Yorkshire

In Central Scotland, mates from university, and how the time flew!
Marie provided for her husband Paul (left), and Jim and Bob (right). All school teachers for most of their careers. We missed you, Kay.  Paul, in answer to your question, my sister-in-law said straight away that the collective noun for a group of superannuated geographers must be a "mappery" (!)


Off to St Cyrus, near Montrose, where Neil's brother found their great(x4) grandfather's birth registered by their great(x5) grandfather.  We looked in this old graveyard hidden down the cliff because Jim at Uni Mates re-union lunch had said he had visited St Cyrus' old burial ground at the foot of the cliff whilst walking there & had seen Graham headstones, which we found quite remarkable.  They must be distant "cousins".

From the top of the cliff by St Cyrus looking down. A long way to the old graveyard.

Another great (x5) grandfather was watchmaker in the nearby town of Laurencekirk.

There were twin Gateposts to the pheasant-infested property of "the Big House" of the area, formerly Grahams.

Still called Pitbeadlie, this was the place of the tenant farmer's house, an older building then, where the Graham ancestor Alexander registered the birth of his son Alexander. A popular name. Sandra's family too, have at least 6 Alexanders going back, not counting the 2 females in the family today.


After that family diversion, we caught up with my brother, Mal, & Carol, his better half, at their friends caravan, on the coast of East Yorkshire, where Mal & I grew up.  It was a chance to catch up with our shared hobby, steam trains :-

Steam on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Another day we did train chasing.

Neil's brother Mal and his wife Carol, at their friends' caravan.

Riding with the top down in their new 'TwinTop' convertible.

This is the crypt is below Lastingham Church, and  still in use. Oldest archeological  piece was from the 10th century.

Out on the Moors.









Wildlife: red grouse and hare.

Flamborough North Landing. Looks bright, but the wind is chill.

Mal and Neil.

Mal, Carol and Neil.

What a special time it has been back in Yorkshire!



The High Wolds of East Yorkshire, with York in the distance...

Neil's parents, Bridlington.

Paternal grandparents in Hull.

Maternal grandparents, Hull.

Bruce, of Hull City Council, marking the plot of Peter Graham, the great-grandfather, who came down from North East Scotland, and of Isabella, his wife.