Our breakfast was brought to us in a wicker basket by Vanessa. She had been brought up in Staithes and told us how the town had changed. It seems it is another casualty of the holiday lets where a fisherman's cottage could set you back half a million.
We had a not too bad main road experience to Whitby where the sun was shining and there were no signs of any Goths. We paused for tea and toastie's in the Pavillion tea room before finding the Cinder Track.
This was our friend for the rest of the day, a long gradual clime to Ravenscar with great views down to Robin Hood's Bay.
We sat in another tea room in Ravenscar and were amused to hear a man ask the waitress which was the best way to the beach. This Victorian town was built with the intention of rivaling Scarborough as a resort at the turn of the last century but when developers looked at the 300m cliffs to the sea they were somewhat reluctant!
The decent to Scarborough was continuous for the best part of 20km and we checked into Park Lane hotel, budget of course, before heading over to South Bay for some food. The town retains much of it's elegant past but perhaps the impossible tasks proposed in the song about it's historic trading fair could have an additional phrase. Tell her to close all the amusement arcades ... Then she'll be a true love of mine!
Figures:
Distance:- 53.2 km
Cycle Time:- 4 hours 17 minutes
Average speed:- 12.4 kph
Total Distance:- 4148 km
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