JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

  Steam Railways in Yorkshire   We headed to Pickering railway station which is right in the middle of the beautiful Yorkshire Moors. We travelled on a beautiful steam train trough stunning countryside to Goathland station, where many of the Harry Potter films were filmed. We then went into the village of Goathland for a wander. The village is also famous for the TV programme, Heartbeat, which was filmed here for many years.  In Whitby we walked around the harbour and watched people crabbing. We treated ourselves to an ice cream in the warm sunshine. Everyone was keen to walk to the end of the pier taking in the stunning coastal scenery. At  Skipton railway station we boarded The Dalesman train which was going to take us to Carlisle. We passed through some stunning countryside taking in the amazing sites of the Yorkshire Dales and moorland. We travelled over the Ribblehead Viaduct which is a quarter of a mile long with 14 arches toweri...

   Butlins, Fun & Dancing    Oh we do like to be beside the seaside! At the funfair we went on the Carousel, Bumper Cars and Go Karts.  We  tried our luck at Hook the Bag and won some superb prizes to take back home with us! At the Seal Sanctuary we watched the rescued baby seals at feeding time which were being nursed back to health and eventually, they will be released back into the sea. We fed the greedy goats and alpacas before heading into the Tropical House where we watched all the beautiful, different coloured species of butterflies fluttering around, amongst the glorious display of flowers and plants. We went to the seafront and had a lovely walk on the beach before going along the promenade where we popped in and out of the small shops to buy postcards, sticks of rock and souvenirs. A trip to the seaside wouldn’t be complete without an ice  cream!   We were all loo...