With long shorelines and national forests, there’s no scarcity of choices for a walk. And 2 Yorkshire seaside posts have actually just recently been singled out as a cut above the rest.
The Times noted both Ravenscar and Robin Hood’s Bay on its list of 20 terrific days out with your dog. And it advised a two-mile circular walk from Ravenscar that will take you previous spectacular views throughout to Robin Hood’s Bay, through the woods, and enable you to take in a few of the location’s commercial heritage.
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So to appropriately test whether Ravenscar was a must-visit for dogs, I employed the help of my energetic chocolate Labrador Monty, and headed for the coast for Yorkshire Live.
You’ll discover Ravenscar up on the cliffs in between Whitby and Scarborough. When Monty and I got here, it was a gloriously warm afternoon for February, and the walkers were out in force.
Ravenscar isn’t huge by any way – it’s got a couple of homes, a hotel, public toilets, a visitor centre/café and its own cafés. In essence, it’s an excellent location to start and end a walk.
I had actually googled correct instructions for the walk advised by the Times, which are available on the National Trust website. It’s from 1.4 to 2.3 miles long depending upon just how much of the path you do, and takes in between 45 minutes to an hour and thirty minutes.
An hour or simply over has to do with best for a walk for Monty, so it looked about best. We begun by heading downhill towards the cliffs.
Pretty much instantly breathtaking views throughout to Robin Hood’s Bay open. It’s a charming background loaded with lavish green fields and the crashing sea declining into the horizon.
We meandered down the course through the golf course, with Monty gladly running about smelling whatever he might discover. A fork in the course can take you down to the sea (if you’re up for a little a scramble down), which Monty would have enjoyed.
We were, nevertheless, notified by a passing couple that there were a great deal of seals on the beach, so I chose to keep Monty far from troubling them. Instead we kept following the course, which is well-marked out and kept for those not searching for anything too difficult.
We followed the course through the woods, past a pond (huge plus for the dog), all the method to the previously mentioned commercial heritage. You can loop around the old Peak Alum Works while taking pleasure in the views throughout the bay.
This part of the walk has the maintained remains of what was as soon as utilized in the fabric coloring market – an essential sell the location in the past. You can likewise drop in the old Brick Works and the remains of a train bridge – an echo of as soon as prepared advancement by the Victorians that made Ravenscar the name ‘the town that never ever was’.
Monty didn’t reveal much interest in the historic part of the walk. He’s never ever been extremely cultured.
Once you have actually absorbed the history, we went back on ourselves a bit and after that turned uphill to go through Bluebell Woods. The bluebells are something you’ll need to wait on another season to see, however this part of the walk was quieter – and for that reason ideal for a big and over-excitable dog to run about in.
It is extremely uphill – which I most likely need to have anticipated offered the very first part is all downhill. Fine for the dog, a little less fine for me.
You’re walking along the Cleveland Way here, and the walkway ultimately takes you all the method back to the visitor centre – it’s circular, which is constantly good in a dog walk. As you turn up the last stretch of hill towards the centre you get another angle of the incredible view out throughout the cliffs.
Once we were back in Ravenscar, we headed to the visitor centre café. It’s dog-friendly with indoor and outside seating, and had a bowl of water outside for Monty.
We had the ability to sit quietly outdoors in the sun with lunch, which was good. The walk was a little brief for Monty, so we had a little additional run up and down the course prior to taking in the view one last time and delegating head for home.
But in basic – it was an excellent day out for the dog. Great views, lots of space to run about, a café I might take Monty, and even some water for him to cool off in.
I’d absolutely make the drive back out to the coast with Monty to take in Ravenscar’s spectacular vistas – though I would most likely prevent attempting to make the drive there at peak time. So if you have a dog who delights in a walk, I can undoubtedly advise Ravenscar.
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