After weeks of inactivity and over indulgence we headed to the coast for a cobweb blowing walk. Cleethorpes is the nearest bit of beach to us , I suppose technically it's the mouth of the Humber Estuary rather than the coast but it's just a 30 minute drive away.
We parked on the seafront hand a had a wander along the small pier, the tide was way out, but the sun was shining and there was no wind! Cleethorpes has quite a long promenade which changes to a nice coastal path. Behind the leisure centre the beach is covered in some long grass and its always a good spot for a bit of birdwatching. There were dozens of oyster catchers but what caught our eye was the four white blobs in this picture. It's not very clear but these were some beautiful Curlew, shame they weren't a bit closer.
A bit further up the coastal path there's an outdoor children's paddling pool and sand play area, a little further along is the boating lake. We had a wander around the lake and headed back toward the town centre.
We stuck to the road, this runs parallel to the seafront but before we got there we had to pass the miniature steam railway that runs along this section.
Further along we admired the park bedding in the Kingsway Gardens, this is in a slightly elevated position overlooking the sea. It also has some great old fashioned shelters to sit and admire the view.
This picture is a sculpture made by a local blacksmith, it's a huge deckchair taller than me! At this point we headed to the Leaking Boot Chip shop for a belly busting fish and chips. After lunch we headed back over to the gardens where there is an old look out post, not sure of the history of this one perhaps an old wartime relic?
We then headed down the steps towards the car through one of the poshest crazy golf courses I have ever seen, it would appear to be a miniature version of the town. At this point the tide was coming in so we sat on one of the benches and watched the beach disappear under the waves.
We really enjoyed our day out and I for one feel a little tired out (in a good way) by the experience and I shall certainly sleep well tonight.
3 comments:
Looks like Cleethorpes has changed quite a lot. I haven't been there since I was about 15, used to live in Barrow upon Humber for a few years. Ingoldmells was the closest we got about 20 years ago when we took our son to that pyramid amusement place.
I think a lot of money has been pumped in because of the ever expanding Haven caravan park there are remanants of the old Cleethorpes at the trainstation end which looks a bit........ tired, shall we say. But for us its a nice day out , we generally only go out of season as it gets so busy in the summer.
Nothing like a good winter's day by the coast to blow the cobwebs away! Oohh, and REAL fish and chips - I do miss fish and chips, even though my OH does a mean version, it's the big chunky slightly soggy with vinegar sort I miss...
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