Scarborough

Another day trip from London but wish we could have stayed overnight as there was so much to do.

Here's what we've been upto. These are all out of town about 20 to 30mins away from the centre:

- Skipton Castle -part of English Heritage which provides beautiful views  of the coastline. This was more ruins of the castle but the grounds were beautiful.

- Peasholme Park - this was a surprise as I didn't expect much but it had a lake with Oriental Gardens and waterfalls. You can go boating on the lake as well as mini golfing. The highlight of this park is that it showcases mini ship battles on the lake which is the highlight of the year. 

-Water Chute is a water ride and one of the few ones in the country

- Right by the water chute is the North Bay Railway which is a little railway that will take you upto the North Beach Bay

- The North Bay Beach offers more attractions than the South Baby beach. It has an Open Air Theatre and a Sealife Centre as well 

- Alpamere is a water park with all indoor slides as well as 2 outdoor thermal books offering nice views of the North Bay. The water park is decent with 4 big slides, a wave pool and small splash park as well. You could stay as long as you like but I thought for what it offered, the price could have been a bit cheaper. 3 of the 4 slides requires floaties which means you will need to queue. Depending on how busy the pool is, the queues can be very long.

Scarborough has so much to offer and wish we had more time to explore it.

A day trip to Skipton

I always wanted to go to Skipton because it had a few waterfalls I wanted to explore so here is our day trip fron London.

We first headed to the town centre to visit the Skipton Museum which was free to visit. It was small museum but it detailed the history of Skipton so well and even my grumpy teenagers enjoyed it.

We then went to Skipton Woods behind Skipton Castle. We didn't want to visit Skipton Castle but there is that option for you if you will like to explore a castle. Skipton Woods is a nice woods by the river. You can do the circular trail which won't take much long. It is very nice and quiet despite it being in the town centre. It also had waterfalls which was a highlight for me.

After that, we headed to Bolton Priory which was stunning. There's a few walking trails through beautiful woods and waterfalls. Walking through the woods, there were also games dotted around which made the walk fun for the kids. 

There is also a steam rail which will take you quite close to Bolton Priory from the next stop after Skipton.

We had a great day out in Skipton amongst beautiful nature and fresh air!