Heritage Coast

Distance: 12.5 miles
Ascent: 300m
Weather: bright, warm in sun, cold out
Wrens, stone chats, robin, thrush, reed bunting, ships not going anywhere, oyster catchers, small wader ringed plover things? and goldfinches.

Massively overdressed for the conditions,  we set off from Limekiln Gill and headed north along the English Coastal Path / Heritage Coast up to the railway bridge at Hive Point at the end of Hawthorn Dene.  We decided against am ascent of Beacon Hill, as my feet and shins were protesting that I'd decided to wear my winter boots.

We turned back and found a handy bench for lunch, with views south towards Hartlepool,  just as the clouds covered the sun and the temperature dropped.

Southbound, we dropped to the beach at Warren House Gill, where for a while there was a good hard surface to walk on, then we ventured onto the shingly sand, passing people fishing and having fires.

The tide was coming in, and the spray chillsome, it seemed warmer up on the cliffs when we turned north to head back to the car. For a while anyway.