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Saltburn Pier: A Stubborn Relic of Victorian Opportunism

With the weather forecast putting an end to our morning plans and since we did not particularly want to be battered about on the high moors, we decided instead to be battered about on the beach. Hence, our impromptu visit to Saltburn-by-the-Sea.

Despite the slight breeze, nature insists that spring is on its wa ...

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Teddy’s Nook: Where Facts are Optional

Working with the National Trust at Old Saltburn, tucked away in Littledale—a predictably small valley with a narrow view across to the new town. The place has some flora worth noting, though you will be mostly clawing your way through Blackthorn, Gorse, and Brambles. Today’s thrilling task was hacking back this jungle.

Perched smugly on the cliff overlooking the sands is a quaint two- ...

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The Battle of Brambles: Managing Little Dale’s Wild Side

The gorse, in its garish yellow splendour, provides the only relief to Little Dale’s dreary winter vista—a scene as lively as a crypt. One marvels that the National Trust, using funds from the estimable Enterprise Neptune scheme, thought it prudent to acquire this rather unremarkable hollow near Saltburn-by-the-Sea from Brough House Farm in 1997. The Cleveland Way, that celebra ...

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As I'm under strict instruction from the other half to "relax" this weekend (whatever that means), we took a trip to the beach to hunt Pikmins.

Saltburn is too fancy to sell proper lemon tops, so I had to settle for lemon crunch ice cream instead. Definitely tasty, but it's no artificial luminous yellow sorbet!

Got home about ten minutes before the rain started, I'm calling that one a success.

Coastal Reverie: From Saltburn to Cattersty Sands

With the tide in my favour, I set off on an early morning walk from Saltburn along the coast. The conditions were almost too favourable, rendering the barnacle-encrusted scar an easy path. Before long, I found myself nearing Cattersty Sands.

After passing Seal Goit, a name hinting at visits from marine mammals, I glanced back and was taken aback by ...

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Nature Reclaims Industry: Warsett Hill

A fishing smack chugging serenely towards his lobster pots off Huntcliff caught my attention. The morning is still and muggy, with overnight rain fizzling out and the sea as calm as a millpond.

I have been working on the National Trust's property at Warsett Hill, tidying up an old, decrepit post and rail fence. Acquired in 1991 with funds from Enterprise Neptune a ...

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Huntcliff: A Roman Lookout Lost to the Sea

It’s been a lovely day at the seaside, but I my eyes were drawn to Huntcliff Nab, the huge beetling cliff that towers over Saltburn. It's made of soft shales and is slowly being worn away by the sea and wind.

I imagined what the headland would have looked like almost two millenia ago, when the Romans built a lookout station on top of it. How much has disappea ...

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