Clay Bank June 9

 

We left the Park House after another great breakfast and started our climb. Today was to be a roller coaster of inclines. Today's walk took us into the North York Moors National Park. This is our third National Park on the Coast to Coast and the largest expanse of heather in the world. Our walk began in the Arncliffe Woods with a steady uphill climb we passed the route down to Mount Grace Priory. We soon merged with the Cleveland Way. This was a route established before Wainwright's Coast to Coast . We continued to go up joining the Lyke Wake Walk, for a short time. Up and down rocky paths built so the walker would not venture into the heather. The rock paths were steep both up and down making travel very slow. Finally, at 1400 feet we got a glimpse of the North Sea. We took a picture of our good friends near the monument at the top. Since there are no villages near Clay Bank our group would be picked up by cars from various B&Bs. We know tomorrow we will join up again at the Lion Inn 9.5 miles further East. We can almost smell the sea at Robin Hoods Bay. It is hard to imagine we are almost finished this the most challenging of all our Walkabouts.

 

Leaving Park House

The woods

The Path of mud

Protective path through Heather

Finally the top with our greats friends, Chris, Alma, Tony, Sue

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The Cleveland Mountains we crossed

Heather Moor

Valleys below

Dromonby Bridge B&B.

Old made into massive fence posts

David Wray, master of ceremony.

Stu uses MotionX-GPS on the iPhone and is sharing with you the following track:

Tough ups and downs

Name:		Clay Bank
Date:		9 Jun 2014 8:51 am
Map: (valid until Dec 6, 2014)		View on Map
Distance:		11.1 miles
Elapsed Time:		6:15:49
Avg Speed:		1.8 mph
Max Speed:		3.6 mph
Avg Pace:		33' 49" per mile
Min Altitude:		373 ft
Max Altitude:		1,420 ft
Start Time:		2014-06-09T07:51:35Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	54º 23' 21" N
	Longitude:	1º 18' 15" W
End Location:
	Latitude:	54º 25' 20" N
	Longitude:	1º 07' 07" W

 

 

 

 

 

 

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