Sandpiper House

Winner of Whatsonstage award 2010 for his West End performance in “la Cage aux Folles”.

John Barrowman brings his live show to Scarbororugh Open Air Theatre for a concert on 21 June.

Vintage Fair with a sea view at the Whitby Pavilion.

40 wonderful stalls of vintage treasures from the 1920’s to the 1980’s for you and your home

for more information www.roseandbrownvintage.co.uk

 

We have recieved today a ceritificate of Excellence from Tripadivsor 2012.

We would like to thank everyone for their kind words and effort in writing reviews.

It makes all the difference to ourselves when you get a bit of praise….Thanks

We have  lastminute   availability this week please phone for details.

Its the 60’s weekend starting tomorrow in Whitby.

We have a couple of bed and breakfast rooms available for Lastminute Laterooms availability.

The Olympic torch reaches Whitby next monday.

We have some rooms available at a special price of £70pn inc breakfast,come and join the fun and then relax around your favourite resort.

Our Facebook page is Sandpiper House,we will be using the page to keep in touch.

All you have to do is click the like button.

We have just returned from a walk around falling foss and May Beck.

The trees are all out with new crisp green leaves and the stream was babbling along, but the greatest thing was the warmth from the sun.

Dare we raise our expectations that summer has arrived?  After following Manetta’s directions we eventually found the Tea Garden at Midge Hall.

The open air tea garden was brilliant, everything was served from what can only be described as a castaways hide. Good simple food, in the open reasonably priced.

A good find. For more details checkout their website www.fallingfossteagarden.co.uk.

An exciting global astronomical event is on its way – the transit of Venus 2012.

A rare phenomenon where one astronomical body appears to pass in front of another, the planet Venus will visibly cross the disk of the Sun.

Transits are very rare, occurring only twice every hundred years.

In 1768, Captain James Cook, a talented astronomer as well as a skilled seaman, made an epic voyage to the exotic island of Tahiti in order to observe a transit of Venus.

This was one of the most expensive voyages Britain had ever commissioned, but the observations allowed scientists to accurately calculate the size of the solar system for the first time.

Wednesday 6 June will be the last chance in our lifetime to witness a transit of Venus – the next one will take place in 2117.

The Captain Cook Memorial Museum begins the count-down to the transit and has teamed up with the Whitby and District Astronomical Society to present three days of Venus-themed activities and star parties to remember – complete with telescopes, solar-viewing demonstrations and special planetarium shows.

Looking at the Sun with the naked eye can be dangerous so the WDAS will advise how you can safely view the event.

There will also be a display of original Cook material relating to the 1769 transit. Activities will kick-off at the museum in Grape Lane from 1pm on Sunday 3 June, 11am Monday 4th and 11am Tuesday 5th.

The transit itself will take place from sunrise, approx 4.30am, on 6 June (viewing on the West Cliff).

This is a must for astronomical enthusiasts young and old.

For more information call the museum on (01947) 601900 or the astronomical society on (01947) 605516.

Eagle -eyed rugby fans would have spotted Super League Champions, Leeds Rhinos, doing a spot of mid-season training on the beach on Tuesday morning.

The team were staying in town for its mid season development camp at Raithwaite Hall.