Carnaby Folly

Carnaby Folly

Friday 23rd January 2015

Drawing back the curtains this morning, I saw a faint red sky, I guessed it would be a good sunrise. Grabbing my camera gear I set off towards Bridlington and saw the sky was fantastic, but I needed something in front of it. In desperation, I headed up onto Woldgate remembering Carnaby Folly. By the time I got there, walked half a mile over the fields (must get up earlier), the great sunrise was over. Luckily for me, there was a mist over the sea and the sun was finding it hard to penetrate the mist. I wanted the folly as a silhouette and it was still possible.
Carnaby Folly sits on the top of Woldgate an old Roman road linking York to Bridlington. The folly itself was built in the 18th century, by Sir George Strickland who owned nearby Boynton Hall. It is octagonal in shape (extension added later) and I understand was modelled on the tower of the four winds in Athens. -  I don't mind the wires!