A coastal odyssey from Bridlington to Broughty Ferry

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Part 3 - Whitby to Redcar


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The lifeguards are on duty on Whitby Sands.



Mouth of Sandsend Beck.


Wits End cafe at the foot of Lythe Bank.


Looking back towards Sandsend.


Cleveland Way drop down into Overdale by rough cut slippery stones alternating with flights of particularly steep wooden steps.


South portal of the Sandsend Tunnel, on the old Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway, 1883 to 1958.


A party of very heavily laden girls walking on the Cleveland Way at Ovalgate Cliff.


Undercliff and old quarries at Kettle Ness, a particularly desolate length of coast.


A happy hunting ground for fossil collectors on the beach at Hill Stones


A tricky bit of the Cleveland Way where the Cleveland Way drops down to the beach at Runswick Bay via this ravine - the rocks can be treacherously slippery.


The Hob Holes are caves in the cliffs at Runswick Bay. In days of yore, the superstitious villagers believed that the caves were inhabited by a hob (or hobgoblin) which possessed the power of curing children of whooping cough.


Colourful boats hauled out at Runswick Bay.




The impressively steep hill down into Staithes village.


Staithes Beck.


Lunch spot at the Cod and Lobster.



Boulby Potash Mine. A huge mine, the second deepest in Europe, extending to 1400 metres below ground level. In addition to the production of potash and rock salt, the mine houses the Boulby Underground Laboratory where experiments include the search for "dark matter*.



Warren Cottage.


A fine ram eager and willing to earn his keep.


Steps above Skinningrove Bay.


Skinningrove Bay.


Every year since 1982, the villagers of Skinningrove have celebrated bonfire night with the burning of a huge figure. In 2017 the figure took the form of a pigeon, commemorating the local custom of pigeon fancying. Seen here in the final stage after two weeks of construction.


Sculpture dedicated to Skinningrove Pigeon Fanciers.


Skinningrove Bay.


Above Cattersty Sands. Skinningrove jetty in the middle distance.




The northern end of the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway was reopened in the 1970s to serve Skinningrove steel rolling mills and the potash mine at Boulby. The line passes perilously close to the cliff edge.


Beachcomber at Huntcliff Foot.


Saltburn Pier.


The prestigious 19th century Zetland Hotel in Saltburn, now converted into apartments.



Anchor Garden, Saltburn.


The beach to the west of Saltburn.


Outfall on Marske Sands.


Marske High Street runs out on to the beach.


The beach to the east of Redcar.


Eastern end of Redcar Promenade.


Sculpture on the Zetland roundabout at the eastern end of Redcar.


Tractors and fishing boats on Redcar seafront.


The view out to sea is dominated by the giant turbines of the Teesside Wind Farm.


The "Vertical Pier" at Redcar, hopefully less of a maintenance problem and fire risk than the horizontal variety.


Penguins and two of the seaside "postcards" on the seafront.


"Sinterlation" sculpture at the western end of the seafront.


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