UK - Robin Hood's Bay Coastal Walk

UK – Robin Hood’s Bay Coastal Walk

There are many walks in the area of the town, so we decided on a coastal cliff walk of about 6 miles (10 Km). Despite the warm day, there was a strange sea mist which rolled in and out, occasionally burning off with the sun.

The walk left from the upper part of the town, travelling along a cliff path which goes all the way to Whitby, although we only went about halfway, then returned on the Cinder Track (old railway easement) which runs higher up on the ridge line. Being Sunday there were lots of people on the track and most seemed to end their walk enjoying a pint at one of the small pubs in town.

The coastal cliffs are high, making for good coastal views when the mist cleared. The farmland paddocks adjacent to the tracks are bounded by old dry stone walls, with lots of sheep of various types and colours, with a few cattle to round out the splendid bucolic scenery.

Start and end of walk - Upper Robin Hoods Bay

Coastal cliffs and stone walls

Looking South

Bug flies above cliffs

Hay fever country

Thistles are common along the track

High point of the northerly leg (the cliffs, not the old guy)

Track heads inland for bit

Heading back along the Cinder Track

Bucolic splendour

From the Cinder Track, looking down on the Coastal track

Now that's a good looking sheep !