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UK: Wainwright Day 13 – Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay

The Last Day of our Hike

Across the coastal edge below the North York Moors to the sea, then south. to Robin Hood’s Bay.

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To the North Sea

Now we cross the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Moors on our way to the east coast.

Falling Foss Tea Garden

An oasis that serves tea on the way to the coast, with a pause at the Falling Foss Tea Garden near Whitby.

This monk’s cell, dated 1790, was carved out of a single boulder
The Falling Foss, which takes its name from the Old Norse for ‘waterfalll’
This is the root system of one tree
The fossilized trace of an ancient beach
A rest before the final push

On the coast

The sea is now in sight! We walk through the village of Hawsker, and then follow the cliffs south to Robin Hood’s Bay.

Here we walk through a holiday camp, or RV park, to the bluffs, then south . Nobody is here yet so early in the season.
We end as we began, walking along the sea cliffs, but in dramatically different weather

Robin Hood’s Bay

This is our destination, after thirteen days on the trail. It is popular with domestic tourists.

Checking in for our last B & B night together
A Victorian wrought iron gazebo
This is where we toss in the stones we have brought across from the Irish Sea. Our guide has figured out our cumulative altitude change as 34,000 ft, higher than Everest.
Our last toast together as a group
Time to dry our boots before packing them away
The view refrom my room at Streonhalh. Tomorrow morning it will be breakfast and departure.
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