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23rd June 2017 Hiking - Walking: Wharram Percy then Fraisthorpe to Bridlington Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy with light drizzle and breezy Max Speed: Distance Covered: 8 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Friday 23rd June – Travel and Walks **** Wharram Percy then Fraisthorpe to Bridlington At least 8 miles – cloudy with light drizzle and breezy Good night by the small church in Acaster Malbis, sadly woke to another cloudy day, Mag managed her exercises but I wimped out when it started to drizzle:( After breakfast we packed up and headed for the coast, a little slow going through York but good road to Bridlington and the scenery improved as we climbed up into the Wolds. Saw a sign for the scenic Route so turned left ending up at the car park in the middle of nowhere for Wharram Percy a deserted Medieval Village a ¾ mile walk: footpath steep in places, it sounded just our cup of tea:) The car park was surprisingly full for a miserable cloudy day and we had just missed a downpour, fleeces on we set off down the Wolds Way, through the field with calves and a clay pigeon shoot which echoed around the valley sounding like World War 3! We passed several walkers including a large group checking out the birds and plants. We came to a narrow little valley and spotted a cottage much newer than Medieval but at least it was still standing. Just behind it stood a pretty little church ruin with ornate stone windows with a dammed pond behind used in the 13th century for a couple of water mills and even in the grey cloud it was truly beautiful surrounded by wild flowers:) Up on the hill overlooking the church once stood several long houses and a Manor which sadly have all gone with only the basic shapes marked out from the various archaeological digs with small footpaths but a great spot non-the less. Back to the van we continued towards Bridlington before turning to Fraisthorpe beach which is at the end of a dead-end lane about 3 miles South of Brid. It was £3 to park in the cliff top carpark all day so we paid and joined the dozen or so cars/vans already there including at least half a dozen windsurfers. We stopped for a chat with one who gave me the run-down of the spot before finding a nice place to park on the cliff edge to watch the mainly dog walkers and windsurfers enjoying their day. We had a sandwich, read and dozed, I watched the windsurfers wobble out in the SW wind, cross of - west is good – dead off – as it offers miles of flat water blasting and having checked the weather on Mags phone the weekend looks promising, sunny and west winds, so fingers crossed for a sail. I had a quick walk to take pics of the cows and wind turbines and check out the windsurfers as they wobbled back to shore, the wind seemed to be disappearing and they were only on 6m or smaller sails! The tide was right up to the cliff now covering a lot of the Second World War bunkers that had been eroded off the cliffs so we had to walk along the cliff path when we set out towards Bridlington. We passed a small sailing club, campsites, wooden shacks and flat roof house but it all looked a little tired and Bridlington in the distance didn’t look much better:( We reached South beach and continued along the top past some funky beach huts and nice cliff top houses to the Spa pavilion which tonight features a Northern Soul Night perhaps Gloria Jones singing ‘Tainted Love’ a bit of a classic – you must check it out. Sadly, we didn’t bring our dancing shoes so will give it miss. Luckily, we left our money in the van as the many fish and chip shops were advertising £7 a portion! We finished our walk on a seat in the harbour full mainly with lobster and day trip fishing boats before heading back on the lower prom reading the messages in the stone work. When the prom ended we walked on the beautiful sandy beach poultering as we went – that’s picking up sea coal to you and me!!We were not impressed with Brid - all a little tired and run down, perhaps it would have looked better with the sun out but it is lovely on either side with miles of sandy beach one side and Flamborough Head the other! Back at the van knackered we had to leave the carpark as overnight parking is not allowed:( It’s not the best place to find a free spot to park because there are several big caravan sites, narrow lanes and farm land but we managed to find a place just outside Fraisthorpe Village a little near a busy road but that should quieten off as it gets dark! Photo Gallery here |
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