Listening to our regular radio station I was inspired to
book tickets for the Radio 2 All Star Party at Bridlington Spa. Unfortunately,
after securing them I found out there was no accommodation in town. This error
was compounded when I looked for accommodation further afield on the main train
route and booked in at the Star Inn at Nafferton. But I booked for the Friday
night and the event was on Saturday. Trying again they did not have vacancy for
the Saturday, so I ended up booking a different place for the Saturday. A couple
of days before the event I looked at the timetable for the trains and
discovered that they were not running on Saturday due to industrial action.
Sheesh!
So, on the Friday we had a leisurely drive up to Yorkshire
stopping for a visit to the interesting and educational National Trust Workhouse in Southwall.
We drove down towards Bridlington the next morning, taking
the Scenic Route and stopping briefly at a church in Rudston with an enormous Neolithic
monolith (apparently, the tallest standing stone in Britain) as well as two
Roman sarcophagi in the churchyard. At Bridlington, we walked down through the
old town (used in the Dad’s Army remake), and then went to the seashore and
wandered along the lovely beach, through the harbour and past the amusement arcades.
Near lunchtime we drove up the coast towards Scarborough,
but the traffic was heavy (there was a jazz festival on in town) so we continued
to Whitby where it was equally busy. We ended up going to the beautiful village
at Robin Hoods Bay where we eat a seafood lunch in the Bay Hotel listening to a
group singing sea shanties on the boat ramp.
Our second hotel was the Bell Inn at Driffield, and we checked
in and had a bit of a rest prior to the party later.
The show was live performances of three of the Saturday
night shows hosted by Trevor Nelson, Craig Charles and Ana Matronic in turn.
There was also live music from the following: Clean Bandit, Incognito, Lemar,
Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Fantasy Funk Band featuring Gabrielle, Jaki Graham and John Turrell.
After several hours of standing and dancing about we
eventually bailed just after midnight with very sore feet.
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