{"id":1183,"date":"2016-08-05T13:50:49","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/?p=1183"},"modified":"2020-11-17T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T10:46:52","slug":"oh-i-do-like-to-be-beside-the-seaside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/oh-i-do-like-to-be-beside-the-seaside\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh I do like to be beside the seaside"},"content":{"rendered":"

We enjoyed a fun family day out last month, making the most of sustainable travel from our doorstep. The day began at Gargrave station, less than 1 1\/2 miles across the fields from Newton Grange (along the Pennine Way footpath), or in our case, a 2 mile drive to the free station car park in order to transport everything we needed for the day. Including a bucket and spade, of course!<\/p>\n

\"Gargrave-station\"<\/p>\n

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For we were heading to the seaside in Morecambe. After just under an hour and a half on the train, passing through fabulous Dales and Three Peaks scenery, we arrived. It was mid-morning and we walked the short distance to the promenade and the beach, for the first of the day’s sandcastle-making. It mainly involved us making sandcastles, rapidly followed by them being knocked down as quickly as possible by Emma!<\/p>\n

We enjoyed some walking – and running games – along the wide promenade to the centre point that is the Midland Hotel. Known for its art-deco styling and an impressive refurb, the hotel occupies a promenant position on the seafront. We tucked in to a tasty lunch in the Rotunda Bar, which had a pleasing menu for children as well as adults. Emma loved the bolognese, and the pasta gave her more energy for post-lunch running, which we just about managed to keep up with!<\/p>\n

The promenade is a popular spot for walkers, runners and cyclists and nice and wide. It is also on the National Cycle Route and there were enticing signboards \u00a0to the Coast-Coast Cycle Route from Morecambe to Bridlington. I made a mental note to remember this for sometime in the future.<\/p>\n

We walked along the pier towards the sea, and enjoyed a pot of tea during ‘nap-time’. It was a welcome refreshment before the second phase of sandcastle making commenced. The delight of filling buckets with sand and simple pleasures in life.<\/p>\n

\"sandcastle-making\"<\/p>\n

We felt full of fresh air and contented on our way home, sitting on the train that transported us almost all the way back to our doorstep. A highly recommended day\u00a0out, and great to take a train journey to the seaside from our home in the Yorkshire Dales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We enjoyed a fun family day out last month, making the most of sustainable travel from our doorstep. The day began at Gargrave station, less than 1 1\/2 miles across the fields from Newton Grange (along the Pennine Way footpath), or in our case, a 2 mile drive to the free station car park in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.newton-grange.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}