I began Day 6 of my treadmill virtual hike along the Cleveland Way in Skelton Green, about 3 miles from the coast at Saltburn-by-the-Sea. From there, the route was straightforward - follow the coast in a south-easterly direction.
Sadly, for about a mile of the walk into Saltburn-by-the-Sea I had very few images on my screen. This wasn't a surprise because when I plotted the route I could see that the Street View cameraperson didn't seem to follow the Cleveland Way paths all the way to the sea - they probably used roads for some of the time. So I had a choice: I could go by roads and always have images or go by the CW and only occasionally have images. I chose the latter.
Arriving at the sea. Saltburn looked very nice and the beach looked good too. I could see that the coast path would be going along high clifftops - exactly what I like!
And here we are on the clifftop path. It's a bit like the Pembrokeshire Coast Path but flatter and without the rockiness... and fewer ups and downs!
A single track railway ran alongside the path for a while, necessitating a safety barrier by the cliff edge:
I went down and past Skinningrove, but the village was a little way inland so I didn't see much of it. Then it was back up onto the cliffs with what I think is the highest point of today's walk in the distance. I'm not sure of the name of the hill, but it has a trig point at 213m.
Near the end of the stage, I went though Staithes. I'd not seen this seaside village before and I thought it was absolutely fantastic - narrow, winding streets, full of character and like somewhere from a bygone age.
I'm hoping tomorrow's walk will take me as far as Whitby...