Yorkshire Coast Trip; Days 6/7 (Thu 22nd – Fri 23 April 2021)
Leaving Scarborough, we moved on to Robin Hoods Bay, where we stayed in a campsite situated high above the village. Walking into the village and back therefore proved to be quite strenuous, but worth it. Robin Hoods Bay is a bit of a tourist trap, but deservedly so; it is a delightful place whose (very) steep streets mean that houses seem to be piled on top of each other, right up the hillside.
Many narrow footpaths and stone straircases between the houses and houses painted with bright colours add to the atmosphere.
At high tide, the road down to the viallage ends at a slipway onto the beach, but when the tide is out, the beach is well worth exploring further.
From the bottom of the slipway, looking back up into the village, there is a culverted stream, which also according to local historians, served as a route for contraband as it visits many of the properties in the town on the way uphill. We didn’t explore it, but enjoyed a first post-locdown pint outside the pub.
The cliffs here are made of clay and shale, which is progressively washed away. Much of the shale contains fossil seashells, such as amonites, belemnites, bivalves and gastropods.
Whilst on the beach, we were treated to artwork drawn onto the sky, with two fighter-jets practicing manoeuvres over the coast.
"See-u-Later" 