My journey started at Bridlington Harbour with the arrival of an old sea angling boat, "the Sportsman" now repurposed as a pirate ship for the tourist trade.

A glimpse of the past. The statue "the Gansey Girl" reminds us that Bridlington started life as a fishing port.

North Sands and the Beaconsfield Promenade.

Kite festival on Sewerby Fields,

At Sewerby Cliffs, the sand gives way to a narrow beach of chalk rubble and a wave-cut platform to seaward. The chalk cliffs of Flamborough Head can be seen in the distance.

At Danes Dyke, a flight of steps leads down into a deep wooded valley

South Landing - the gap in the cliffs where the villagers of Flamborough launched their boats on the south side of the peninsula.

South Landing bay, seen from the top of the East Nook cliff. Bridlington in the distance.

Monument on the clifftop commemorating the traditional Flamborough sword dance.

The Whalebone Bridge commemorates another local custom.

Another gully in the cliff face.

The Headland Way continues as a field path along the clifftop.

Flamborough Head Lighthouse.

The chalk cliffs continue beyond the headland.

Breil Nook. About 100 years ago there were two chalk sea stacks in this bay, but one has since been almost completely eroded away. The pinnacle still standing is known as Queen Rock. If we zoom in on Queen Rock we see something very remarkable...

...about ten years ago, some person unknown somehow placed this tractor tyre on the apex. Now occupied by a Herring Gull nest.

North Landing.

Continuing north, if we look back we get a remarkable view of chalk headlands and sea caves.

After a comparatively quiet stretch of cliff top, we suddenly find ourselves surrounded by hordes of people. What are they all doing here? The answer is straightforward. This is the renowned Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve and they are eagerly watching the prolific seabird life on the cliffs...

Razorbills,

Guillemots,

but above all, Gannets.. .

...hundreds of them.

The Bempton Cliffs visitor centre.

Beyond the reserve, we again have the clifftop to ourselves, ablaze with Pink Campion

This section of the walk finishes at St Leonard's Church, Speeton.

Beyond Speeton, the high chalk cliffs give way to low slopes of clay backing a sandy beach which is very extensive at low tide - but there is no easy way of getting directly from the clifftop down on to the beach.

There are many interesting artefacts on the beach - this is the boiler from the collier "Laura" wrecked in 1897

The "rocks" are the remains of World War II anti-tank blocks installed on the beach.

The Reighton Sands Holiday Park stands on top of the cliff. A tractor bus transports holidaymakers up and down the ramp to the beach.

There is an excellent beach cafe at the bottom of the ramp.

More World War II remains.

The Beach Cafe at Hunmanby Gap is half way up the cliff. Erosion may soon bring it down to beach level!

Concrete remains on Hunmanby Sands.

Stream on the beach at Butcher Haven.

Looking back along the sands from Filey sea front.

Sandcastles on Filey Sands.

An attractive corner of old Filey.

A reminder of Filey's fishing heritage.

Filey lifeboat station.

At the northern end of Filey Bay, the broad sands give way to the cliffs of Carr Naze.

An old outfall provides a pathway out to the Brigg.

Looking back from the Brigg to the headland of Carr Naze.

Filey Brigg, the projection of tidal rock out into the North Sea is one of the most spectacular features of the entire journey.

This monument marks the end of the Wolds Way and the start of the Cleveland Way (or vice versa depending on your point of view!)