Sunday 14th September 2025
Miles 5.47 Miles (Plus 3.0 miles unrecorded return walk)
Elevation Gain 72 feet
Total days walking 87 (excluding the swcp)
Total mileage 1731.71 (including the swcp)
Having taken the train up to Newcastle on Friday to visit one of our sons and see his new flat, we spent Saturday with him & his girlfriend. On Friday night, they took us to Tynemouth via the Metro to a small, local restaurant. Tynemouth is a lovely place; on this visit, we were able to see more of it, especially compared to our previous trip when torrential rain kept us hidden in our waterproof clothing during our coastal walk.
We left on Sunday morning to take the train down from Newcastle to York, then York to Hessle. It was a local train, very noisy. Once in Hessle, we gathered ourselves for the week to come. With the forecast looking bleak, we expect to get a soaking.
We arrived earlier than planned, since the weather was forecast to be worse later in the day.
All set, we start Strava & proceed on our way out of the station towards the Humber Bridge, which we will be walking across. Almost immediately outside someone's house is a table with Apples, pairs & even brown paper bags to help yourself to the fruit. Lesley still wasn't feeling great as she had had an upset stomach during the previous week, so she passed on having any fruit.
Not long & we start the climb up the steps where we had finished our last walk, ascending the steps onto the Humber Bridge, we get a great sense of being where we love to be, out on a long-distance path with no worries of everyday troubles. It's our special place.
The wind is strong, blowing into our faces, but the sensation & satisfaction of crossing the bridge, we hardly notice the nearly two miles of bridge slipping past, & that's it, we have crossed the Humber bridge spanning the fast-flowing flowing swirling, dirty brown water of the river, the river Humber.
It has taken two days of walking in a westerly direction along the north side of the estuary from Spurn Point & now another two days walking the south side of the estuary in an Easterly direction before we start heading south down the country.
On the south side, we decide to walk further than planned, as it is still relatively early in the day, and the next station along from Burton Humber is Barrow Haven, where on Monday we can get the train too, but not today, as they don't run on Sundays, so it will be a walk back to the hotel an un-recorded walking event as neither of us remembered to start strava so please add on another 3.5 miles to our total! But before we walk this stretch, a conveniently placed café where Jacket potatoes & tea are consumed.
As we approach Barrow Haven, the rain sets in, so with waterproof coats & trousers, we start retracing our steps back to Barton Humber & the George Hotel, our accommodation for the night.
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| On the Humber Bridge |
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| South side of the Bridge |
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| Not sure about this updated Strava, Apparently, I swam across the Humber! |
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