Distance 11 miles
Climbing 1370 ft
Weather Fine & sunny
Difficulty Easy, running on adrenaline
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Climbing 1370 ft
Weather Fine & sunny
Difficulty Easy, running on adrenaline
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For our last day’s walking one of our cycling buddies (John Leeman) joined us for the full day and for the last few miles, my sister in law, Cindy joined us too. At about 0830 John L arrived at the site and waited while Mal and myself sorted our bags out for the day and packed up our gear for the last time before big John drove us the short distance to Littlebeck where after taking a couple of photos we set off through the woods. This area is very popular with locals and visitors alike and the woods are often full of the sound of excited children calling to each other but this morning we had the place almost to ourselves, in fact we only saw one couple as we passed through.
When we reached the May Beck Car Park we crossed the bridge and followed the road for a short distance before turning off onto a path which led up a steep bracken covered hillside before crossing a couple of rough pastures until reaching John Cross on the Fylingdales Moor. From here we turned north following the line of a drystone wall to a point where we could cross the B1416 onto the Graystone Hills which was a little confusing because in spite of the name there are no hills and very few gray stones. It is easy walking though with only two or three muddy areas to negotiate on what is the last stretch of open land on the entire walk. After crossing the Graystone Hills we followed the lane to Hawsker passing the first signpost to Robin Hoods Bay on the way. Cindy joined us as we passed York House Caravan Park and the four of us then crossed the A171 and made our way down to the coast at Maw Wyke Hole via the Northcliff caravan Park. At this point it could be said that Mal and I had walked across England but we were on the top of a cliff and had yet to dip our boots into the North Sea, so just as we did at the start of the walk, we followed the coast with the sea on our left, getting our first view of Robin Hoods Bay from Ness point and not long after that we were walking through the town itself and onto the beach where we duly wet our boots and threw the pebble carried all the way from the Irish Sea into the North Sea.
When we reached the May Beck Car Park we crossed the bridge and followed the road for a short distance before turning off onto a path which led up a steep bracken covered hillside before crossing a couple of rough pastures until reaching John Cross on the Fylingdales Moor. From here we turned north following the line of a drystone wall to a point where we could cross the B1416 onto the Graystone Hills which was a little confusing because in spite of the name there are no hills and very few gray stones. It is easy walking though with only two or three muddy areas to negotiate on what is the last stretch of open land on the entire walk. After crossing the Graystone Hills we followed the lane to Hawsker passing the first signpost to Robin Hoods Bay on the way. Cindy joined us as we passed York House Caravan Park and the four of us then crossed the A171 and made our way down to the coast at Maw Wyke Hole via the Northcliff caravan Park. At this point it could be said that Mal and I had walked across England but we were on the top of a cliff and had yet to dip our boots into the North Sea, so just as we did at the start of the walk, we followed the coast with the sea on our left, getting our first view of Robin Hoods Bay from Ness point and not long after that we were walking through the town itself and onto the beach where we duly wet our boots and threw the pebble carried all the way from the Irish Sea into the North Sea.