Whitby beach, this shot looking southeast towards the harbour piers, the abbey ruins on the East Cliff in the background.
Looking in the northerly direction towards Sandsend and Kettleness Nab. The Nab (the local name for headland) is much changed over the years because of alum mining. The mining came to an end around the mid 19th. century after around 150 years of hacking away the top of this headland to extract the shale from which they extracted the alum. Alum was a product used in the dying and leather industries. After the alum extracting finished the railway arrived which changed the headland again.
The walk along the Nab is on the old railway right of way.
Pheasant taking the sun as we walk along the track
End of the road, the railway track goes into a tunnel here which is closed to the public, the trail goes over the top to pick up the old track on the other side but we decide to return.
Lovely views of the North Sea
A fishing boat with its catch returning to Whitby
Info board explaining the trail.
Back to Sandsend Village.
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