I just have a couple more posts to share from our North Yorkshire coast holiday back at the beginning of June. It seems like an absolute age ago now ... we certainly have packed a lot in to the last few months.
It was Tuesday of our week away and weather forecast was a little better so we headed back to Whitby’s west side to see if we could get any better photos looking back across the town and we didn’t do too badly ...
It was certainly a lot brighter than it had been on the Monday and there were some great views looking back across the town ...
The first thing we came across was this intriguing looking structure ...
We were both pleased to find it though, as we didn't really fancy the walk back up the top ...
The chappy in the kiosk told us that the lift opened in 1931 and consists of a vertical shaft down from the cliff top through the clay, leading to the tunnel. Originally there were two cars, running in parallel, but now there is only the one.
We could only but marvel at the foresight and enthusiasm the Edwardians must have had to have undertaken this feat of engineering ...
We exited the lift at the top, not far from where we'd parked ... there's loads of free on street parking on this side of the town ...
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