Brid

It seems it was my first visit to Bridlington since 2011. A combination of a spare day, unusually cheap train tickets (so long as I went via Bradford and Hull) and a much reduced football fixture list elsewhere drew me in. 

I started by walking down to the south beach, where I toured the lifeboat house (extra) before heading up to the harbour. A sharp squall had me sheltering under the wall at the top of the slipway for a while (main image) but luckily it stayed mainly fine after that. 

I spent some time watching birds in the harbour: Redshank, Turnstone and Sanderling probing the mud, while the renowned Herring Gull Acrobat Troupe got in some practice for the summer season (extra). 

I wandered up the north beach for a bit (extra) , carefully selecting one souvenir pebble,  before walking back through town and out the other side to the football ground. 

Bridlington Town were hosting Dunston in a Northern Premier League D1 East fixture (extra). The visitors secured a 2-1 win.

Before my train back I walked up to the Minster and Old Town, where there was one distinctive pub sign (extra) which had this geographer’s seal of approval.