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Had a run up to Magpie mine at Sheldon with Mike Swain , 

Dull, windy and a fine drizzle but in-between the drizzle we managed to get some shots ,

 The horse -gin used for deeper shafts

View of the mine from the horse-gin 

The misty drizzle was moving in so it had to be quick work in between photos then shelter

When the drizzle stopped it was a quick run out for the next shot

mine house 

view from the mine looking over to the horse gin

building near the engine house 

last one i took as the drizzle was getting worse 

  Well that was another visit to the Magpie mine and it won't be the last ,

Theres all ways some think different up there with the weather 

  great place up there 

 thanks for viewing and have a great week end every one 

Sunday morning walk and a evening fossil hunting

Sunday morning woke up to another great sunny morning with great blue sky and sunshine , so another walk was planed for a dinner at a village pub and restaurant,

 So it was rucksacks packed with plenty of water sun screen on and up that hill again and down the road to Ellerby

Alovely little village with some great cottages in it oh and a great restaurant

and hotel , The Ellerby country inn which i can recommend we all had different dinners ,Salads Shrimp,Tuna and Scampi , me i had a small potion of steak and ale pie with side orders ,i don't think they've heard of small up there  it was massive and filled the plate service was 100%same as the food , great place 

 and of course a nice pint of lager and lime well two at least , then it was back on the road ,

just one of the cottages in the village 

a lot of the farm buildings had been made in to living accommodation and a great job they had made of them 

common spotted orchid found this in the hedge row walking back,

wonder where it goes to 

farm land , then it was back for a shower and a rest the heat was melting the tarmac on the road we made murphy walk in the grass hedge where it was cooler but called in at the Cliffemount hotel for a cold drink of mineral water 

   After a rest it was out on the beach for some fossil hunting,thought we would do it later as it would be cooler we were wrong it was scorching

start of the evening 

tides out so we where ok

couple to start with

this little chap wanted to get in the act 

over to the other side of the bay

caves on the beach

bit of a risk going in side as there was small rock slides while we near there 

rock pools 

looking back to wards Runswick 

took this as we went across to the other side think he was getting ready to sail

he was as we came back he set sail we saw him while we sat out side the royal hotel in runswick getting smaller in the distant 

 a nice finish to the week end 

 hope you enjoyed the the blog once again 

   thanks for viewing and will see you again till then take care and keep cool 

          Bye 

a walk along the Cleveland way, 

Runswick bay to Staithes 

A a weeks holiday in Italy , It was home for a week then off to this great little fishing village on the Yorkshire coast and what a place it was

Runswick Bay early morning 
then it was back to the flat for breakfast , boots on sunscreen on the face arms, and legs and off on the Cleveland way,

a great walk we climbed up the hill on to the top of the bay to be treated by this view

after the hill it was a pretty straight forward walk 

Port Mulgrave , disused fishing harbour used to be the hive of ironstone mining industry 

Looking down on Staithes  harbour from the Cleveland way, then it was down to the Crab&Lobster for a well earned pint of lager and some food i think we earned it ,after this a walk round the town

then it was back to the trail back to Runswick bay  after saying good bye to Staithes was a nice town a great meal in the pub a a refreshing drink 

Took a different path leading to the main track and spotted these horses

 carried on till we hit this hill and what a climb

Heather was in the lead with Mark behind then Nicola and Murphy 

a well deserved wrest for the Murphy  he earned it and a nice drink of water 

 look back towards Staithes then carried on forward 

 Nearly there only a mile or so to go and a nice cool drink in the hotel at the top of the hill leading down into the bay

 not far to go just down the holland where there 

 made it 

 a great walk but a hot one 

 Hope you enjoyed the walk with me ,

one thing i know this is one place i will be returning to 

 thanks for viewing and hope you enjoyed the blog 

 Take care all and keep cool