About an hour's drive away, Beverley is a good out-of-season spot. The town is pretty and bigger than I expected. Annoyingly the museum I had gone to see is closed for refurbishment! But I found a town trail and followed that to see sites of all the guilds for old trades and crafts the town used to support. Alice the nail-maker gets a commemorative plaque near the gate house.
I sat for a while in a walled garden lined with ancient gravestones, had lunch in the theatre cafe and nosed around their craft stalls, and found the excellent Vanessa deli/butchers to stock up in. The campsite was 5 mins from the Cathedral, but somehow I never found time to go in - I'll go next time. There is lots more to see and do there.
On one of the days I got the bus out to Hornsea - I hadn't picked a good day for the coast though, the sea was a muddy brown, the sky grey, and the closed-up candyfloss shacks weren't looking their best. The prom was covered in sand because of the huge storm that had battered the place a day or so earlier. I walked back in to the town centre and visited the museum, which was in one of the oldest buildings, a low cottage with outbuildings housing the exhibits. The best section for me was the display of Hornsea pottery wares - I bet you had some in your homes in the past, it was a big supplier for M&S at one time. The pottery no longer exists but the designs are being licensed and I bought a nice glass with a Hornsea owl design.
Outside there was a pottery trail, which I only partly followed this time, and an odd tower next to a modern housing complex - Bettison's Folly. Built by a brewer so his servant could watch for him home coming home, and ensure his dinner was on the table to greet him!
Last stop was the mere, the largest lake in Yorkshire. It was MASSIVE! but the cafe was closed, it was drizzling, and so time to head home.
