Once again I let my smartphone guide me on the bus, this
time returning to Saltburn for the walk back to Guisborough on the Cleveland
Way. The Way passes through a local park
and continues up the scenic Saltburn Valley, under the Saltburn Viaduct, and
along a narrow stream known as Skelton Beck. The gradual climb provides
increasingly better views of the coastal cities and the distant North Sea.
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| View from upper Saltburn town |
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| Saltburn Viaduct |
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| Skelton Beck |
At the town of Skelton, I recognized the bus stops where I
changed buses yesterday and this morning when traveling between Guisborough and
Saltburn. From Skelton the Cleveland Way passes over a ridge and descends to
the village of Slapewath, where I found a pub and had a noon-time snack. I then
left the Cleveland Way and followed a different footpath to Guisborough,
passing by the Guisborough Priory remains (another Henry VIII casualty), and emerging
300 yards from my hotel. By taking different footpaths than I walked yesterday,
I’m beginning to learn my way around – the sign that it’s time to move on. In
fact, I’m only about 5 miles from Great Broughton, where I stayed when I walked
the Coast to Coast last week. I could easily walk there in a few hours.
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| Skelton |
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| Guisborough Priory (remains) |
Tomorrow I’ll leave the North York Moors and head to the
city of Durham, where I’ll evolve into a tourist rather than a walker.
