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18

Nov

By Freya, lover of food and family days out x

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Top 10 Festive Family Fun

We've passed the mid-November point now, which can only mean one thing - it's full-on Christmas here at LYC! Everyone loves visiting a Grotto at Christmas, but there's so much more to do with the family! Here's our Top 10 list of extra family fun going on in 2021 across the Yorkshire Coast. Whitby Winter Festival Whitby welcomes you to their first Winter Festival this year, where you can expect a buzzing Christmas market, a real ice rink, and dazzling displays. The Festival runs from 26th November to the end of March 2022. Booking your session on the ice rink…

20

Oct

By Freya, lover of food and family days out x

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Autumn Family Fun at Playdale

The Yorkshire Coast has an abundance of experiences for young children and one of our favourite places to visit is Playdale Farm. Unlike a lot of attractions, you really can spend an entire day here and with activities both indoors and out, it's not weather dependant either (always a relief). Playdale Farm - Animals Following a visit with our toddler this week it was great to see they are continually investing and have revamped and reopened their indoor play barn and incorporated a new section inside with ride-on tractors suitable for various ages, perfect timing now the weather is drawing…

“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

16

Oct

By Team LYC

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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”

L.M MONTGOMERY - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES I most certainly agree with Lucy Montgomery on this one. I LOVE October! The colours, the crisp, fresh morning sunrises, squelchy muddy walks in wellies, kicking through piles of leaves and cosy fireside evenings. October conjures all these lovely images. Nowadays it is impossible not to forget Halloween. I say nowadays – if, for those of you like me of a certain age, your childhood didn’t contain dressing up in a scary costume and knocking on doors to receive a ton of sweets from your neighbours. For us, the modern-day Halloween ‘tradition’ does…

08

Sep

By Freya, lover of food and family days out x

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Inside Scoop – Alpamare Visit 2021

On our summer bucket list for 2021 was a visit to Alpamare. As a family of three (two adults & a three-year-old), this was definitely a treat at £41 for three hours entry; (to be fair, we were visiting on the weekend in peak season). However, I wondered if it would be worth it at the time, knowing our child was too small for any of the attractions' impressive water slides. Alpamare slide Entry to Alpamare has changed since COVID. They now operate an excellent online booking system which allows you to see the different tariffs depending on the time…

Unexpected art – there’s a surprise at The Brunswick Centre

05

Aug

By Freya, lover of food and family days out x

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Unexpected art – there’s a surprise at The Brunswick Centre

During a visit to Scarborough town, I noticed a previously vacant store in the Brunswick Centre with a vibrant window display and stopped for a look. Crescent Arts - Place Window I found a welcoming and vibrant space filled with exciting pieces of art and a cool Children's Art Creation Station, exploring the theme of 'Place' brought together by Crescent Arts. Firstly, I don't usually visit Art Galleries, exhibitions or displays. With a young family usually in tow, it's not where I would usually think to go, plus I always worry that I might not 'get' what the artist wants…

Scarborough…the influencer of multiple generations

20

Jul

By Penny, lover of dogs and walks with a coffee at the end!

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Scarborough…the influencer of multiple generations

When I first heard about the Big Ideas by The Sea Festival, it felt BIG and unconventional. A festival of inspirational writers, artists and speakers talking about the town and how it inspired them would not have felt out of place in a big city. Still, for a seaside resort, it made me start to question how much did I really know about Scarborough? You don't need to be in the town for long before stumbling past the Stephen Joseph Theatre and, after some quick searching, find out about fantastic writers like Alan Ayckbourn, but when looking at the event…

Falling Foss – An enchanting walk for all the family with fabulous food to boot!

14

Jul

By Freya, lover of food and family days out x

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Falling Foss – An enchanting walk for all the family with fabulous food to boot!

This week I visited Falling Foss and realised why this beauty spot is so popular with visitors and locals of all ages and abilities. Having visited as a child, I remembered standing in awe of the enormous waterfall before me and feeling like this was a truly magical place. Returning now as a mother to an adventurous five-year-old (with my mother also in tow), we took the two-mile circular walking route starting from May Beck car park, which has the bonus of meandering right outside Falling Foss tea gardens halfway around. Falling Foss - May Beck Car Park The first…

A Thousand Ships (well, four) in a sea of flowers

04

Jun

By Penny, lover of dogs and walks with a coffee at the end!

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A Thousand Ships (well, four) in a sea of flowers

After my first introduction to Odyssey on that bitterly cold April day where I battled with the dog to listen to the first instalment, I started following the story was excited to find out what was coming up next. What I didn't expect, however, was to be getting hands-on with Origami! When I read about the plan for the community to create, literally, a thousand origami ships, I was intrigued and decided to put in my order. Now, as a serial hobbyist who has many a project unfinished, like my out of control garden, I was excited about how labour…

A story never felt so real…and so Coast!

09

Apr

By Penny, lover of dogs and walks with a coffee at the end!

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A story never felt so real…and so Coast!

It was a blustery day on the south bay in Scarborough, but needless to say, there is something quite comforting about the sting of the bitter sea air when you live on the Yorkshire Coast! This day was a little different, though, because I was excited about trying out a new walk, which promised to capture my imagination...and be easy on the limbs. I had decided to add a bit of variety to the dog walk by downloading a new Echoes App where I could listen to The Odyssey, which had been voiced by people living on the coast. It…

Top 5 Staycation Spots to Holiday at Home

12

Mar

By Team LYC

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Top 5 Staycation Spots to Holiday at Home

Living on the Yorkshire Coast, we sometimes take for granted what is right on our doorstep. So we've put together a Top 5 Staycation Spots across the beautiful Yorkshire Coast that everyone should visit at least once, no matter how close to home it is! Bike & Boot - Best for adrenaline lovers and pampered poochesLocated in Scarborough, the Bike & Boot is a leisure hotel for the 21st Century. Relaxed and fun with complimentary hot drinks, free movies in their in house cinema and a whole host of facilities to clean and store your cycles, surfboards and even a…