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An account of the trail in
northern England, starting in St. Bees on the Irish Sea and ending
in Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea.
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Day
Thirteen - 20 miles, 1700 feet ascent
Glaisdale to Robin Hood's Bay
With a long
day ahead of me and most of my trailmates setting out from
farther along the path, I decided to get an early start and left
the Arncliffe Arms free house at 5:30 a.m. The walk begins through
East Arncliffe Wood, along the River Esk, and soon finds the
village of Egton Bridge.
Then it passes through Egton Manor before
entering Grosmont. Here begins the long, steep climb to Sleights
Moor before the equally sharp descent into Littlebeck.
There's an interesting walk through
Littlebeck Wood, a dense forest that follows a stream and leads
to Falling Foss waterfall and continues along May Beck before
emerging onto a road.
The path soon leads to Hawsker, the
last community before Robin Hood's Bay, where there are a couple
of good pubs for a midday meal. It's not long now until the path
again meets the Cleveland Way at the cliffs overlooking the North
Sea, then follows the shoreline for some distance before entering
the town.
It's a steep walk down the cobblestones
to the point where the road through Robin Hood's Bay ends at
the sea. Time to toss in that pebble you've carried all the way
across England and retire to the Bay Hotel for several pints
and to sign the walkers' book.
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