Category: Saltburn
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“When The Boat Comes In”
Come here, my little Jacky Now I’ve smoked my backey Let’s have a bit crackey Till the boat comes in Dance to thy daddy, sing to thy mammy, Dance to thy daddy, to thy mammy sing; Thou shalt have a fishy on a little dishy, Thou shalt have a fishy when the boat comes in.…
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The Charm Bracelet
I must admit I wasn’t too impressed when this appeared on the Cleveland Way between Saltburn and Skinningrove in the early 1990s but it has grown on me. Some youths in ’96 didn’t like it and they promptly hoyed it over the cliff. Or maybe they just did it for a laugh. I wonder what…
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Saltburn Sands
When Malcolm Campbell took his 350hp Sunbeam Grand Prix Blue Bird for a spin along Saltburn Sands on 17 June 1922 he reached 138.08 mph, a world land speed record at the time although this was not recognised as the timekeepers had used stopwatches instead of the electrical timing apparatus required by the official rules.…
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Huntcliff Foot, Saltburn
Low tide and a late evening saunter along the shore below Huntcliff. Super lighting in the golden hour but the sunset fizzled out. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Old Saltburn
Not the “modern” town developed by the Quaker industrialist Henry Pease in the late Victorian period but the small fishing hamlet that can be dated to medieval times and beyond. Neolithic artefacts have been found on the beach and there is a Bronze Age burial mound on Cat Nab, just off to the left in…
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Huntcliff
From Saltburn pier. No surfers out today though wild breaking waves fueled by a piercing north wind. A running sea of sugar loaves. Gulls circled the pier hoovering up dropped chips. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
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Saltburn Pier
“Forth, Tyne, Dogger: East 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 in Forth and Dogger, veering southeast 4 or 5 later. Rough, occasionally very rough later in Forth and Dogger. Occasional rain. Moderate or good”. A late afternoon walk on the beach at Saltburn with the tide on the turn. Breezy and big seas.
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Long-Spined Sea Scorpion
Stiff legged from yesterday so an easy day. Low tide at Saltburn this morning and a wander on the beach. Very cold and windy, a complete contrast to yesterday. Explored the rock pools on the scars below Huntcliff. Plenty of crabs and this fish was interesting. I think it’s a long-spined sea scorpion, sometimes called a bullhead or rockfish. It’s…
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Skelton Beck
Skelton Beck flows down a gorge through Crow Wood and Valley Gardens before joining Saltburn Gill Beck and entering the North Sea. Below the Riftswood viaduct carrying the mineral railway to the potash mine at Boulby the beck flow over the remains of a weir used to provide a head of water to drive the Marske corn mill. Marske Mill…
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Saltburn Pier
A classic view of Saltburn pier with the funicular railway in front. The pier was opened in 1869 and was originally 1500 feet long. It quickly became popular and a stop on the Bridlington to Hartlepool steamer route. In 1875 the pier was battered in an October storm and was reduced to 1250 feet. In 1924 the…