The Grey Panthers
26 August 2009, - Whitby & Sandsend


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7.2 miles.

This week there is no route description, as the walk was basically just a gentle day out.

Starting from the large long-stay car park past the railway station, the route headed past the Swing Bridge towards the West Pier.
As the tide was in, we couldn't walk to Sandsend along the beach at the Whitby end, but instead climbed up the path to the Grand Hotel on top of the West Cliff. From here, we walked along the Esplanade until the first set of steps down to the beach, then walked along the promenade in the direction of Sandsend.
Where there was a "slip way" onto the beach we took this route onto the beach itself then walked to Sandsend.
Turning round at the bottom of Lythe Bank we retraced our steps to Whitby.
This time, as the tide was out, we walked the entire length of the beach back to Whitby.

The day was rounded off by crossing the Swing Bridge, then heading up to the Abbey via the 199 steps.




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