Well done the three of you, that was quite a walk …. I hope you didn’t keep telling the ladies to “keep up!”. 
Lovely photos too, it looks an interesting route and worth a cool paddle for you all at the end! 
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What a pleasure to see your pictures, OGF! It looks like you took the teenagers out again and I admire them for being so intrepid. What a lovely area! I love the wide expanse of beach and pretty church. I agree with you that the scale of geological change certainly gives us pause for the magnificence of it and the realization of how short our lives are. What good fortune to have it to yourselves!
That beach just begs for running with those wide, flat conditions. Where are my running shoes?
Continued happy trails, OGF 
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Good British legs.Aussie ones are so skinny.It’s a fact. 
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Really was a great read that and look forward to the next day out of yours…
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I always enjoyed trips to the coast when I lived oop norf. We “did” Hornsea many decades ago when the kids were still quite young, including the pottery, of course. I seem to recall there was a Seal Sanctuary near there as well.
I love old churches, and country lanes, and wide open deserted beaches, and you had the lot in abundance.
Well done, and thanks for showing us the country of my yoof.
Any chance of a Trig point or three whilst you are in the area?
I recently came across an OS marker set in a track on top of a ridge, but had gone way past it on a guided walk with my local History Society before someone mentioned what it was, and I failed to get a piccy. It looked like the top of a tree-stump a fraction above ground level with something carved in it, which is why I thought nought of it at the time. Now I realise it may have been a cast iron marker and the markings must have some OS Grid significance.
I think they may be called Benchmarks. Have you come across any of them before?
Thanks everyone for you kind remarks…Much appreciated…
@Fruitcake well spotted…
Yes it was most likely an Ordnance Survey Benchmark. Between them, pillars and making use of church spires and obelisks etc, there amounts to over 13,000 throughout the British Isles.
When I chose to ‘bag’ trigpoint’s I had to keep it realistic and select those I might have fighting chance of visiting. At 74 years old with a creaking heart I might not have all that much time left… 
So I decided to just bag the pillars, and that narrows it down to just 6,000…
Still a helluva lot… 
Primarily, I think I’ll just stick to Yorkshire ones where there are about 454, but I have already bagged a couple in Wales, so If I’m on holiday anywhere I might just see what the local terrain has to offer…
Thanks for mentioning it Fruitcake and keep yer eyes peeled in future.
I’ve ear marked a couple of other coastal walks for the team to get there teeth into, so I’ll keep the photos coming…
Hope you and the missus are doing well and keeping healthy…
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I went back today and found the marker again, but this time I took photos, taking my life in my hands to do so in the middle of a busy highway.
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Good to see your bits again Bob.
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I don’t think Bob’s Bits gets the audience these days Spitty, and I don’t blame them.
While I was running there was always something to write about, but life seems the same each day now, barring the odd trip to the coast.
I get my fix just writing on the forum where most people congregate. Times and people change Spitty…
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Bet it was a bit lonely in the early Sixties
Hell no!..That’s why I was there…
I loved being with the only company that knew me so well Spitty…Two would have been a crowd…
I thought I’d just have a look at Bob’s Bits. Hmmm.
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you need to have a good rumage and a twiddle
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Handy if you have trouble sleeping Morty, nice to see you here though…Enjoy!
Gumbud is waiting in the wings, surely 
I know one thing … no way am I reading the thread from the beginning! Not 2244 posts!
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That’s okay Morty…it was good while it lasted…
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I’m going to work my way through it … I could be gone some time!
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That’s me Morty, warts and all…
As long as the forum lasts it will always be here to be read by future generations.
Like The Bible or the Kama Sutra,etc…
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