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Sci-fi Scarborough and other adventures

 There’s a sci-fi convention that has taken place in Scarborough every year for, I don’t know how many years, but a number of years. Despite being big sci-fi fans, (Mum is a Trekkie and a massive Dr. Who fan while me and little Miss love the excitement of Star Wars) we’ve never been. This year, we decided to check it out and it was amazing.



Little Miss dressed up as Princess Leia, she was the only Princess Leia on the Saturday (we only went on one day), but there were lots of other people dressed as characters from Star Wars and all of them were so friendly to a young fan.

Battling Ghostrider




I didn’t dress up in costume, but I was thrilled to see so many characters that I love! 



While there was a good spread of various sci-fi interests, so much to see and do and buy, authors, artists and makers, I was surprised at how dominant a feature Dr. Who was. This made Mum very happy, although I think the very realistic Davros circulating the convention in his motorised Dalek may have given her flashbacks to her childhood, and being scared of him on TV.







Would I go again? Absolutely! I definitely didn’t expect it to be so good, and of course the blue skies and sunshine helped

On Sunday I visited the chap. A few days earlier his doggy had undergone an operation so I wanted to see him and bring him a toy from little Miss. thankfully he was all ok.



Then, me and the chap went tent shopping! I was ridiculously excited running around Go Outdoors wanting to buy all the things. I used to love camping, and I’m thrilled to be getting back into it just a little. 

Later in the year we are going to one of favourite summer things, an outdoor dance concert. I’ve booked a pitch at the camp site down the road and honestly I may be as excited about the camping as I am about the concert. Of course I drifted towards the bright Barbie pink confection of a tent!



Eventually the chap was the voice of reason, and we bought a far more suitable small tent for us both. It’s lovely though, I genuinely am so excited.

The chap approved of this one


After all that shopping we went for a delicious carvery lunch to finish off our afternoon. It was a busy weekend, I felt like I needed another to get over it, but what a fun and exciting one! 

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  1. Vix23 April 2026 at 17:59

    I know absolutely nothing about Sci-Fi but that looked brilliant! Doesn't Little Miss look gorgeous in her outfit? I'm not sure who your mate is but that's a great photo!
    That Barbie pink tent would be a magnet for undesirables, i think. Far better to take the Chap's advice and go for the green one, just remember to take a flag or some bunting so you can recognise it when you go back later (ask me how I know!)
    I hope that cute little pooch is feeling better! xxx

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