Sunday at the Seaside

Maybe it wasn't the brightest of ideas to head for a seaside resort to start our walk on a hot, sunny Sunday in July: but we'd been shuffling through maps and booklets, looking for a new walk, and rather fancying a coastal walk with some sea breezes - and came up with this walk along the cliffs by Saltburn. Considering that there was some sort of event on - "Victorian footballers and friends" - and that it was a fabulous summer day, we got off pretty lightly: the worst that happened to us was that when we came back down the cliffs into Saltburn and fell into the nearby pub, we took one look at the queue for the bar, and headed back inland for a much needed beer.

( The route climbs up out of Saltburn... )

( ...and returns along the cliff top )

Eventually, the path dips and rounds the headland, and Saltburn comes into view - and into hearing: the noise of the funfair, the roar of a speedboat towing a jet-skier... Besides, I was too thirsty for shade even to paddle. Saltburn itself can wait for a cooler day, off season. But the walk was fine.