Here are a couple of photos from the dining room of the Spa Hotel taken last night at dinner -
Day 6 was cool and breezy but no rain. We left the Spa Hotel after an early breakfast. Here is a not-so-good picture -
Just down the road and up the hill was the beginning of the coastal portion of the Cleveland Way -
And a view back to Saltburn and the Spa Hotel -
We passed some artwork as we walked along the cliff edge -
And a fan house for the old Guibal Ironworks. These fans provided fresh air for the miners working in the shaft -
The iron mining was important for several hundred years. The jetty at Skinning Grove was built to support the ironworks (the British tried to blow up the jetty during WWII to keep it from aiding the Germans, but it proved difficult to destroy) -
All along our walk, we had beautiful views of the coast -
We walked through the town of Straithes, crossing Straithes Beck by footbridge -
The Cliffside takes a beating from the North Sea -
As we walked farther, we could see the town and its breakwater (and no wonder we had to descend to the town and then climb back out of it to the cliff tops) -
And here is today's tree with red berries -
Any guesses? We also saw something of the cabbage family growing wild - wild kale?
Tonight we are staying at The Firs in Runswick Bay -
Tomorrow is our shortest day!
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