My arrival at Robin Hood’s Bay concluded the second leg of
this summer’s walk. The third leg will be along the Cleveland Way. The Cleveland
Way is a national trail in northern England, running 110 miles. It starts
inland, at Helmsley (near Ilkley, where I started the Dales Way), then runs
along the north edge of the North York Moors National Park until reaching the
coast at Saltburn. It then runs south along the coast, through Robin Hood’s Bay
and terminates near Scarborough. For part of its course, it merges with the
Coast to Coast.
We first met the Cleveland Way at Osmotherley while I walked
the Coast to Coast. I left it when I
dropped down off the moor to head to Great Broughton, and then rejoined it for
a short time at Clay Bank Top as I headed towards Blakey Ridge (Lion Inn). The
Cleveland Way turned north before Blakey Ridge, while the Coast to Coast
continued east. I pick up the Cleveland Way again at Robin Hood’s Bay, and
follow it north along the bluffs above the North Sea.
The Cleveland Way continues to run along the coast through
Whitby, Staithes, and Saltburn, then turns inland to Guisbrough. I’ll be
walking approximately 35 miles on the Cleveland Way between Robin Hood’s Bay
and Guisbrough.
