Our neighbours gave us a night out in Hull for Steve's birthday, please don't ask why Hull but there was a very good reason. The weather was lovely, sun shining with very little wind so we decided to drive to <a title="Spurn Head" href="http://www.ywt.org.uk/reserves/spurn-nature-reserve" target="_blank">Spurn Head</a> and walk along the spit. My leg meant we couldn't <a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/stern-point-groinsoct14.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2113" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/stern-point-groinsoct14-225x300.jpg" alt="stern-point-groins(oct14)" width="225" height="300" /></a>make it all the way to the lighthouse however Jane took some interesting photos of the groynes.

We didn't see any wildlife of interest even though it should be a period of bird migration.

We checked into the <a title="Premier Inn hull" href="http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/HULBAR/hull-city-centre?cmp=GLBC" target="_blank">Premier Inn</a> which was situated on the edge of the Old Town and alongside the river Hull with views over the Humber.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/witches-in-hulloct14.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2112" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/witches-in-hulloct14-200x150.jpg" alt="witches-in-hull(oct14)" width="200" height="150" /></a>In the city centre we came across these witches drinking coffee and playing with their smartphones so it was good to see Halloween characters keeping up with modern technology. They'd lost their black cat so presumably it hadn't been chipped and the local police were less than sympathetic when they were told to "get on your broomstick!".

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/the-deep-hulloct14.jpg"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2111" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/the-deep-hulloct14-200x150.jpg" alt="the-deep-hull(oct14)" width="200" height="150" /></a>The following day we were intending to visit <a title="The Deep - Hull" href="https://www.thedeep.co.uk/?gclid=CjwKEAjww8eiBRCE7qvK9Z7W_DgSJABfOjf2WQowluqlYEBcqVjHkRnECot9RPxQwYAQZxwkwS_ZOxoCVObw_wcB" target="_blank">The Deep</a> however when we turned up there was a long queue of children (the curse of half term strikes again) and so we decided to give it a miss on this occasion.

On the way home we called into Barton on Humber, one of our favourite towns, for a tea and scone at the <a title="The Ropery Barton" href="http://www.the-ropewalk.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ropery</a>.