Our first stop today is the village of Easington, close to the eroding North Sea coast. We reach it using EYMS 644, for a visit to the local bus company, Connor & Graham.
A couple of interesting buses to be found there.
A Connor & Graham coach takes us on to the resort of Withernsea.
EYMS has a depot in Withernsea.(Photo by Simon835 of Flickr - Creative Commons License).
There's a lighthouse in the middle of town (Creative Commons License).
Other than the lighthouse and bus depot, this is the most exciting building in town. (Creative Commons License).
Withernsea's railway station, at the end of a branch from Hull, closed in 1964. Here are a couple of photos in North Eastern Railway days.
Moving along the coast, Aldbrough is our next stop, or at least the bits that haven't fallen into the sea.
Fortunately, the crumbling coastline hasn't yet reached the Double Dutch pub!
Our next town is Hornsea, now only reachable by your own transport or an EYMS bus.
EYMS also have a depot in Hornsea.
Hornsea Town station, the terminus of another NER branch from Hull, closed in 1964. Here are three pictures from LNER days, including an ex H&BR 0-6-0.
The seafront after the 1906 storm and (below) after rebuilding of the sea wall -1910. (Photos from Wikipedia)
An unusual item of steam engineering found in Hornsea.
Plenty of wildlife at Hornsea Mere.
The first station towards Hull was called Hornsea Bridge. Bus meeting train here in the 1930s.
One of the rural stations on the Hornsea branch was Ellerby and from here it was only a short walk to Old Ellerby, where one can rest awhile in the Blue Bell Inn.
In the next post, we'll return towards Hull. You can always follow progress here.
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