A Lazy 6 Mile Walk in the Sunshine
Had missen a little Sunday Stroll. The first in a while that involved packing a rucksack….my new rucksack finally got its first outing.The sun was out (nice change from last weekend, that’s for sure!) so off I pootled up to Flamborough for a long overdue walk with some sort of uppy downy to it.
After parking up in Flamborough I headed off towards Danes Dyke across the fields and through the woodland. I expected a lot of squelchy mud to be honest and was pleasantly surprised at the lack of it. Nice and easy-going under-foot:
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| Needles Plantation |
Spring has definitely sprung with a sea of Snowdrops in the woodland:
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| Snowdrops in Needles Plantation |
Lovely to see. Though I did notice, on the drive there, that Crocuses and Daffodils were out as well.
I soon reached Danes Dyke and it seemed like the rest of the County decided here was the place to be on such a lovely, sunny day. Shame the little café wasn’t open though (but glad the loos were!). I headed down the track to the beach. Not quite the Caribbean, but the tide was out for those brave enough to cross the large chalk boulders and pebbles to the sand and I eyed up a likely spot for a cuppa.
Buuuut, I wasn’t ready for a cuppa yet. I still had some restless legs on the go so I decided to kill them off by taking the steep and wonky steps up the side of the cliff and walk a little further to Sewerby. This bit of the walk was rather uninspiring as I was carefully herded across the golf course between a line of wooden posts.
After getting to a cricket pavilion type building with lots of seats I decided it was time for a little sit and a sarnie in the sunshine. My mind wandered with thoughts of carrying on further to Bridlington but the wind was wafting the noise of the funfair my way and I decided my ears didn’t want to get any closer to that so I did a “U” turn and headed back towards Danes Dyke along the coast path (The Headlands Way). Every now and again I peeped over the cliff top:
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| Looking down onto the beach at Danes Dyke |
It was lovely to see so many people out enjoying the day.
I headed back down those steep and wonky steps at Danes Dyke and perched on a large pebble for a Brew With A View moment:
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| Brew With A View |
Smashing. Can’t beat it. The sun on my face and the wind non-existent seeing as it was coming off the land (unusual for this time of year) I just sat with my cuppa and people-watched.
I made a rash decision there and then to walk to South Landing on the beach, rather than head up the other side of the cliffs via some more steep and wonky steps. 1.5 miles of trying not to slip on seaweed-y rocks whilst navigating rock pools, avoiding getting too close to the sea and trying not to spend too long walking on the chalky boulder-y bits was probably a lot tougher than just walking up the flippin’ steps. Having said that, I wouldn’t have seen the gulls nesting in the cliffs or the Oystercatcher searching for its dinner:
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Nesting Gull |
Nor would I have been able to get an arty-farty pic of some Limpets:
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| Limpets |
A couple more stormy high tides and this WW2 pillbox will be on the beach:
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| WW2 Pillbox |
Eventually I got to South Landing for snack stop number 3 - a banana – before heading up the Lifeboat Launch and road for the final walk along the pavement (and a good nosey in everyone’s houses!) and back to my car.
A really lovely, leisurely 5.5 mile walk in the sunshine.
…. And my new rucksack passed the test with flying colours!