Coast to Coast - Day 13 - Blakey Ridge to Grosmont

An early start today as the sun rises over Rosedale Moor 

(A train to catch at Grosmont 13miles away!) 

Looking back over Rosedale to the Lion Inn

The shooting lodge at Trough House

Lingering mist in Fryupdale (What a great name!)

Fairy Cross Plain forms an island in middle of Fryupdale

The high moor is surrounded by a sea of mist, now down Glaisdale 

Droplets of mist hang like a necklace. (Oooooh, so poetic!)

The sheep know where to find the sunshine.

Remembering the 'Tour de Yorkshire'. 

(Certainly not part of the 'pelaton'!

The mist now almost cleared from the River Esk in Glaisdale

Arriving in Grosmont junction on the 

North Yorkshire Moors Railway with 30mins to spare.

Coast to Coast - Day 12 - Swainby to Blakey Ridge

Leaving Swainby in the valley and climbing onto the North Yorks Moors northern fringe.

Early morning mist in Raisdale.

Looking north to Middlesborough

Following the edge of the moor with the climb up Round hill ahead right

A Red Grouse silhouetted on a cairn.

Looking back west along the ridge

The summit trig point on Carlton Bank

A shower passes over Stokesley

Looking back again along the path

Roseberry Topping (the conical hill) with the first sight of the North Sea behind.

Zooming in on Roseberry Topping

The view point on Cringle Moor

Another descent and climb ahead

Zooming in on the  docks at Teesport

A final look back before heading into the heart of the moors 

Parting company with the Cleveland Way

Zooming in on the day's destination - the Lion Inn 

on Blakey Ridge ( the highest pub in Yorkshire ) 404 m 1329ft

A pint of 'Black Sheep' awaits in the the Lion Inn!

Claife Heights (Windermere)

Windermere near the Ash Ferry Landing

Windermere with the Kentmere fells above

Windermere again

Wise Een Tarn on Claife Heights

Wise Een Tarn with Crinkle Crags behind

Autumn leaves just beginning to turn

(and below)

Esthwaite water and the village of Near Sawrey

Esthwaite Water with the Fairfield Fells behind

The Peel Tower - Ramsbottom

A first view of the Peel tower heading out from Ramsbottom

No mistaking which way to go

The Manchester skyline as the rain moved in

The Peel tower

Looking over Ramsbottom and the Rossendale valley to Scout Moor wind-farm

Coast to Coast - Day 11 - Oaktree Hill to Swainby

Above Osmotherley, the Coast to Coast path joins the Cleveland Way for about 10 miles  

Looking back over the Vale of York as the path climbs the North Yorkshire Moors into the National Park   

A large signal relay station positioned on the edge of the moors

Looking ahead to Round Hill (1490ft) on Urra Moor 

Urra moor again with the prospect of 25 miles of moorland ahead before the final descent to the North Sea. 

Approx 43 miles now to Robin Hoods Bay.