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![A Bengal eagle owl male named Elmo is shown at the Owl Sanctuary hands-on experience, at the preserved 1869 Haverthwaite railway station on Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The Bengal eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) is a large horned owl with large head tufts, native to the Indian Subcontinent. They are splashed with brown and grey, and have a white throat patch with small black stripes. Photographed on day 1 of 14 of our England Coast to Coast hiking tour with Wilderness Travel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000b3aNI78BGgw/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000b3aNI78BGgw.jpg)
![Ravenglass Roman Bath House was built in 130 AD for use by an adjacent Roman fort until the end of the fourth century. England Coast to Coast hike, day 1 of 14: starting by dipping our boots in the Irish Sea at Ravenglass, we ascended Muncaster Fell, seeing the ruins of this Roman bathhouse along the way, all in Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000u6vnkEU6DzA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000u6vnkEU6DzA.jpg)
![Pastoral view of hedgerows and farms from Muncaster Fell. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 1 of 14: Starting with dipping our boots in the Irish Sea at Ravenglass in Lake District National Park, we ascended Muncaster Fell, seeing the ruins of a Roman bathhouse along the way. We then passed Muncaster Castle and descended into Miterdale. Overnight in Irton Hall, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Irton Hall is a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000IzmGikyqTlA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000IzmGikyqTlA.jpg)
![Views while descending eastwards from Muncaster Fell. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 1 of 14: Starting with dipping our boots in the Irish Sea at Ravenglass in Lake District National Park, we ascended Muncaster Fell, seeing the ruins of a Roman bathhouse along the way. We then passed Muncaster Castle and descended into Miterdale. Overnight in Irton Hall, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Irton Hall is a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I00001bW5PPthoiQ/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I00001bW5PPthoiQ.jpg)
![Lenticular clouds turn pink at sunrise over the Kings Oak at Irton Hall, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Traditional stories tell of Henry VI sheltering at Irton Hall under the Kings Oak, shown here, now 1000 years old. The then owner, Irton a Yorkist, refused him lodging, so King Henry VI spent the night under the great oak. The next day Henry VI fled over the fell to Muncaster where he was welcomed and so impressed with his reception he presented a glass bowl to Muncaster which is known as "The Luck of Muncaster." Irton Hall now offers luxurious Bed & Breakfast accommodation. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000JpIstmk0l.I/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000JpIstmk0l.I.jpg)
![Sunrise at Irton Hall, a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower; now offering luxurious Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000R3TmWvOqoOo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000R3TmWvOqoOo.jpg)
![Eskdale Trail, in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000rXDyIG4XqP8/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000rXDyIG4XqP8.jpg)
![Old stone bridge over Esk River. Eskdale Trail, in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000xUXu87F.vrQ/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000xUXu87F.vrQ.jpg)
![Eskdale Trail, in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000qw27BhXFN_U/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000qw27BhXFN_U.jpg)
![Classic red telephone box in Eskdale, Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000ko8b7ojYSb8/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000ko8b7ojYSb8.jpg)
![Rock-walled pastures on hills along the ascent from Boot to Burnmoor Tarn in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000XQ1f9_UcoGA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000XQ1f9_UcoGA.jpg)
![Sundew carnivorous plant (Drosera genus) near Burnmoor Tarn in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000_XV7kvHM0Kg/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000_XV7kvHM0Kg.jpg)
![Hikers rock hop across Whillan Beck, the outlet stream of Burnmoor Tarn, a natural lake in Lake District National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000TagO9cb0sPo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000TagO9cb0sPo.jpg)
![Seen descending into Wasdale valley, down to Wastwater lake and the hamlet of Wasdale Head, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000vc_CIbaIugw/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000vc_CIbaIugw.jpg)
![Seen descending into Wasdale valley, down to Wastwater lake and the hamlet of Wasdale Head, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000rT44raO7eYk/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000rT44raO7eYk.jpg)
