Tuesday 13th May
Miles 18.62 Miles
Elevation Gain 456 feet
Total days walking 83 (excluding the swcp)
Total mileage 1681.86 (including the swcp)
Off we go, a bright clear day we head out from our accommodation to the old pier head where we finished on our last trip, the pier long gone closing due to storm damage in1875 only 26 years after it was constructed.
Starting out along the promenade past a plot of land that is for sale but I don't think will sell as its hanging off the cliff! & further on past life boat station, unfortunately its not long before the promenade comes to an end. We are looking for a way off the cliff to the beach which involves scaling a low fence & through a field, we are not the first, the path is well worn but the gate we are heading to is locked but there is no path down to the beach. Turning right to head out of the field onto a residential road we can see there have been goats grazing on the land.
Out of the field we walk down a residential road turning left onto the main road past a caravan site into the dog walking area where we find some steps cut into the bank leading down to the beach now down on the beach we get into our pace.
Along the beach we can see the erosion & cliff falls with the ww2 pill boxes collapsed onto the beaches, I find a beach ball & kick it along the beach before losing it to the sea!
Now approaching Easington where we will be staying Lesley calls the pub as arranged when booking to see if we can drop our bags off before we walk down to Spurn point but there is no reply so leaves a message.
We take a chance it & make a detour off the beach via a very nice well kept static home park, arriving at the pub they are having some work done we speak to the guy & are are able to drop our bags off in the room. Bags dropped we carry on back to the beach & on to Spurn Point nature reserve.
Travelling light we are able to make good progress, its hot & dry walking on the dry dusty sand is hard going.
Finally across the sand bar past the hightide shelter (the sandbar can be flooded at high tide) heading out to the lighthouse 2 miles away its hot & the sand covered concrete road is easier but still hard going, as we progress along the road the sand becomes less & the walking easier, the only wild life we can see are the brown caterpillars crossing the path.
Arriving at the light house we are under whelmed, lack of birds lizards etc. We turn to make the crossing back off Spurn point. On the return journey we walk closer to the water edge on our left but are asked by a volunteer who is installing an electric fence to walk back over to the loose dry sand. Coming off the point we stop off at he Spurn point café a nice cup of tea sconce, jam & cream or is it, cream & jam! leaving the café with some reduced goods for breakfast we head back to the pub where a pint is calling. On the way we go down a lovely grassy path butterflies fluttering around but again not much other wildlife.
Meeting a gentleman on the path with his binocular's he also agrees there is not much wild life about spotting just a few butterflies.
Back at the pub we settle into a nice cool pint.
Photos of the day
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