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Week 55a – R&R in York

Posted on October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 16th to Tuesday 22nd October 2019

This week was mainly spent having some time off to rest and to explore the beautiful walled city of York…

York’s Grade II listed railway station was the largest in the world when it opened in 1877. Built by the North Eastern Railway, the structure included 13 platforms, a train shed, station buildings and a hotel.

Micklegate Bar. This was the most important of York’s four main medieval gateways and the focus for grand events. The name comes from ‘Micklelith’, meaning great street. It was the main entrance to the city for anyone arriving from the South”
http://www.historyofyork.org.uk/timel…/norman/micklegate-bar

The Tansy Beetle mural, by street artist ATM, is on the side of a house on Queen Street, next to the Premier Inn. It’s described by some as the “Jewel of York”, and portrays the city’s own rare, endemic Tansy beetle. Commissioned by environmental charity New Networks for Nature, and paid for by crowd funding, I think it’s beautiful. ATM has painted murals across London to Bristol and on to Poland and Norway.
http://atmstreetart.com/about/

Week 54 – Redcar to Scarborough

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 9th to Tuesday 15th October 2019

Redcar to Loftus 8 miles
Staithes to Whitby 12.48 miles
Whitby to Ravenscar 9.82 miles
Ravenscar to Scarborough 11.52 miles

Total miles this week 41.82

Total miles to date 2410.69

One of Redcar’s many ornate wrought-iron panels by architectural metalworkers Chris Topp and Co. “Based on the concept of the seaside postcard and represent local scenes, with each including a letter which when taken in order form a riddle with a hidden clue”.

“Left Luggage”, 2007, by Lewis Robinson. Gifted to Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council by “Working Title Films” to celebrate the filming of “Atonement” during the summer of 2006. Redcar.

Charm bracelet sculpture at Huntcliff, Skinningrove. Redcar to Loftus

The coastal path went up there! Runswick Bay. Staithes to Whitby

Remains of the railway platform, Ravenscar to Scarborough

Week 53 – Newbiggin-By-The-Sea to Sunderland

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 2nd to Tuesday 8th October 2019

Newbiggin-By-The-Sea to Blyth 10.90 miles
Blyth to Tynemouth 11.62 miles
South Shields to Sunderland 9.44 miles

Total miles this week 31.96

Total miles to date 2368.87

The “Land Couple”, a smaller version of Sean Henry’s 2007 “Couple”, a large (12.25 x 21 x 6 metre) sculpture on the breakwater at Newbiggin-By-The-Sea

National cycle network #1, Blyth to Tynemouth

From 21st August to 1st November 2019, 50 big and 114 little individually painted elephant sculptures took over North East streets, parks and public buildings in the biggest and brightest art trail ever seen in the region, raising vital funds for St Oswald’s Children’s Hospice.

The Black Middens are a rock formation at the mouth of the River Tyne. In the past they were a particularly dangerous hazard to ships as they are mostly hidden below the water level at high tide. Many ships have been wrecked on the Black Middens over the years, particularly in high winds (Newcastle University, 2017)

This 10ft 6ins (3.2m) sculpture in North Shields, called Fiddler’s Green, is a memorial to fishermen from Tyneside who have lost their lives at sea

Week 52 – Beal to Lynemouth

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 25th September to Tuesday 1st October 2019

Beal to Belford 9.42 miles
Belford to Seahouses 10.01 miles
Seahouses to Howick 13.02 miles
Longhoughton to Amble 12.08 miles
Amble to Lynemouth 11.36 miles

Total miles this week 55.89

Total miles to date 2336.91

View of St Aidan’s Church, Bamburgh, where Grace Darling is buried. Belford to Seahouses

Remains of Dunstanburgh Castle, Seahouses to Howick

Week 51 – Bo’ness to Beal

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 18th to Tuesday 24th September 2019

Bo’ness to Queensferry 11.26miles
Queensferry to Murrayfield, Edinburgh 10.32miles
Murrayfield, Edinburgh to Musselburgh 11.51miles
Dunbar to Thorntonloch 8.02miles
Eyemouth to Berwick-Upon-Tweed 10.61miles
Berwick-Upon-Tweed to Beal 10.82 miles

Total miles this week 62.54

Total miles to date 2281.02

Approaching Blackness. Bo’ness to Queensferry

Blackness Castle, Bo’ness to Queensferry

Around the grounds of Hopetoun House, Bo’ness to Queensferry

The grounds of Hopetoun House, Bo’ness to Queensferry

Entrance to Hopetoun House, Bo’ness to Queensferry

Dalmeny House, Queensferry to Murrayfield

Ornate gate, Barnton. Queensferry to Murrayfield

Corstorphine Wood, Queensferry to Murrayfield

Torness Nuclear Power Station, near Thorntonloch

Burnmouth harbour, Eyemouth to Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Goodbye Scotland. Eyemouth to Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Under the main road bridge at Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Week 50 – Helensburgh to Bo’ness

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 11th to Tuesday 17th September 2019

Helensburgh to Balloch 10.41 miles
Balloch to Killearn 10.25 miles
Strathblane to Kilsyth 13.14 miles
Kilsyth to Falkirk 11.36 miles
Falkirk to Bo’ness 10.86 miles

Total miles this week 56.02

Total miles to date 2166.76

The Kelpies, Falkirk, by sculptor Andy Scott

Approaching the Avon aqueduct, Falkirk to Bo’ness

James Watts’s workshop, Kinneil. Falkirk to Bo’ness

Week 49 – Ayr to Bowling

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Beth

Wednesday 4th to Tuesday 10th September 2019

Ayr to Kilmarnock 6.33 miles
Barassie to Stevenston 12.91 miles
West Kilbride to Largs 10.65 miles
Largs to Wemyss Bay 5.76 miles
Glasgow to Bowling 11.85 miles