July 2017

Went into Hull on both days, amazing proliferation of events and entertainments, Sat. Gay Pride in Queen’s Gardens (cordoned off, ticket event), BBC Proms concert from the amphitheatre which use to be dry dock near mouth of R. Hull, street entertainments and concerts from temporary stage erected west of Marina lock entrance. Weather fine most […]

Personal – Dog to Middlegate, overcast and drizzle but soon turned to pleasant mild day. Second coat bathroom. Dog Baysgarth, R. tea (salad), C.S. agm evening + slides by B. Peeps on Hull ferry links. Well attended and no problems.

Evening ride to Minerva pier, J. Cash tribute about to start on stage erected at water-front, first of four days of music festivals there. Then parked alongside Queen’s Gardens, walked park, fountain and gardens and through to Quenn Victoria Square and sat beside new fountains, all pedestrianisation, re-surfacing and upgrading here and streets around and,

Personal – Strange weather, some v. strong gusts of wind am and early pm, few light showers, tea when took dog in Baysgarth totally still with black threatening clouds, didn’t rain hard till later in night. Plan to go to Brid. on train didn’t happen. Undercoated upstairs bathroom walls with stinking old left-over paint. R.

Following on yesterday’s ‘Personal’ what is it about the seaside? Is it a reflection of our psyche in some way or is it an enduring historical trend. How can it be that on the three caravan parks I visited yesterday most renters/owners pay £4000 ground rent a year in static vans that can cost over

As I noted on 5th April this is work in progress (along with history of Hull parks s.p.n.). The picture shows a map of Sculcoates parish, surveyed in 1691 but published 1725 (?), and shows Sculcoates church near the west bank of the River Hull (not to be confused with the windmill symbol). At the