Well not quite! We are camped 3
miles out of Whitby at Long Leas Farm, Hawsker for a few days and
unbelievably, we seem to have good weather again!
First day Monday 12th
September, we did a 6 mile round trip along the Cleveland Way the
coastal path to Robin Hoods Bay then back along the Cinder Trail, the
old railway, which both of us can remember going on!
Its years since we've been to
Robin Hoods Bay, its our old stomping ground when we were in our 20s.
The pubs are still there that we frequented, The Dolphin and The Bay
Hotel – lovely memories of camping at Boggle Hole and walking along
the beach, cliff path if tide was in, to the pub then staggering back
at closing time!
We've just bought a porch awning
for the van so when we got back we attempted to put it up in quite
windy conditions, its up but its certainly not a quick job by the
time you've fastened it down securely!
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| ROYS NEW HUGE WATER CONTAINER! |
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| ROBIN HOODS BAY FROM THE CLEVELAND WAY |
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| THE DOLPHIN PUB - OUR OLD HAUNT! |
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| ANOTHER PUB FAVOURITE OF THE 60'S |
Tuesday and we drove to Stoupe
Beck and hiked along the Cinder trail railway to Ravenscar and back
along the Cleveland Way, about 6 miles again. Reminiscing time as we
parked at Stoupe Beck then walked along the track we used to drive
along to get to the field where the Boggle Hole gang camped many
times in the late 60's and early 70's. Field was unchanged and the
trails we took to Boggle Hole and Robin Hoods Bay were still there.
Such happy memories! Such a hot day today, amazing for September!
Ended a lovely day by have a ride down to Robin Hoods By to listen to
Steve Phillips and the Rough Diamonds in the pub.
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| Stoupe Beck |
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| peacocks on a farm |
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| Cleveland Way towards Ravenscar |
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| Ravenscar Hotel |
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| Love this cloud! |
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| Robin Hoods Bay |
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| hoping to walk round to Boggle Hole on the beach but tide still in! |
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| Boggle Hole YHA |
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| coffee and cake at Boggle Hole |
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| Boggle Hole |
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the new awning is up!
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From the sublime to the
ridiculous! The sea fret came in last night and we spent this morning
working out how to use the heating system in the van. Its cosy and
warm now and we still can't see across the field for mist!
We spent the afternoon having a
drive to find the sun, down narrow country lanes, we found it at the
top of the Hole of Horcum. On to Wykeham to check out some mature
hawthorn hedging we plan to buy then back into the mist to visit a
friend in Whitby. Then took fish and chips back to the van! What an
idle day!
Our last day, we drove to
Goathland to escape the mist, found the sun at the top of Blue Bank
and did a pretty 5 mile hike taking in the old railway, sun dappled
woods, moor tops and a scramble along slippy rocks to Mallyan Spout.
Back to the site and with the mist lifting slightly, we drove to the
Abbey to see it in the mist with the sun in the background looking
like the moon, quite atmospheric and Dracula like!
Time to leave on Friday as the
black clouds rolled in bringing rain and wind, hope this isn’t the
end of summer.
Another wonderful time in the
van!
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| Goathland Station |
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| Mallyan Spout |
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| Whitby Abbey in the sun!....and a bit of mist |
