A-Walking: Coasting to Saltburn

We set off from Scaling Dam Farm (see the picture below) at about 10.45 am. There were 10 of us in the group: LB, PB, RB, KF, AJ, WM, MS, MuS, JY and PY. LB, PB,WM, MS and PY and PY were in shorts. PB led the walk.


We set off in a northerly direction across the fields to reach the small village of Scaling {NZ 743 128}. At Brookridge Farm we turned east and headed for Roxby Low Moor and Stang Howe. At Brookridge Farm we saw some llama-like creatures (I don't know if they were llamas or alpacas) and at Stang Howe there was a magnificant array of peacocks displaying their feathers.

We continued on our easterly trek to {NZ 780 139} - a point just north of Newton Mulgrave Woods. We now took a north-easterly bearing and headed for Newton Mulgrave - having decided to miss out Ellerby. From here we made a north-westerly trek to Borrowby Dale - crossing the stream at the footbridge {NZ 781 165}. Now heading north, we passed by Plum Tree Farm on our right and then dropped down to the footbridge at {NZ 780 176}. Our route now took us to Dalehouse.

After crossing the A174 road to reach Cowbar Farm, we joined the Cleveland Way (CW) at Cowbar Lane {NZ 778 188}. Turning left, in a westerly direction, we followed the CW up the coast to Boulby and Skinningrove. We continued along the coast keeping to the route of the CW. We left this at {NZ 699 213}, turning left to pass over Warsett Hill. We rejoined the CW near the Ship Inn in Saltburn (see picture below) and followed it uphill to the end of our walk.


Throughout the today's walk we experienced quite strong winds. These made the trek along the coast more difficult than it might have otherwise been. Fortunately, we were able to find some shelter for our lunch break (in Borrowby Dale) and our tea-stop (in Skinningrove).

Despite our exposure to strong head-on winds during the day, we arrived at our coach in Saltburn at about 16.10; this gave us about 35 minutes in order to partake of refreshments!

Click the button below to see the GPS tracklog of where we went and the walk statistics.



I managed to take a few quick snaps during today's expedition; click on the button below to take a look at these.



The were no 'untoward' events to report from today's walk!

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