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26th June 2017 Hiking - Walking: Flamborough Head to North Landing Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: sunny start but clouding over later. Max Speed: Distance Covered: 5.29 miles (Nautical Miles - unless stated otherwise) Monday 26th June – Walk ***** Flamborough Head to North Landing – sunny start but clouding over later. Out 5 hours covering 5.29 miles. Our third night just outside Fraisthorpe village and woke to wall to wall sunshine with light onshore winds, the wind turbines had to slowly change to a new position to keep turning. We both managed our exercises in the warm sunshine before breakfast and then off to Bridlington in search of a supermarket. We were hoping to find one on the outskirts but no luck and ended up at a big Tesco after driving through the old town, only marginally better than the seafront! Really pushed the boat out with two carrier bags full costing £47! Mainly on cake I am afraid. It was then a short drive to Flamborough head with a lighthouse and the most amazing cliffs. There was a big carpark and you could get all day for £2.90 which we found in change, lucky we have still got some change after spending out on carparks four days in a row! I got the ticket while Mag made a picnic from the yummy rotisserie chicken and notice it is valid until 11.37 tomorrow morning so hope to stay here the night although I bet it’s frowned upon:( We are about to set off when a small Dutch campervan pulls in beside us and we have a nice chat with them. They are on their way back to Hull to catch the ferry after having been to Scotland. They used to have a yacht and knew our area of Suffolk very well! With the gps running we walked past the lighthouse to the point where the radar masts are and are amazed by the birds, the steep white chalks cliffs are packed with nesting seabirds, many with young precariously perched on very narrow ledges. The birds were arranged in groups of different species, loads of Kittiwakes, Guillemots, Razorbills and Puffins with their small clock work like wings as they whizz out to sea for another beak full of sand eels. Lines of yellow headed Gannets were flying in formation along the coast towards Bempton Cliffs where the RSPB reserve is but we didn’t see them land on the cliffs. We got chatting to two more couples - we have never been so sociable then spotted some stunning Black butterflies with red spots which turned out to be 5-spot Burnet Moths! With the tide, out a small cove beach was exposed so we headed down the steep steps as there had been several head down there. Some had hard hats but it looked like extreme rock pooling:) The small sandy beach turned into weedy rock pools leading to secret coves with chalk arches in the high cliffs, just amazing and full of birds just above our heads all feeding young, just small fluffy balls. We had been gone over an hour but hadn’t even made it to the cliff path! Our hope was to walk to Bempton but were not sure how far it was? Hungry now we had our picnic on the beach feeding the chicken bones to the Herring Gulls which eat them whole in one gulp! Then it’s up onto the cliff path, stopped for another chat with a couple from Lincolnshire. Past the links golf course where the 4 Flamborough Gays were playing a round, four golfers dressed head to toe in cerise pink in two buggies, they looked lovely:) The cliff path in just beyond description as it wound its way up the coast. With deep wide gullies cut in the chalk by the waves, just thousands of birds on the ledges, circling overhead, swimming in the sea and flying far out to sea fishing. The puffins are the best :) We stopped in several places to watch. One Herring gull with a big spotty baby had even made a nest in an old tyre on the top of a small stack, how the tyre got there goodness only knows? We got to a sad looking little shanty town with a huge café. Turned out to be North Landing which looked like a good place to turn back as Bempton was too far to walk - perhaps we can drive there tomorrow? There was an old lifeboat slipway down into another small sandy cove with three old wooden Coble fishing boats. The carpark here had a big No overnight parking sign :( With it clouding over we were glad to be walking back as we had our 5 mile legs, a bit of a headache from the birds screeching – with that number all making so much noise it is very loud! and they didn’t smell that fresh either! Back at the van after 5 hours covering 5.29 miles. We moved into a corner of the carpark out of the way and had a cream tea of scones, jam and clotted cream – good old Tesco :) Dozing and reading before tea, then a quick walk down to the radar masts as it got dark and back to the van. Another little camper has joined us for the night and with rain forecast I can’t see a problem and we do have that ticket saying tomorrow morning!! Photo Gallery here |
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