(... ain't even sure I like squash!)
28 July 2022
24 July 2022
Photography: Bridlington
As well as the pub, there was the lovely Three B's Micro-pub amidst all this -
... & some great market-bought pork pie!
All eaten on a lovely evening on the prom...
Bus home!
Walking: North Landing-Bempton-Flamborough
There was an evening before... good pub... good beer!
Bus over the headland to North Landing, then a 3 mile yomp to Bempton Cliffs - spiritual home of English twitchers ('cos all of'er seemed to be there!)
A fantastic cliff-top walk... & the ridiculously raucous row made
by the nesting birds has to be heard to be believed!
We walked to the change of the day... well, we walked to the RSPB centre at Bempton to (hugely expensive) hot chocolate & cake...
& the evening began to catch up with us...
There was evening left... great pub... great pies! Some beer...
23 July 2022
22 July 2022
Walking: Rosedale west mineral railway
A hot afternoon, we set off at 4.00pm: west across the valley floor to Thorgill; north along a metalled-but-knackered track to Dalehead; uphill scramble to the western arm of the ironstone railway that horseshoes around the upper slopes of the Dale.
Simply stunning skies & views & colours...
Had us scran up here... grand caff, eh?
Industrial archaeology abounds, so you never forget you're in a man-made environment... but above, on the tops... the forbidding majesty of
the North Yorkshire Moors!
30% gradient we were walking down when I took this one -
apparently, MG still roadtest on the climb -
pub became absolutely necessary (a few yards from t'bottom of that bloody slope!)
Fantastic, taxing walk & a lovely evening sky to finish a rather lovely day...
Walking: Rosedale Abbey & surrounds
This is the final photograph I took as we left Rosedale, travelling north toward Guisborough, then Gateshead & the Magic Weekend. Looking south-east, over Dalehead, to the Dale in the distance: an area of stunning landscapes... harsh beauty of nature; toughness of the industrial past; softness of the farmed & managed lowland. Ain't too sure about it being a 'hidden gem', but I hadn't been here before, & would strongly advise y'all to go... stay, walk, drink it all in!
'Picture postcard' shot o'Rosedale Abbey village from the old ironstone rail trackway.
Here's a bellend at Bellend... we camped at Bellend!
'Twas much better than you might think... beautiful views...
See? What'd I tell you? Simple, yet stunning campsite... good folk too!
Rosedale Abbey was 15-20 minute walk from Low Bell End: coupla teashops, coupla shops, coupla pubs. Coupla ways to walk in as well... both river courses... one NOT 20mins & tiring (well, for ageing, outa shape knackerbags!), wi'lotsa up-&-down!
Loadsa walking in every direction: direction, length, & difficulty dna matter much... 'cos the scenery just kept on giving...
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