After a night loitering with in tent it was off to hopefully follow a path along the North bank of the Humber to Hull.This did not start well, where the path was supposed to leave the road was wooden fence and no footpath sign. I carried on up the road till I spotted a place…

One of the most prominent features of Withernsea are its twin towers , based on Conwy castle, which marked the site of the ill fated Withernsea pier. This was built in 1874 and was the crashed into by a succession of wrecked until a steel ship from Grimsby finally finished it off in 1879.The route…

With my new boots firmly laced on I set off on my longest beach walk so far , about 11 miles down to Hornsea. Beach walking whilst being flat can be a bit boring but this section had plenty to look at.It had been defended in WW2 by pill boxes and concrete tank defences. These…

I was woken by the sound of rain pattering on my tent at 2am. Good, I thought , it will have gone by 8am. Wrong, it was raining harder at 8am. I wanted to get going so I could watch the Euro final at 5pm in Bridlington. So I duly packed up and set off…

After a day off in Scarborough I walked round the headland to pass through the South Bay. This is a lot busier than the North bay. With a big hotel and lots of candy floss.In one of those delightful chances a chap on a bench asked where I was going and we had a bit…

This was a 14 mile hike to get me into Scarborough and a day off. The route was quite hilly and the climb from the Alum mine to the village of Ravenscar was worthy of the Wales Coastal path. Luckily there was a National Trust cafe at the top. Ravenscar has an interesting history. In…

The day started brightly and I passed through Runswick Bay , yet another attractive coastal village. The next port of call was Sandsend. This was the busiest beach I had come across on my walk as the fine weather and school holidays combined to fill the beach and the promenade.I could see thi iconic abbey…

A relatively short day to get past Staithes and wild camp before reaching Scarborough tomorrow.The coast is now more up and down with steep river valleys to negotiate. The cliffs again appear to be unfortunately attractive to people who want to jump off them and one section has numerous homemade plaques with the positive messages…

The day started with me tastefully reclining on the grass verge of Teeside Industrial estate eating a large breakfast from a polystyrene container courtesy of the Snack Shack..Then it was a walk to Redcar through more industrial sites, sounds and smells of Middlesbrough.The route was brightened up by some clever signage on the Teeside path,…

This was always going to be a long day, some 20 miles , going from Hartlepool to Middlesbrough. Hartlepool pool marina was surprisingly good and I got a good view of a lifeboat sitting in the harbour.I walked then to Seaton Carew giving me good views across the bay to the wind turbines near Redcar.…