Cleveland Way (Part 9) - Scarborough to Filey: 12 September 2010
- Distance
- 9½ miles
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Location
- Scarborough … Map of start point
- Transport
- Buses and trains between Filey and Scarborough
- Leader
- Big Jon
After a slightly delayed start as we had to wait for four people who were on the train from York, we set off through the town and over the bridge to the South Cliff. After a couple of diversions where following the original route of the Cleveland Way would require the ability to fly, passing the disintegrating headland of Knipe Point, we dropped down through the woodland of Cayton Cliff, almost to the level of the beach. We were close enough to the beach we could almost reach out and touch it. But no! To get to it we had to climb all the way back up to the clifftop and then back down to the beach for our lunch break.
Unlike the previous day's walk, there weren't any more steep drops or climbs, and we followed a fairly level clifftop past Tin Can Alley (also known as the several caravan parks that infest and despoil this otherwise beautiful coastline), and it was not long before we saw the headland of Filey Brigg jutting out into the sea ahead of us. Making our own way down to the enormous and largely empty beach, we then had a little time to enjoy the pleasures of being in Filey, the jewel of the Yorkshire coast, on a gorgeous sunny afternoon, with the achievement of 109 miles of walking behind us.
A big thank you to Karen, Kelly, Bridget, Stevie, Mark K, Andy, Heather and Jon for leading parts of the route, but an especially big thank you to Emma for organising the whole expedition, and leading us on the first leg all those months ago.
Photos by Stevie