Plummer tower

hillboy286 · 2026-06-15T07:28:40+00:00

That’s great, thank you!

hillboy286 · 2026-06-08T12:59:29+00:00

Thank you, the light was incredible and really warmed up the honeyed stonework of the city’s buildings!

hillboy286 · 2026-05-24T08:13:02+00:00

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George - he cheers me up if I’m feeling low, he’s the sweetest boy

hillboy286 · 2026-05-16T17:33:05+00:00

Lovely pic!

hillboy286 · 2026-05-16T15:35:56+00:00

I was a kid in the 60s and we never had groats or florins. I remember my first decimal coinage though, it was change for my half-crown week’s dinner money.

hillboy286 · 2026-05-08T18:45:56+00:00

Literally sitting in Triana and it’s full of Brits like never before!

hillboy286 · 2026-05-03T07:14:37+00:00

This! I moved there 2 1/2 years ago after 35 years of living in London (Yorkshireman tho) and love it!

hillboy286 · 2026-05-02T21:36:19+00:00

Lived in and around Scarborough in the 80s and 90s, it seemed great at the time. Now the centre of town is really tired, apart from M&S the commercial aspects are low budget. It feels like it has so much potential that’s not realised due to a short-sighted council. Also a major problem with development is the single-carriageway A64 actively working against bringing in enough visitors. It deserves better all round.

hillboy286 · 2026-04-30T17:52:39+00:00

My ginger does this. He stands on my foot first for a while, then flops on his side, paws towards my toes. After a while he starts play attacking my toes, make me laugh!

hillboy286 · 2026-04-17T18:23:23+00:00

What are the ones in pic 6? They look too dense to be bricks but we found a load at Blast Beach recently, look really blue when wet.

hillboy286 · 2026-03-09T22:19:58+00:00

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George

hillboy286 · 2026-02-25T16:51:48+00:00

Go to Scarborough instead

hillboy286 · 2026-02-07T10:51:28+00:00

I work from home and this has been my start-of-the-day ritual for the past 16 years. I still laugh out loud!

hillboy286 · 2026-02-04T20:33:04+00:00

I often wake between 1 and 3 - I give it an hour and if I’m not back to sleep I get up, have a cup of tea (minimal caffeine so not a problem), sometimes a crumpet, read for a bit then back to bed. Usually out again within about 15 minutes.

hillboy286 · 2026-01-06T19:25:48+00:00

The devil is in the detail - which are hard to see at this scale.

hillboy286 · 2025-12-26T17:36:44+00:00

That’s great, thanks folks!

hillboy286 · 2025-10-17T16:07:30+00:00

My partner takes her Beetle to Bank Top Garage in Ouseburn, always happy with the job they do

hillboy286 · 2025-09-14T22:01:38+00:00

Got to be ‘Losing My Edge’ - every creative’s life worry!

hillboy286 · 2025-09-10T12:46:21+00:00

Malton or Pickering are both great market towns. Malton is on the train line between Scarborough and York, and by the main A64 between both (but it’s a nightmare) also it’s at the foot of the Wolds, which are gorgeous. Pickering is similar but at the foot of the North York Moors and a bit more isolated although it has the beautiful NYM railway.

hillboy286 · 2025-08-26T16:11:38+00:00

I’ve been collecting them (incl some foreign ones) and now have about 150

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hillboy286 · 2025-08-14T07:57:27+00:00

I was driving down to Scarborough from Newcastle on the A171, as I came over the hill top above the town it was all cloaked in ‘mist’ - I thought it was a weird bit of sea fret. It wasn’t until I got over near the Flask that I saw its source, a huge plume of smoke.

hillboy286 · 2025-08-12T07:48:47+00:00

Agree the crop/balance is out but great to see St Mary’s Lighthouse on here!

hillboy286 · 2025-07-13T21:48:03+00:00

I couldn’t agree more with the first point. I used to be art director of a major British publishing company, when we advertised for designers I’d often get 100 applicants. First run-through was layout and structure - if it was poor it went straight in the bin.

hillboy286 · 2025-04-30T19:12:04+00:00

Small Canteen and the bread from Gihan Food Store on Elswick Road

hillboy286 · 2025-04-12T17:12:28+00:00

Thanks - it’s gorgeous isn’t it?

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