{"id":4434,"date":"2023-10-27T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tappstravels.co.uk\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2025-12-24T22:28:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T22:28:02","slug":"7-from-scotland-to-northallerton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tappstravels.co.uk\/?p=4434","title":{"rendered":"7. FROM SCOTLAND TO NORTHALLERTON."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Having dropped Glenda off by St Abbs harbour, I parked up the hill.\u00a0 Glenda then discovered that the path to St Abbs Head climbed straight up the hill to where I was parked.<\/p>\n

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Well, exercise is good for her!\u00a0 Putting off the rest of the climb, we headed to the visitor centre.\u00a0 Outside there was a memorial to the three fishermen of the town who lost their lives in the great storm of 1881 (see earlier post).\u00a0 Miniature bronze statues of their wives and children looking out to sea…\u00a0 Very moving.<\/p>\n

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There was a further delay at the School House Caf\u00e9 for some soup.\u00a0 It was almost too late to set off to the headland by the time we got going.\u00a0 Too much procrastination!<\/div>\n
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We were told in the visitor centre that there were lots of seats on the path.\u00a0 I set off to count them, carrying a full “coffee and snack kit” in the rucksack. The climb was a bit “edgy” and gave us a great view of St Abbs…<\/div>\n
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The view from the top was pretty panoramic, too.\u00a0 The lighthouse is set some 20m below the top of the cliff.<\/div>\n
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This is because the clifftop is often shrouded in clouds and mist.\u00a0 And, guess what.\u00a0 Just TWO seats on the whole walk and they were both in the first 200m!\u00a0 Nowhere to sit at the top.\u00a0 So I carried the refreshments all the way back down again!<\/div>\n
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In one of the coves at the base of the cliffs there was a whale.\u00a0 A dead one to be fair, but a whale nonetheless!\u00a0 Apparently, a Minke whale had been stranded there a month ago.\u00a0 Very sad.<\/div>\n
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Well, that was the extent of our international travel on this trip.\u00a0 Back to England.\u00a0 Just before we got home we came across a very photogenic leveret.<\/div>\n
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The next day was a beach-walking day again.\u00a0 Starting at Low Newton-by-the-Sea, this time heading north, first to Football Hole Beach…<\/div>\n
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… and on to Link House Beach with Beadnell in the far distance.\u00a0 Like I said previously, life’s a beach around here!<\/div>\n
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Then back to Craster, once known as Crawcestre.\u00a0 The name derived from “craw” (crow) and “cestre” (olde English for earthworks).\u00a0 At the end of the 15th century the then Lord of the Manor changed the spelling to Craster which I’m guessing was how Crawcestre was pronounced.\u00a0 The full name of the village was apparently listed as Craster-Seahouses but Craster-Seahouses Kippers would be a bit of a mouthful (so to speak!), so the name was contracted to Craster.\u00a0 A master-stroke of marketing by Craster Kippers!<\/p>\n

A late afternoon walk South from from Craster harbour…<\/p>\n

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along the rockier coastline.<\/p>\n

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After that, we had the compulsory visit to Thrunton Woods – or what’s left of them after the clearance following the destruction caused a couple of years ago by Storm Arwen.<\/p>\n

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…and Glenda had nostalgic thoughts while looking over the field where her horse used to have its Summer holidays 50 – 60 years ago!<\/p>\n

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Later that day we met Angela and Bruce at Foxton Golf Course (on our non-membership ticket, of course) for tea and a fabulous Indian meal at Lal Khazana in Shilbottle.<\/p>\n

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It’s now Sunday.\u00a0 The day we start moving South.\u00a0 But first a five mile walk from the campsite to Embleton beach.<\/p>\n

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Don’t you just hate these crowded beaches! And looking the other way we get our last view of Dunstanburgh Castle.<\/p>\n

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Then down the A1 round the back of Newcastle to Wiske Moor, near Northallerton. By sunset we were fully established on our new site.<\/p>\n

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Having been camped right on the Coast to Coast cycle route on our first night, we now find ourselves immediately adjacent to the Coast to Coast walking path.\u00a0 This runs through Danby Wiske on the way to Robin Hoods Bay.<\/p>\n

We have lots of old university (geography) friends in this area.\u00a0 Or perhaps I should say long-standing friends!\u00a0 \u00a0We had a great lunch at a “French” restaurant (Rustique Bistro) in Richmond with Lesley\u00a0followed by a walk along the briskly flowing River Swale.<\/p>\n

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It was great to catch up on the gossip with Sarah and Ian…<\/p>\n

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And just to prove we do eat in the caravan occasionally…\u00a0 we entertained Wynne one evening.<\/p>\n

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Tea and cakes at Betty’s in Northallerton was an essential stop.\u00a0 As were a couple of visits to caravan dealers for some pre-show research.\u00a0 Walks around the reservoir at Osmotherly and another visit to Richmond and it was time to leave.\u00a0 We had chosen to travel to Alderley Edge on a Sunday to avoid the HGVs on the motorway.\u00a0 This worked brilliantly, but on the M62 over the Pennines we found ourselves at the very front of a rolling road block!<\/p>\n

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Apparently there had been a report of sheep on the road – well, to be fair there are great stretches where there are almost no fences to prevent stock wandering onto the tarmac.\u00a0 Our “conductor” gradually reduced our collective speed all the way to a stand-still over a distance of several miles.\u00a0 And, guess what, there were two less sheep on the road than there had been seats on the walk to St Abbs Head!\u00a0 Still, better safe than sorry.<\/p>\n

The journey continues!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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