Communique
Above - the head of a griffin on the brass lectern inside All Saints Church, Driffield. We stopped in the little country town for lunch on the way up to Filey. There was a church on the site of All Saints Church before the Norman invasion of 1066 but most of what you see today evolved through later centuries. Below, I spotted this small boat name at Coble Landing to the north of the seafront at Filey. "The Life of Filey" would make a great title for a book all about the growth of the little coastal town and its history. Once, its sole reason for existence was the sea, including fishing. Later, in the mid nineteenth century, it became a small seaside resort with its own railway station. Above, another image of the beach at dawn, taken at Coble Landing where the old "cobles", unique to this part of the Yorkshire coastline would be pulled up after their fishing excursions. Below - "Filey Gifts and Treats" on John Street. Can you spot the spelling mi...