A Winding Street in Whitby UK

Another of the wonderful days I had in England, was at Whitby, on the North Sea. This is a small quaint, fishing village that clings to the cliff side and has the Eyre River providing a sheltered Harbour. Many tourists and people living in the area visit for a day and wander the winding streets and prowl on the beach, where you can have a donkey ride. The old demolished Roman Catholic Church ruins sit at the top of the cliff and make interesting photos. Along the fishing pier there are many tourist shops and some wonderful restaurants. We stopped in one for lunch, that specialized in seafood, and I had the fish pie. So delicious and fresh. In one of these winding cobblestone streets we found a Tea Shop and ordered Cream Tea. This means you get tea, and scones with coddled cream. It sounded wonderful but since it was the end of the day they were sold out. This was the Sherlock Holmes Tea Shop decorated in Holmes memorabilia and small little rooms with tea tables crammed inside, among the antiques. I am so glad my cousin decided to go for a drive, across the moors, with all the heather and visit Whitby. This oil painting is 11x14.

                               

An Orpington Village cottage

                                  

                    

                               

This was so much fun to paint. A small cottage that we passed on our way to a coach tour of Three Villages in Essex, in the UK., was so quaint and picturesque, and I missed the photo as the coach sped by. On our way home I was prepared and got a wonderful photo of the home. This was one of my many photos that I just had to paint......so here it is. 

An oil painting on 16x20 canvas.

Chimney pots in Whitby, UK

During my trip to England, one of the things that I found fascinating were all the different sizes and shapes of chimney pots.........on the same chimney!! In C ananda we have chimneys of course, but usually one or two plain pots, where the smoke comes out. In England their chimney pots are amazing.All shapes,  very different colours and all kinds of things attached to the chimney. There are antennae and wires and satellite dishes. Hopefully my painting does justice to the chimney pots, but also a wonderful little village, Whitby, on the North Sea. Such interesting, winding streets going up and down the cliff face on the River Eyre

                           

                               

This oil painting is 12x24".