![Sunburst on trail sign seen descending into Wasdale valley, down to Wastwater lake and the hamlet of Wasdale Head, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000Nr.baVFBCtw/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000Nr.baVFBCtw.jpg)
![Trail sign and hikers at Wastwater lake in Wasdale valley, in the heart of Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Wastwater is England's cleanest and deepest lake (72 meters deep). England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I00004XttHvkwMjo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I00004XttHvkwMjo.jpg)
![Wastwater lake in Wasdale valley, in the heart of Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Wastwater is England's cleanest and deepest lake (72 meters deep). England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000vJgYumcp37g/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000vJgYumcp37g.jpg)
![Foggy descent from 1637-foot Styhead Pass to Borrowdale valley in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: from Wasdale Head to Seathwaite. From Wasdale Head, we climbed to 1637-foot Styhead Pass, then descended via Styhead Tarn to the valley of Borrowdale. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000DbBM8isiQR4/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000DbBM8isiQR4.jpg)
![Green, orange and white lichen pattern in Borrowdale valley in Lake District National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: from Wasdale Head to Seathwaite. From Wasdale Head, we climbed to 1637-foot Styhead Pass, then descended via Styhead Tarn to the valley of Borrowdale. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000niAqxpIxu3E/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000niAqxpIxu3E.jpg)
![Stockley Bridge over River Derwent in Borrowdale valley, Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: from Wasdale Head to Seathwaite. From Wasdale Head, we climbed to 1637-foot Styhead Pass, then descended via Styhead Tarn to the valley of Borrowdale. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000UFHUgYI_5OM/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000UFHUgYI_5OM.jpg)
![Rabbits. Keswick Country House Hotel in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000ew23dNjZGKI/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000ew23dNjZGKI.jpg)
![Stairwell pattern. Keswick Country House Hotel in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I00004hI8UX8Bn28/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I00004hI8UX8Bn28.jpg)
![Walking in heavy rain under Eagle Crag near Stonethwaite. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 4 of 14: Rosthwaite to Grasmere, in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. Today we climbed to Lining Crag and descended via Easdale to Grasmere. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000XA694ndS14E/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000XA694ndS14E.jpg)
![The mysterious Castlerigg Stone Circle dates from circa 3000 BC, in Lake District National Park, Keswick, England, United Kingdom, Europe. This Neolithic circle is about 97.5 ft (30 m) in diameter, with 38 stones remaining of formerly 42, varying in height from 3.3 to 7.5 ft. England Coast to Coast hike day 4 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000Sj6Al5KaRpo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000Sj6Al5KaRpo.jpg)
![Descend from Grisedale Hause pass to Grisedale valley & Ullswater, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 5 of 14: Grasmere to Ullswater. Today we hiked up the pass of Grisedale Hause then down the verdant valley of Grisedale to Ullswater, England's second largest natural lake. Overnight at Best Western Glenridding. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000gDSSuGlkK80/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000gDSSuGlkK80.jpg)
![Glenridding Ullswater Ferry Landing. Ullswater is England's second largest natural lake. Grisedale valley, Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 5 of 14: Grasmere to Ullswater. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000aT_41vXeEAI/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000aT_41vXeEAI.jpg)
![Grapes, crackers, cheese, wine appetizers. Beckside bar at Best Western Glenridding Hotel, Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 5 of 14: Grasmere to Ullswater. Today we hiked up the pass of Grisedale Hause then down the verdant valley of Grisedale to Ullswater, England's second largest natural lake. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000jpDAI0wUJ0s/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000jpDAI0wUJ0s.jpg)
![Rainbow over Ullswater, England's second largest natural lake. Lake District NP, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 6 of 14: Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen, in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. Hiking 10 miles with 2600 feet cumulative gain in the fells of Lakeland brought us over the highest Roman road in England, then down to the lakeshore of Haweswater. Overnight in Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000ANii9Bb94Y8/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000ANii9Bb94Y8.jpg)
![Our group stands on Kidsty Pike (780 m or 2560 ft), the highest point on the England Coast to Coast hike. