Walk : Coastal walk – Harrington Harbour to St Bees.
Date: 5th March 2016, Saturday
Start point: Harrington Harbour Car Park, Grid Reference NX 987252. Return by train (car share option might be available if all are interested in the full walk but we can talk about this before the start of the walk)
Meet time: 8:45 AM
Start time: 9am
Distance – 12 miles approximately
Grade – Moderate for those who is doing full walk and easy for those who is doing part of the walk. Please see the description for further details.
Attractions: Roman ruins near Parton, view of Dumfries and Galloway, historical town of Whitehaven and hopefully a history speech from me if you can understand my English. Light house, two bird watching points and lots of birds nesting on the cliffs, Views of Isle of man, Tomlin view point, you might spot dolphin if you are lucky, St Bees coast (Start point for the coast to coast walk)
Description:
A great opportunity for beginners who wants to get into walking. The walk is in two parts. The first part is from Harrington Harbour to Whitehaven (Approximately 5 miles). This is where the walk can end for those who wants to do a short and easy walk. The second part is from Whitehaven to St Bees (approximately 7 miles).
We will start a walk from Harrington harbour. There is a gentle hill up to get on to coast to coast path. In a good weather you can clearly see the Dumfries and Galloway hills.
We will continue on this path to reach Parton. There are some roman ruins on the way. I will explore this a bit more before the walk and hopefully give you some history on the day.
We will arrive in Whitehaven town. If there are people on the way who have never visited Whitehaven then we will spend some time in Whitehaven and I may give you some details on the mining history of the town.
From Whitehaven we will continue on the coastal path. There are some narrow section with big drops so on these narrow sections we need to be cautious.
We will visit a couple of bird watching points on the cliffs. We will visit the light house followed by place called Tomlin (viewing point). You might see dolphins here if you are lucky.
We will then reach St Bees coast. We can have tea/coffee break at the St Bees cafe before heading to St Bees Railway station to take the train back to Harrington.
Bad Weather: The walk from Whitehaven to St Bees is a cliff walk with some narrow section. In the bad windy weather, I will have to shorten this walk from Harrington to Whitehaven only or may need to cancel walk all together. So please look at the group facebook page a day before for any cancellation notice.
Contact: Ron on 4th March by 1:00 pm if you are coming. Mobile: 07707603848
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