Filey

Monday, 7th May 2012
Distance : 16.2 km (10 miles). Time Taken : 3 hrs 20 mins.
Map : OS Explorer 301 (Scarborough, Bridlington & Flamborough Head)

Firstly an apology that I haven't posted anything for absolutely ages.  Rugby, the awful weather and general lethargy mean that it's been a lean year for walking. Anyway, enough of that .... a very busy weekend. Drove down to Twickenham on Friday evening ready for the RFU Cup Finals on Saturday (a mixed bag for Yorkshire clubs), then left at around 5.30 p.m. and drove up to Filey on the East Coast where my sister had booked the magnificent White House for the weekend.

This was once the "chalet" of Sir Billy Butlin when there was a Butlin's Holiday Camp at Filey. The camp is long gone but the house has been renovated and turned into two apartments - it certainly did us proud over the weekend and on Monday (Bank Holiday) Gill and I decided to do a walk I had downloaded from the internet.
I have to be honest that I can't remember where it came from and it's a .pdf so the original location has gone.  However, I'm sure if you do a search you'll be able to find it.
Thankfully we managed to find some good weather and it stayed dry for us throughout the walk (and the weekend)!
We parked (fortuitously as it turned out) in the car park next to the entrance to the golf club (GR : TA115799) and made out way through houses until we found Filey School (GR : TA109802). Here, between nos 98 and 100, a path circumnavigates the school grounds and leads up through fields until the main A165 is encountered.  A very busy road which, once crossed, allowed us to drop through fields to the village of Muston. The first yards through Muston are on footpaths but the next stage required a bit of verge hopping (again, the A1039 is a busy little road) before the the Wolds Way is picked up (GR TA091796) and the traffic left behind.  The steady climb up the side of the Wolds allows the views to expand with sights of Scarborough Castle to the North and Bempton Cliffs to the South.
The "summit" achieved the walk then goes steadily away passing Stockendale Farm (GR : TA074781) before dropping through the delightful Stockindale which becomes ever wider as you progress.

At the bottom of Stockingdale where it meets Camp Dale we managed to find a cache (long time since we did that !) before the only really steep ascent of the day, albeit a very short one ! By this point we had left the Wolds Way and were now on Centenary Way a long distance route from York to Filey. The route took us along to Field House Farm before meeting another road that droppen into Humnaby.
Once in Humnaby our route took us along Northgate and in a dead straight line to cross (once more) the A165. A short distance saw us turn up the drive of Muston Grange - sadly a caravan park, not a stately pile ! Once through the caravans a well worn path brought us out (unexpectedly) at the golf club and right next to the car park !

I think (hope) this has got us both back into the idea of walking. With the rugby season nearly over (County games at the moment) we must get back into the ROUTINE of walking.

Anyway, some picture of the whole weekend (Flat Cliffs, Bridlington and the walk) are available from this link