Friday 11th
September
Up and Away!
We left home at 8:45am and two
buses and three trains later arrived at Robin Hood's Bay at around 13:40pm. The
journey was uneventful apart from almost failing to get off the bus when it
reached RHB! The weather was superb with no wind and barely a cloud in the sky.
As we sought our B&B, The Villa at the top of the village, two chaps were
just coming down the road about to complete the Coast to Coast. Having checked
in we headed downhill, minus rucksacks, to the beach and dipped our toes in the
water. I couldn't help but feel that the tide is always out (it always has been
when I have been there!) and so we made our ways across the sand to the water's
edge. We took photos and then looked for a pebble. Considering how many have
been transported here from St Bees there seemed to be surprisingly few of them.
We both picked up two, one to keep and one to throw into the Irish
Sea should we reach it. Although it didn't feel like it the return back up the
hill was the start of our walk. I was pleased I had not got my 18kg load on my
back. At around 18:00pm we went to the pub next door for a meal
(Hunters Chicken) and then back at the B&B repacked ready for the
morning. We were asleep soon after 22:00pm.