DayZedandconFUSED - 22 Oct 2010
The Hollies Run, I Can't Tell The Bottom From The Top
(or a day trip to Saltburn)
With a damp summer just a distant memory and autumn half way through dayZedandconFUSED embarked on their final run of the year. Leaving the “Dogwalkers” in our dust we headed for Saltburn well known for its speed trials in the early 1900s.
There were me and John in a roadster, Uncle Frank in his Midget, and new faces: Chairman Pete, in his award winning GT V8, Dave in the MGR V8 and
shepherding at the rear was Richard in his roadster.
So off we sped via Sheriff Hutton and Hovingham. Then up the hill and past Nunnington Hall to Kirby Moorside. On then to Hutton le Hole and up to Blakey Ridge. What a glorious piece of road that is where you can see for miles and use the entire road on the corners when traffic permits it. We had to tiptoe past a precarious lorry load of hay and stop at some temporary traffic lights but the views were outstanding, the sun shone and the wind howled. We stopped in Castleton for Pete to fuel his thirsty thoroughbred and then on we went to Saltburn.
We parked near the top of the cliff lift, the oldest of its type in Great Britain having been there since 1884 but unfortunately it is closed until Easter next year. So we went for a walk on the pier. The pier is the most northerly surviving British pier and was opened in 1869 and was 1500ft long. Since then it has lost 300ft when a gale struck in 1875 been hit by a ship in 1924 hit by severe gales in 1953. More gales in 1974 reduced the length to 1100ft and by 1978 this had been reduced to it's current length of 681ft. Last year it won pier of the year.
The Local Council had quite evidently heard about the imminent arrival of Dave Norfolk! Consequently, at no time was he left alone
After our walk we went in search of lunch and found some fish and chips (well what did you expect) at the Bankside Bar and very nice they were too washed down with a pint or a coffee. After lunch it was of to the Ironstone Mining Museum at Skinnigrove but when we got there we decided to save it for next year and so we headed for home. The moors were just as spectacular as we passed through Liverton, Danby and Rosedale and back to the Vale of York.
Well that's it for this year but I'm already making plans for next year.