Our Coast to Coast Walk 2014: Day 18 Blakey Ridge to Grosmont (22.9 Km, total ascent 319 m)

Day 18 Blakey Ridge to Grosmont (22.9 Km, total ascent 319 m).

After a good breakfast at the Lion Inn we headed off across the moorland with cloudy skies and blustery cold winds. The walking was easy going along roads and wide clear tracks. We saw Young Franks Cross and Fat Betty.

The route.

We had great views of Great Fryup Dale and walked along Glaidsdale High Rigg and down into Glaidsdale. There we stopped at the newly set up Glaisdale Tearooms which is a small tearooms in a domestic garden on the route as soon as you reach Glaisdale. We enjoyed toasted sandwiches with salad and crisps and homemade cakes – lemon drisle cake and carrot cake.

From Glaisdale we went to see Beggars Bridge following which there is a walk through the East Arncliffe Woods. This is a lovely woodland with bluebells and the walk is only marred by the muddy slippery path, assisted with some sections paved with stone and one with sleepers. This meant spending more time concentrating on where we stepped rather than being able to fully enjoy the lovely woodland.

We walked into Egton Bridge where the rain set in and we got our coats on just in time. The rain was constant for the next 3km walk into Grosmont. We checked in to the B&B and met a British couple who were spending their last night there. We had a quick look at the train maintenance shed and England’s first railway tunnel before going to the local pub for a drink.