Apologies to all regular readers - both of you - for the lack of updates recently. This is due to various factors, but mainly a combination of poor weather discouraging me from leaving the house, and the fact my camera is, to all intents and purposes, deceased.
However, last Wednesday (26th Nov), what started out as a drive to Helmsley to purchase odd bits of pre-Christmas festive food (pheasant pate, etc), also presented an unexpected PlatformCat opportunity. On the way there, JP asked if there were any old stations near by I hadn't been to already. Not having a map with me, or (of course) my camera, I suggested Nunnington, but was doubtful of the outcome. Luckily, JP had his camera in the car. Hurrah!
We turned off the main road at Nawton/Beadlam, by the bus stop which used to have a tree growing through it (it's just a hole in the roof now), and trundled along various country lanes in a vaguely southerly direction, until we finally reached Nunnington Hall, and the village itself.
Of course, not having a map with me, I had absolutely no idea where the station was to be found, and irritatingly there wasn't even a handily placed "Station Road" sign anywhere to give us a clue!
An executive decision was made, that rather than spend the entire morning hunting fruitlessly for something which may not even still exist, the search be called off, so we continued through Nunnington, and back onto the Helmsley Road.
After a mile or so, I noticed a curiously straight line of shrubs and trees in the distance - could this be it? Had we accidentally stumbled on the station after all? Indeed!
Nunnington's old station (nowhere near any other houses!) is now called Ryedale Lodge, and, like a lot of them nowadays, is a private house. Their front gate says Private, but it was wide open, so I walked down the drive anyway, and took a few photos, including the obligatory dreadful selfie...
Which leads me to the next and final problem.... the Selfie...
It appears to have disappeared. JP emailed me the photos I took that day, and the Selfie wasn't amongst them. I don't know if he's been exercising quality control and has deleted it, or if he just hasn't sent it over (or if I just imagined the whole day, and it was all an alcohol-induced dream sequence!). If it turns up, I'll add it on the bottom of this page, perhaps with some asterisks or something, otherwise I'll have to go back again - ideally with a map this time...
We turned off the main road at Nawton/Beadlam, by the bus stop which used to have a tree growing through it (it's just a hole in the roof now), and trundled along various country lanes in a vaguely southerly direction, until we finally reached Nunnington Hall, and the village itself.
Of course, not having a map with me, I had absolutely no idea where the station was to be found, and irritatingly there wasn't even a handily placed "Station Road" sign anywhere to give us a clue!An executive decision was made, that rather than spend the entire morning hunting fruitlessly for something which may not even still exist, the search be called off, so we continued through Nunnington, and back onto the Helmsley Road.
After a mile or so, I noticed a curiously straight line of shrubs and trees in the distance - could this be it? Had we accidentally stumbled on the station after all? Indeed!
Nunnington's old station (nowhere near any other houses!) is now called Ryedale Lodge, and, like a lot of them nowadays, is a private house. Their front gate says Private, but it was wide open, so I walked down the drive anyway, and took a few photos, including the obligatory dreadful selfie...Which leads me to the next and final problem.... the Selfie...
It appears to have disappeared. JP emailed me the photos I took that day, and the Selfie wasn't amongst them. I don't know if he's been exercising quality control and has deleted it, or if he just hasn't sent it over (or if I just imagined the whole day, and it was all an alcohol-induced dream sequence!). If it turns up, I'll add it on the bottom of this page, perhaps with some asterisks or something, otherwise I'll have to go back again - ideally with a map this time...
*Update*
The missing photo has been located - JP was having issues with his email account so it never left his computer, so here it is in all its glory! I'm sure you're all thrilled...
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| Nunnington: Excuse my hair - I was unprepared... |
