Category: Saltburn
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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…
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Saltburn
Good Friday morning, before the crowds arrive. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Brrrr … chilly
Full moon swimming. In the North Sea, In March, Sans combinaison. In skins. Brrrr … chilly. From the pier at Saltburn-by-the-Sea. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Saltburn Sands
A bracing stroll along the beach at Saltburn. This morning’s Inshore Waters forecast for Berwick-on-Tweed to Whitby:- Wind: West or northwest 5 or 7 occasionally gale 8 at first, backing southwest 4 to 5, increasing 6 or 7 later. Sea State: Moderate, occasionally rough, becoming slight or moderate later. Weather: Wintry showers, rain later. Visibility:…
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Skelton Beck
Valley Gardens, Saltburn, at the confluence of Saltburn Gill with Skelton Beck. A seemingly slow and lazy stream just before it passes under the road bridge to meander across the sands into the North Sea. Can this really be the stream mentioned in an 1853 book (The Topographer and Genealogist Vol. II, edited by John…
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An afternoon stroll along Saltburn Sands
Nine-foot waves, the surfers’ website had said, and a “mekkin’ tide“. So a stroll along Saltburn Sands at dusk might be interesting. And a few cobwebs blown away to boot. There was no beach nor surfers. A coulpress of waves breaking over the sea wall leaving seafoam in their wake. A surprised seal found itself…