After our return from the Europe trip we hoped to get away in August but it was not to be as Roy had shingles for the whole month and was not up to really doing anything, but well on the mend, we decided to visit the coast as we'd not been for ages. The campsite was Abbey View House between Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay. We took off on the Bank holiday Monday for four nights.
Amazing weather for a Bank
holiday Monday when we arrived. Had a short walk from Hawsker down to
the cliff edge before dinner.
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| ALAPACAS IN FIELD NEXT TO US |
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| YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE ABBEY IN THE DISTANCE |
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| EVENING WALK - WHAT A POSER! |
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| WHITBY ABBEY IN THE HAZE |
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RED SUN GOING DOWN
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Our Tuesday walk was a
repeat of one we did a few years ago. Glorious sun as we drove to
Boggle Hole car park, walked along the old cinder track railway to
Ravenscar, had a wander round the grounds of the Hall before our
picnic then back past the Alum works and along the Cleveland Way to
Boggle Hole for coffee and cake.About 7 miles - a beautiful walk!
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| DOWN TO STOUPE BECK |
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| THESE PEACOCKS HAVE BEEN AT THIS FARM WE PASSED FOR YEARS |
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| ROBIN HOODS BAY |
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| SEALS AT RAVENSCAR |
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| RAVENSCAR HALL |
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| LUNCH TIME |
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| DRAGONFLIES |
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BOGGLE HOLE FOR COFFEE AND CAKE
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Thunderstorm on Tuesday
night changed the weather to windy, cloudy and cooler, we were lucky
to avoid the rain showers as we did a walk from the campsite to Robin
Hoods Bay then north towards Whitby on the Cleveland Way cliff path.
Headed up at Hawsker then a wiggly way across fields to avoid walking
on the main road. Not a well trod way but we found it despite the end
part ending up in a field with horses and geese, who thankfully were
not interested in us and then just the huge Alsation to bypass and we
were back.
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| ROBIN HOODS BAY |
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| THIS WAS IN A POND - ANY IDEAS ANYONE? |
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ALMOST BACK
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Our last day was much better
weather despite a strong wind. We drove the short distance to Hawsker and
took the Cleveland Way cliff walk again, this time headed to Whitby,
our second home for many years when we had a boat moored there.
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Whitby was heaving with
tourists as usual, had a look round St Mary's Church then down to the
harbour for lunch. Headed back via the old railway Cinder track all
the way back to Hawsker. A super day ending with fish and chips in Whitby!
A wonderful trip away then back home to enjoy my niece's birthday pizza party - bliss!
TOWARDS WHITESTONE LIGHTHOUSE ON CLEVELAND WAY
HORNBLOWER TEA GARDEN AT THE FOG HORN STATION ON CLEVELAND WAY
SALTWICK NAB
ALMOST AT WHITBY
WHITBY ABBEY
INSIDE ST MARYS CHURCH
CAEDMON CROSS
WHITBY'S 199 STEPS
LUNCH TIME
THIS IS THE PART OF THE HARBOUR WHERE WE USED TO MOOR OUR FIRST BOAT "DISTANT DREAM"
WHITBY MARINA
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