Thursday 27th March
Miles 12.84 Miles
Elevation Gain 362 feet
Total days walking 80 (excluding the swcp)
Total mileage 1648.28 (including the swcp)
Leaving our accommodation we are straight on the path a short way along the promenade down a few steps we are in the small fishing dock, its low water so the boats are resting at odd angles on the sea bed, limp, waiting to be rescued by the water to pick them up & allow them back to work.
Out of the harbour area & back on the prom for a few miles before it abruptly ends forcing us down onto the sand, across the soft dry powdery sand down to the wet hard sand where we remain for many miles with big skies & a long horizon spreading out in front of us.
To our right the crumbling land battered by the sea forcing the caravan holiday parks to get smaller with the remnants of the infrastructure hanging on pipes & wires swinging in the air waiting to fall & be claimed by the sea.
To our left the sea, the vast sea expanse as far as can be seen with gill nets anchored to the beach & weighed down to the sea bed waiting for the sea to return & bring with it fish to get caught.
The cliffs get lower until they are just blending into the beach, we stop for a coffee from the flask accompanied by hot cross buns, all at a three legged picnic table on the edge of the field the forth leg broken off & propped up by some rocks.
Continuing along the way until we arrive on the outskirts of Hornsea where we sit & take it all in before continuing the last few steps into Hornsea where we have a visit to a fish & chip shop, faced with the choice of a traditional fish cake or a northern fish cake a potato fish sandwich dipped in batter & fried delicious if not too much fat!
Hornsea is a really well kept place with flower baskets every where & a volunteer army keeping the place spick & span all the cycle racks are well painted, we meet a volunteer painting away merrily, a good place to live.
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