Another day of varied coastlines as we drove south from Scarborough to Hull on day thirty-two. As always, some nice little surprises along the way.
Photo of the day
Freshly painted beach huts along the promenade at Scarborough’s north bay. A nice bright start to the day 🙂
Scarborough
The Grand Hotel sitting proud above Scarborough’s south bay promenade and beach.The lighthouse along the pier with the Lunar Park funfair in the background.
Hunmanby Gap
Wide open sands at Hunmanby Gap.Juicy berries on the bushes surrounding the fields above Hunmanby Gap.
Bempton Cliffs
Great views of Bempton Cliffs at the nature reserve managed by the RSPB.Hundreds of Gannetts clinging to the cliffs.Learning about Gannetts.Magnificent cliff views.
Flamborough Head
The current lighthouse, built in 1806.The view over Selwicks Bay at Flamborough Head.The Old Lighthouse at Flamborough Head, constructed from chalk in 1673, considered to be the oldest building of its type in England.
Bridlington
The view down to Bridlington from Sewerby, and again the now familiar sight of wind turbines along the coast.OK OK, not a real lighthouse, but they made an attempt on the grass banks of Bridlington Harbour.
Hornsea
Hornsea Beach, not a huge amount to see on this grey afternoon. So we just had a quick coffee pick-me-up… and got on our way.
Tunstall
Trying to navigate our way to the coast at Tunstall, we got as far as the All Saints Parish Church.
Withernsea
Withernsea Castle (if you can call it that), previously the entrance to the pier before it got washed away.Withernsea Lighthouse curiously sitting inland in the middle of a row of houses.
Spurn Point
The Holderness coastline is the fastest eroding in Europe, at 2.1m each year! The beach at Kilnsea was littered with bits of road and buildings that had collapsed into the sea.Another high tide warning, so we decided not to proceed along the road to the tip of Spurn Point….… instead we viewed the Lighthouse from a safe distance.
Hull
A quick walk around Hull before dinner, and Jarno got very excited about spotting a cream coloured phone box.The grand Hull City Hall in Queen Victoria Square. From the little we saw of Hull we were surprisingly impressed. We’ll have to come back when we have more time.
Daily video
2 thoughts on “Day 32 – Scarborough to Hull”
We stayed at the Grand Hotel in Scarborough around the same time you were there, looks nice from a distance, but unfortunately hasn’t been ‘grand’ since it was last refurbished in the 18th centrury (see reviews on tripadviser)
Bempton Cliffs are amazing, did you spot any puffins ? (we saw 2!)
2 thoughts on “Day 32 – Scarborough to Hull”
We stayed at the Grand Hotel in Scarborough around the same time you were there, looks nice from a distance, but unfortunately hasn’t been ‘grand’ since it was last refurbished in the 18th centrury (see reviews on tripadviser)
Bempton Cliffs are amazing, did you spot any puffins ? (we saw 2!)
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