We were due to walk part of the coastal section of the Cleveland Way this week. We looked forward to taking over from where we’d left off last year, and to having a windswept, scenic and invigorating walk along the cliffs edging the North Sea. Covid-19 put a stop to that. So – you can either read here about last year’s walk, or – as we did – admire these herring gulls on their lofty look-out posts in Staithes. Maybe, just maybe, you’ll be able to read about the postponed walk later this year.
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That second shot is great!
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They’re such posers, those herring gulls.
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Indeed!
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Sorry you missed your walk, do hope it happens later in the year.
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I’m not counting on it.
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Staithes is such a beauty! Something else to miss! 😦 😦
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I love that coast. But your back yard ain’t bad either.
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We were planning to do the Yorkshire Wolds Way but that looks unlikely now this year!
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‘Fraid so. That’s on my list too.
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This seems to be a favourite place for seagulls, I caught one like that when we visited Sunderland a few years ago. But never three in a row!
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Oh, I could have got far more than that if I’d been trying!
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It will happen. Eventually. And I look forward to reading all about it 🙂
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You’re right, I hope. I’d love a sea breeze or two right now.
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You are right these gulls are waiting for something! and like you I am waiting for the day when we can get out and about again, it is going to be a while isn’t it 😦
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Oops, I missed this, sorry. But you know how busy Lockdown is…
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Extraordinarily busy . . . just don’t understand where the day goes sometimes!
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Some of this virtual walking and travelling is great entertainment during lockdown, but some days it just makes me want to get out there! Talk of your walks, Margaret, has got my feet jittering!
That aside, this is a great 6-worder – excellent use of Ts and Ps
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You seem to have been walking quite a bit, as I have. But a change of scene wouldn’t come amiss.
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We will read about the postponed walk this year. Yes. We will.
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Good on you for staying positive! I’ve been doing quite well, just having a lapse today, so thanks for pulling me back upright.
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Ah, Staithes is a pretty place. I once stayed in Runswick Bay and we were woken at dawn every day by those noisy gulls! I walked to Staithes along the beach (in a hailstorm) stopped for hot chocolate and toasted teacakes and then walked back along the cliff top. A fabulous part of the country.
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Indeed it is. Not so much in a hailstorm, maybe.
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We’ve just cancelled our holiday to St Abbs in June. So disappointing, as I’ve been wrangling to go to Scotland for years and I’d actually managed to get R to agree to one this year. Only just across the border, but it would have been a start…..
Sorry you’ve had to postpone your walk. I hope it won’t be too long before we can get out and about again.
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Oh, ours was only a day out, not a whole holiday. I feel for you Clare. Let’s hope you can re-organise before too long.
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That would be good.
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Surely, surely it will not be a whole year before we can walk freely (socially distancing?) along our beautiful coast. I do so want to be optimistic. By the way aren’t herring gulls enormous when you get close, quite mean bruisers altogether!
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They’re terrifying. And the fish and chips you thought you’d eat sitting on the shore are theirs, all theirs!
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I lovely this photos and I am very fond of gulls – I like their sassy spirit and they are very handsome too.
Yes I also yearn for places I know I will not see for quite some time. But then I pay attention to what we do have. It is extraordinary how busy we are during lockdown! I am now trying to catch up on reading your blog posts! This is our best gardening time of the year so quite a bit of my time goes there. It is cooler and the soil is lovely and moist from unusually good autumn rains in our region. There was snow in the mountains this week so a definite nip in the air, especially at night. Enjoy your springtime.
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And you yours. You sound far too busy to notice inconveniences like Lockdown. I hope you and your garden enjoy the extra attention.
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Not sure if I really am all that busy – it is perhaps more likely that I am a bad time manager …
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Join the club.
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