Friday 25 August 2017

Day: 227 30/5/00 Barmston to Briddlington

Weather:  Bright, sunny intervals

Distance:  9.0 km (5.6 miles)    Total Distance:   2919 miles

We packed up from the Youth Hostel and Margaret swooped addresses with the family from Chesterfield who had shared our kitchen with us. 

It was a blustery day and threatened to rain.  We drove to Barmston and the kids got out of the car for a run around whilst I took some photos with the camcorder.  I then set off along the beach having scrambled down the muddy cliff near the caravan park and onto the sand. 

There was little of note all walk.  It was easy walking on the sand without many people around.  The good thing was that it had started to brighten up and the threat of rain had gone. As I neared Briddlington the beaches got busier.  

I had advised Margaret that it was probably best not to go all the way into Briddlington on the road as it had appeared crowded with traffic but to instead park on the outskirts near the south beach.  We had arranged to meet in the ‘60s café’ again but as I was walking along on the seafront I virtually tripped over Gareth and Sean playing in the sand – I could tell it was them as they were the only two fully clothed ones on the whole beach!    

I went and met Margaret sitting at the top of the beach and after a good relaxing time we headed off towards Briddlington.  I wanted to stop walking in a sensible place to start next time. 

The harbour area was very crowded with visitors.  The family went off for a while to the slot machines and I walked a bit further on the north side of the town before turning back to meet them in the ‘60s café’.  It was only serving snacks today so we had a coffee and then headed back to the car, stopping for an ice-cream for the boys. 


The journey back to Coventry was a little nerve racking because of Gareth's travel sickness experience and we had to stop a couple of times at service stations to break the journey.

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