Jinx and Steve's Adventures

After a combined rest day and move day to Whitby, we caught the bus  on Monday to Saltburn by the Sea to continue The Cleveland Way. Having left the moors behind, we will now walk along the coast. The day started off with a bit of a cool breeze, however, as the day continued along the coast, it brightend up considerably. We descended down to Staithes, which is a beautiful coastal village, where we stopped for an ice cream and then continued on up to the cliff top to the pretty village of Runswick Bay. Once we got to the heart of the village, we were able to get a quick drink in before catching the bus back to Sandsend, where we were staying. Todays walk was a reasonably short walk, considering all the other days walking. We picked up the path at Runswick Bay and walked across the beach initially and then making a steep ascent back up to the cliff top, eventually dropping down to Sandsend, where we continued along the road to our campsite, just outside of Whitby Wednesday we followe...

Week 1 - Osmotherley We met up with our ICA friends in Osmotherley, to walk The Cleveland Way. We planned to be in Osmotherley for the first week, being a central base for our walks on the North Yorkshire Moors. Naturally, we all met up and had a 'Welcome' meal in one of the local pubs, which was very enjoyable. It's a great way to get catch up with everyone and also, to meet a new couple who joinned our group recently. We are a small group of just 5 motorhomes, making 10 walkers in total, which was a very managable number. So here we are, on our first day, with the minibus taking us to Helmsley, a pretty little village, for the start of our 109 mile walk. Initially across the Yorkshire Moors and then along the coast to finish in Filey. The walk was quite a gentle introduction to the Cleveland Way, crossing through wooded areas, over streams and then a gentle climb up to fields to Sutton Bank, where, hurrah, our minibus driver, John, who we later named Whisky John, was ther...