Yorkshire

Last weekend I went with friends to the Whitby Folk Festival on the Yorkshire coast. To get there we drove over The Moors. I had pictures of Jane Eyre (who's aunt Mrs Reid came from Gateshead- across the river from Newcastle incidently) and Tony's health warnings ringing in my head 'Stay off the Moors...'! They are beautiful and bleak.

Whitby is a pretty little seaside town.

There's a replica of the Endeavour in the harbour/ river, because James Cook was born in Whitby. There are also lots of Goths because Dracula arrived from Transalvania at Whitby. It's also the home of beautiful Whitby jet. (I didn't just spend my time having fun, making new friends and playing music!)

On Sunday I performed at a festival concert featuring tutors (including Vic Gammon, Sandra Kerr and Alastair Anderson) and students from Newcastle University. I did a solo, some duos with Vic and a song with Vic and Sandra. It all went well and was very enjoyable.

I couldn't stay for the week as I had to get back to Newcastle to finish my dissertation. Maybe next year...

I did have a lovely trip back in the train, looking across to the Moors again. Apparently it was a 'direct' train. However, when we stopped at the first station, exectly 2 minutes from Whitby, I realised that perhaps my understanding of 'direct' was somewhat different from Northern Rail's!