Friday, May 28, 2010

Day 12:Glaisdale to Robin Hood's Bay, 19 miles (30.5km)

So, the last day of our marathon walk has finally arrived. Nineteen miles left until we would be splashing around in the North Sea at Robin Hoods Bay.

The day started with Breakfast at 08:00AM, fairly late for us, but on the last day we both felt we deserved a bit of a lie in. Having devoured the excellent breakfasts on offer at "The Red House" and "Postgate Farm" (one of us stayed at The Red House and the other at Postgate Farm - we didn't eat two breakfasts each), we commenced the days walking at 09:15AM. The weather, as usual, was perfect for walking and the route was quite friendly at first. However, this was to change when we reached Grosmont where we encountered a massive hill, gradient was 30% for most of it and it went on and on ...... and on and on. Well over a mile of it.

After that, everything was fairly straightforward, walking mainly across moorland, quite boggy, but not too bad.

The final section of the walk involved fairly easy clifftop walks around the Robin Hoods Bay area, culminating in a steep descent into the charming little village of Robin Hoods Bay, where we wasted no time in completing our mandatory "paddle" in the North Sea, then obtaining a pint from the conveniently located Bay Hotel.

So, we've done it. No walking at all tomorrow. At the end of it all, Michael still seemed fit enough to commence the return trip back to St Bees. Barry?, well, maybe not quite so fit.

That's just about it for the blogs now, apart from one final posting tomorrow, where we'll attempt to thank everybody who has been so kind to us during the walk, and we'll be mentioning various B&B's we've stayed in where we've received exceptional service, courtesy and value for money.


Before setting off on the final day ....



A pleasant riverside view



A moorland element of todays walk, with a welcome view of the sea in the background.



Don't jump Michael ..... Michael on the cliffs about a mile out of Robin Hoods Bay.



Our destination, Robin Hoods Bay - about 1/2 mile away.



Finished .... The final ritual, paddling in the sea at Robin Hoods Bay




A group photograph - James, Barry, Michael, Jim, Ian - all coast to coasters, together with Jim's children.


Michael's iPhone/GPS zoomed out screenshot of our final location (admittedly taken the following morning :P)

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