happyhikerEMERGENCY CLOSURE OF PATH NEAR CLEVELAND WAY AT RAVENSCAR.
Mick GarrattThe Cleveland Way: A Slow March Into The Sea
One from Tuesday’s little jaunt to Whitby. I had fancied a stroll along the coastal path to Saltwick, though the weather had other ideas. A mischievous wind and a steady parade of squalls were doing their utmost to suggest that I might prefer to remain upright. The path here is crumbling with admirable enthusiasm. One ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/11/27/the-cleveland-way-a-slow-march-into-the-sea/
The Lost Path of Jackdaw Crag
Just along the coast from where the Cleveland Way passes by the mineral railway, far too close to the shear drop for comfort, past the Charm Bracelet sculpture the cliff becomes deceptively less steep. Here walkers might breath a sigh of relief. Yet somewhere below, hidden from view, lies Jackdaw Crag, no doubt once favoured by its clamo ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/11/16/the-lost-path-of-jackdaw-crag/
Under the Beech: Kildale’s Tribute to the Fallen of WW2
In the quiet heart of Kildale stands this modest stone shelter. Walkers on the Cleveland Way pause here to rest, unwrap their sandwiches, and watch the rain fall. Each morning, local children gather beneath its roof, waiting for the school buses to Stokesley or Ingleby Greenhow, th ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/11/09/under-the-beech-kildales-tribute-to-the-fallen-of-ww2/
Daylight Saving: An Experiment in Collective Jet Lag
Every autumn, we perform our favorite ritual of self-sabotage: we change the clocks and then act surprised when our bodies protest. The great “extra hour of sleep” myth returns, while our circadian systems quietly implode.
And tonight’s the night, as the clocks are about to jump back, our bodie ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/25/daylight-saving-an-experiment-in-collective-jet-lag/
A Mystery Beneath our Feet on Cold Moor
Last Sunday, the weather gods allowed a final memorable spectacle of blue skies over the North York Moors before the autumnal gloom. From the heights of Cold Moor, the view towards the Wainstones was as grand as ever, but my eye was drawn not to the distant crags, but to something ra ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/10/15/a-mystery-beneath-our-feet-on-cold-moor/
#ClevelandHills #ClevelandWay #CoastToCoast #ColdMoor #NorthYorkMoors #wainstones
Guardian of the Cleveland Way
Had those two ominous notes from Jaws been playing in my earphones, I might have sensed what was coming. Just two notes, faster and faster, the sound of danger creeping closer.
This red grouse appeared on the Cleveland Way path over Carr Ridge, no more than ten metres away, a plump silhouette against the heather. I expected it to take ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/08/20/guardian-of-the-cleveland-way/
A Boundary Stone of 1860 and a Chaloner Legacy
A one-way walk to Guisborough—infinitely preferable than a circular route. Today’s image features Highcliff Nab, seen from just below Black Nab across the fields of Codhill Farm—or Highcliffe Farm, depending on whom you wish to offend. One must name both or risk mild social unrest. The boundary ston ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/04/29/a-boundary-stone-of-1860-and-a-chaloner-legacy/
Hunt Cliff — Victorian Engineering Meets Geological Indifference
It is endlessly surprising—though it really should not be—how absurdly fragile this stretch of the old Cleveland Railway remains, teetering along the edge of Hunt Cliff as though daring gravity to intervene.
Originally built between 1865 and 186 ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/04/20/hunt-cliff-victorian-engineering-meets-geological-indifference/
#HuntCliff #Saltburn #YorkshireCoast #ClevelandWay #geology #history
High Lingrow: From Wartime Deception to Agricultural Use
At Port Mulgrave today, where the weather could not make up its mind, shifting between sunshine and snow flurries. Lingrow Cliffs is just that little headland across the bay, not really anything special, especially at low tide. But near its highest point—named, with great imagination, High Lingrow—there was once a Second World W ...
http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=37445
#ClevelandWay #PortMulgrave #YorkshireCoast #history #military
