Category: Saltburn
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Summer Solstice Sunrise
Up before the crack of dawn to catch the sunrise on the longest day of the year. Who needs to go to Stonehenge? In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced his new calendar, but, in what now could be seen as Euro-scepticism of yore, it wasn’t until 1752 that England finally adopted it, bringing us into…
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Recreation of a 1950s postcard of Saltburn
Another morning, another haar. And then Ayton cleared. Blue skies. It will be nice to end the afternoon by the sea, at Saltburn. But driving through Guisborough the temperature dropped as we were engulfed by the sea fret. Although the promenade looks deserted the fish and chip shop was busy with a long self-isolating queue.…
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Saltburn’s White Elephant
One for posterity. I may be wrong but I think this is “the large pillared shelter known locally as ‘The White Elephant’” according to one website, although many communities use that name for structures that seem to have no real value. The name alludes to the king of Siam’s habit of making a present of…
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Saltburn darkening
Down to Saltburn for the end of the day. And so busy for a Sunday evening with the fish and chip shop doing a good trade in spite of Il Duce’s flying visit during the last election. Quickly forgotten. But oh so cold. Cold enough to freeze the tail, nose, ears and other parts of…
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Huntcliff
The prominent landmark east of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. An hour before low tide. This was once the site of a Roman signal station which main purpose was to look out for pirates raiding settlements along the east coast. It comprised a stone turret 15-metre square with walls 2.3-metre thick suggesting it must have been quite a tall…
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Wolf Moon
Pagan Anglo-Saxons in the days before the adoption of Christianity followed a lunar calendar with the last month of the year was known as ‘Æfterra Geola’ meaning ‘after Yuletide’. So the first full moon after Yule, that ancient festival celebrating the Winter Solstice became known as ‘Æfterra Geola’. Tonight, 10th January, is the first full…
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Old weir for Marske Corn Mill
There was a lot of water coming down Skelton Beck this morning tumbling over the ruined weir built to provide a head of water for the long-demolished Marske Corn Mill a few hundred yards downstream. It is interesting that the mill took its name from a village two and a half miles away along the…
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The Ship Inn, Saltburn
Early morning, a sleepy Saltburn braces itself for a hot day and the inevitable bank holiday crowds. It is said there used to be four inns in the tiny hamlet of old Saltburn: The Seagull, The Dolphin, The Nimrod and The Ship. Today only The Ship remains, reputed to be a smugglers’ haunt dating to…
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Saltburn pier
A wander around Saltburn on a sultry evening catching the last of the day’s light. A calm sea, no wind but the lighting on the pier was a bit disappointing. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Huntcliff, Saltburn
A dramatic farewell for Cleveland Way walkers as they begin their descent into Saltburn and turn west inland. Huntcliff rises 110 metres above the North Sea. Ironstone and sandstone strata form the upper shear cliff with softer mudstones lower down, all laid down in the Jurassic geological time period. The cliffs are losing a constant…