All through the night the wind battered us, causing our pop top to shake a little. The unrelenting rain battered Margery, and just to mix it all up a little, the wind decided to change direction, so we weren't parked quite in the right direction. This morning, a little water ingress on Angela's side of the pop top. Don't be thinking she's leaking, it was the weather directing it's worst at us. Today we decided to sit tight. Just a little way down the coast, the direction we are heading, the wind speed was forecast to be double that expected here at Whitby. Also, on Saturday evening at Staithes after we returned from our walk around the village Angela slipped off the vans side step skinning her left shin. Yes, she's still as accident prone as ever! Fortunately it's not her driving leg, as Margery has a automatic gearbox. Late last night after many hours of walking around Whitby she noticed her leg was very swollen. So a change of dressing and a compression bandage applied she retired to bed with her leg raised in order to rest it. This morning her leg was much improved. Lunchtime the bad weather relented a little and we made a break for it, walking into town, stopping at the historic 13th century St. Mary's church, it's cemetery referenced in the novel Dracula.
We hoped to lunch out at a pizza restaurant, but being a Monday they were all closed except one, which had no customers, not really the best advert. So it was hot pasties, and delicious they were as well.
This evening there are only a handful of vans in the parking area by the abbey. The wind is once again doing It's worst. It's now becoming a little tedious. Tomorrow we want to visit Flamborough Head, so we are really hoping the wind abates overnight as forecast. Can't be taking accident prone Angela up on the cliff tops in a high wind!
A Whitby Jet workers sign.
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