Tuesday, 8th September 2020
Nice little mooch in the sunshine after work.
Got parked up next to the Humber Rescue station - there's a small car park with enough space for about 6 considerately parked cars, or 10 if you just hoy your vehicle in any-old-where.
Seeing as it was such a lovely day, I headed to the road to get this snap of the Humber Bridge:
I headed towards the Black Mill and the start of the Country Park trail(s):
The only other Black Mill I know of is on Beverley Westwood. Unsurprisingly, it's a mill, painted black. Even more surprisingly is they look very similar, only this one doesn't have cattle grazing nearby.
Anyway, I digress.
After walking through the two underpasses that take you safely under the A63 you are pinged out into a lovely woodland.
It reminds me of Danes Dyke, only noisier, with the sound of the traffic never far away.
The trail(s) alternate between woodland and open parkland:
A first glimpse of the quarried chalk "cliff" face:
With an unusual bench/sarcophagus thing below.
l meandered around a bit and, before long, I came to the pond:
I'd have liked to get a pic of the full pond but there was a family having a picnic and swim at the other end (off to the right of that pic).
Back through woodland again and more chalk cliffs:
For the brave/stupid there are some good beyond extreme mountain bike trails up round/over/off the cliffs. I don't think they're official trails mindst!
Back out into open parkland again:
Once again, I didn't take a pic of the full view due to another family having a picnic. The sun on the trees looked lovely though.
But never far away, the Humber Bridge and the traffic noise:
Shame about the traffic noise really as it is a lovely little place to mooch around.
A final shot of a chalk cliff face:
Right next to this is an obvious unofficial bike trail going up the side of it. I eyed it up, earmarking it for a good short, steep training path for getting some ascent into my legs. But not today.
Eventually I returned to the underpasses. It was nice to note that they didn't smell of tramps and wee and aren't littered with discarded needles/Maccy D packaging.
I decided to return to my car via the very short walk on "the beach":
...Before returning up the Coastguard slipway to my car.
Nice little mooch. It was nice to see lots of other people - families and dog walkers - enjoying the area too.
Oh, at the time of writing there are flood defence works going on along the foreshore... with a 6-way traffic light system SIX WAY!!! plus a sign saying "you may be waiting up to 7 minutes for the lights to change" SEVEN MINUTES!! Note to self: park in the other car park next time.
Thanks for reading 😊