Northumberland - Staithes
Our plan for today was a walk into the little fishing village of Staithes, somewhere else I have never been. The temperature had dropped a little but it was dry when we left Serenity camping to head for the coast path, part of the Cleveland way. We joined it at Port Mulgrave where you used to be able to see old dockers huts. Alas, the path is no longer passable and we saw nothing. Never mind, the walk along the coast was amazing!
We dropped down into Staithes and had a walk around the tiny harbour. Misty showed her iron will as we walked onto the harbour wall through a huge party of walkers eating their lunch! What a dog.
By the time we had explored we were obviously hungry so had toasties outside Dotties Cafe, along with a vicious dachshund who snarled at anything that moved. Misty was a good dog. But she had found a foot long rawhide chew along the way which kept her quiet.
There was just time for a swim in the sea followed by an ice cream
Luckily we had saved some strength for the trudge up the hill out of Staithes. None walkers park at the top then walk down and back up, and it’s one steep hill! Instead of walking back to Hinderwell by road we decided to follow an old railway which ends at, you guessed it, Port Mulgrave. It led us into an oak based nature reserve where we found an owl and a giant bench.
We followed the path through the woods and down into a river valley.
Sadly, what goes down must come up, and the last leg was up, up. It did bring us out exactly where we wanted to be though, on the Bridleway at the back of Serenity Camping.
We had had a lovely day, so what better way to finish than with fish and chips from the local chippy.
We had noticed that the local pub were having a quiz tonight, so we popped across to join in. It was being run by the father of Beth Mead, England woman’s footballer and all round superstar. He is a lovely fellow, despite being a Middlesbrough fan, and we had a good laugh with him and some Sheffield Weds fans on the next table. We did not win however, nor did we win the raffle. As we exited The Badger and Hounds the rain began in earnest. Time for bed I think.
Nature watch
I saw a weasel! Running across the path on Nabs Head
Neighbour watch
New next door neighbours just above. They have a transit van and a big awning. After they had got it up they sat down and poured the biggest glass of Malibu you have ever seen. They were also in the pub, twice, with the chippy sandwiched in between. Barnsley fan still here.
Strava watch
Another senior moment! Just join the dots
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