

hmmmmm, anyway on with the proper pics

 













It was at this time security turned by, but given that we were on a public footpath he shouted to us "do you like it !?"

 

 

Continuing to the "beach" we walked across the rocks, the tide was out and the security razor wire ended, so rightly or wrongly we wandered to the bow of the ship - as you would...







It was at this point the security guard turned up and told us we were trespassing and told us to leave, not sure if we were or not, it was borderline in my mind, we didn't argue.

- Dear owners if your now courting publicity (as it would seem) put some new security wire up on the beach, to avoid any confusion.



The saga continues.....