A TEN YEAR PLAN

Tomorrow will see the culmination of a plan a decade in the making.  Some years ago a plan was made to walk the entire Yorkshire coast from the tip of Spurn Point to the South Gare in Redcar. We set off (Roy Machin and I) and walked over three days up to Brid. The next stage I did from Brid to Flamborough, then over the years: Flamborough to Filey; Filey to Scarborough; Scarborough to Ravenscar; Ravenscar to Whitby.

Tomorrow I will be doing the South Gare to Saltburn bit, leaving only the Saltburn - Whitby left to do.  Good eh?

Some good memories from the way: Finding filter coffee in a shed in Withernsea; 1500 breeding pairs of Sand Martin between Spurn and Brid; having to walk round the bombing range at Cowden; finding out I was old when I realised it was easier walking uphill than down in the cloughs near Scarborough; dropping on and playing at a music night in Hornsea, etc.

What to plan next though?  Spurn to home along Humber etc (on bike maybe)?