Yorkshire Coast Trip (our first trip with Fufu); Days 1-3 (Sat 17th – Mon 19th April 2021)
Having been grounded (like everyone else) since the purchase of our “new to us” motorhome, Fufu, we were looking forward to our first trip which has been in the planning for months.
“God’s own country”, they call Yorkshire and to a Lancastrian, this grates a bit, but I have to agree that many parts of this large county are extremely beautiful. We are fortunate to have just over a week to enjoy it and with the weather set fair, we have high hopes.
Bempton Cliffs
Our camping site lies between Bempton Cliffs to the North and Flamborough Head to the South. The coast here comprises of high cliffs which is famous for its colonies of seabirds who nest there. This is what we had come to see in this first part of our Yorkshire Coast trip. There is a path to the coastal, cliff-top path, leading off from the back of the site.
Bempton Cliffs is an RSPB nature reserve, famous for the many nesting seabirds which occupy the cliffs’ many crevices and narrow ledges.
The landscape is stunningly beautiful and the fine weather helped us make the most of our time there. Whilst there, we saw a wide variety of bird-life, including gannets, razorbills, kittiwakes and puffins. We also saw a short-eared owl and a kestrel hunting along the cliff top. In addition, we also spied a school of dolphins, making their way along the coast.
Gannets
Gannets are large and beautiful seabirds that fly in from their fishing trips in small squadrons. They reach breeding maturity when in their 5th year.
Flamborough Head
Flamborough is a small village runnng inland from Flamborough Head, just north of the resort of Bridlington.
On our final day in this area, we parked at North Landing (Fufu is the motorhome on the right that you can see on the cliff top).
Along the cliffs, south of North Landing, there are many amazing rock formations with pillars and arches cut out of the cliff-face.
Here, we were lucky enough to see more puffins, as well as guillemots and more razorbills.
Puffins:
Puffins are not easy to spot as they are small (about the size of a pigeon) and spend much of the time underground in a nesting burrow.
"See-u-Later" 