Route: Ravenscar to Robin Hood’s Bay
Area: North Yorkshire
Date of walk: 25th February 2015
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 9.8 miles
Weather: Sun and blue skies first half, clouded over on return leg
This is a wonderful cliff top walk which we’d done nearly 2 years ago. On that occasion the weather was dull and uninspiring but today the weather gods were smiling down on us as we set off from Ravenscar, having parked on the road just before the Raven Hall Hotel
It was a very clear day and we could easily see our destination of Robin Hood’s Bay, 4 miles away along the coast
Full of anticipation we set off along an easy track, soon joining the well waymarked Cleveland Way. Getting lost on this route would be well nigh impossible
At Boggle Hole we descended to the beach and since the tide was on the way out, we were able to walk along the beach to Robin Hood’s Bay (NOTE: be sure to check tide times if you follow the beach route, people have been trapped on the rocks)
We had our picnic at Robin Hood’s Bay and having done so wandered around the fascinating little village for a while before setting off on the return leg along the ‘Cinder Track’, which follows the course of a disused railway line. Although it’s uphill all the way, this is hardly noticed thanks to the gentle gradient which the railway engineers had to plot
It clouded over on the way back, but no matter as the weather had been superlative on the outward leg, and we were very grateful for that – a fantastic walk
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A glorious morning as we set off from Derwent View Hackness to drive to Ravenscar for the start of today’s walk
20 minutes later we arrive in Ravenscar
Not a bad place to park the car - the walk is spread out before us, with Robin Hood’s Bay in the distance
The view of Robin Hood’s Bay through my telephoto lens is deceptive - there’s 4 miles of walking to do before we arrive there
Off we go, from near the Raven Hall Hotel
Looking over the golf course towards Robin Hood’s Bay
Walking by the golf course
We join the Cleveland Way, which leads to Robin Hood’s Way (and beyond)
We visit the old Alum Works, a Scheduled Ancient Monument - we saw a deer here, but I wasn’t quick enough to grab a photo
Looking back along the cliffs
It’s a privilege to be here on a day like this
Looking back to Ravenscar
Robin Hood’s Bay (the bay and the town)
Looking back to Ravenscar from Scoupe Beck Sands
Robin Hood’s Bay from the sands
Back up on the cliff, and looking down to the sands, with Ravenscar in the distance
Just for a change - a view inland
We descend to Boggle Hole
We know that the tide is retreating and hope that we’ll be able to complete the journey to Robin Hood’s Bay along the beach…
….yes we can, lucky timing
Ravenscar in the distance
and again
Approaching Robin Hood’s Bay
We enter the town via the slip way ahead
Oystercatcher with its unmistakeable mad red eye
We have wonderful memories of arriving here a few years ago, having completed the C2C walk
Time for our picnic
We explored a few of the fascinating little streets as we walked up through the town
Start of the return journey along the Cinder Track, the route of the disused railway
One of several tunnels along the track
Looking back to Robin Hood’s Bay
Ravenscar ahead
We see our car through the last tunnel, what a wonderful walk that was
