North Trip Day One

 Wednesday bright and early we picked up the Vauxhall Vivero 9-seater van and headed north with Dickie at the wheel following Matt and Kim. Rod, the navigator, was riding shotgun and sweating bullets as I learned to track right so I didn't hit the curb or scrape the hedges and trees. I believe I took 5 years off his life as I learned to compensate. I think I took 5 years off my life as we passed huge lorries on tiny roads. By the end of the trip, I had the hang of it, although I still have to remind myself constantly to track right and hug the line. We drove straight to Burton Agnes Hall, the Boynton ancestral home, in time for lunch at the cafe there. From Burton Agnes we drove along several little roads (3/4 of a lane wide -- not quite wide enough for our slightly larger than normal vehicle) to the village of Boynton for a stop at St. Andrew's Church.  Rod felt his DNA firing as we visited these ancient family sites.

We spent the night at a nice bed and breakfast hotel in Bridlington on the east coast and not too far from Burton Agnes. We found a chippy where we could eat in out of the dark and cold, before turning in. 

 Dickie at the wheel

 Up the M11 headed north to Yorkshire

 Burton Agnes: Home of the Boyntons

 The troops at Burton Agnes

 Lunch in the Cafe

 The gift shop, cafe, and garden center

 Burton Agnes Hall

 Elizabethan architectural detail

 Marcus Wickham-Boynton, the last Boynton at Burton Agnes --

note the resemblance to Grandad and Uncle Mark

 The hall with its Renaissance mantlepiece

The gardens on a cool and misty day

 St. Martin's Church at Burton Agnes

 The Norman Crypt

Beautiful fall day

 A bright summer remnant in the gardens

 Shades of Downton Abbey at Burton Agnes

 Kim is a "cheeky" monkey

 What if we meet a lorrie? Yikes!

 St. Andrew's Church at Boynton

 Our vehicles in Boynton

 View of the Channel from our room in Bridlington

 

Busy Bee's fish and chips shop

 Haddock, chips, and mushy peas

 Lots of driving, lots of family history, lots of fun!

OXO

D.