We were prepared for flooding & muddy rains yesterday; however, they didn’t materialize in our neck o’ the moors! Hooray!

As we drove across the moors, we passed a gorgeous scene known as The Hole of Horcum. The hollow is 400 feet (120 m) deep and approximately 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) across. A "Devil's Punchbowl" type feature, local legend has it that the amphitheatre was formed when Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife during an argument!!! The Hole was actually created by a process called spring-sapping, where water welling up from the hillside gradually undermined the slopes above, eating the rocks away grain by grain. Over thousands of years, a once narrow valley widened and deepened into an enormous cauldron – and the process still continues today.

We made the trip to Eden Camp in Malton. This is a modern history theme museum with oodles of Second World War related artifacts. It occupies a former Second World War prisoner-of-war camp with 33 huts. We were able to experience the sights, sounds & even smells of life on the home front and the front line! After the prisoners left, the camp was used for storage and then abandoned. This is a place where a WWII history buff could spend days; there was just so much to see here!

We finished our day’s outing in the little village of Goathland where sheep roam freely within the village and moors. 🐏🐑🐏🐑. After afternoon tea in Goathland, we returned to Robin Hood’s Bay for curry night at the Victoria Hotel. Yum!

On to York today!

PHOTOS: The Hole of Horcum, Eden Camp & curious sheep in Goathland