But Scarborough's origins go back more than a millennium to Viking times, and over the years it has seen everything from siege to naval bombardment. Aware that my parents weren't keen on touring stately homes, I knew how to sell the idea to them. We saw a Queen Anne Drawing Room, a Chippendale Library, a Georgian bedroom and a Palladian Hall and staircase, but there was no chance of us ever climbing the stairs or sitting in one of the finely-crafted chairs. Pock is unique. It's got a catchment area of its own.
People just pop into Pock.
There's everything you need in Pock. Just beachy Mike Laycock visited a great Yorkshire seaside resort that never was. Slide Show IT'S not the first place that springs to mind for a day-out from York. It is hardly a tourist hot-spot. Valhalla, a log fume ride with a difference, opened this week at the popular theme park attraction in Blackpool.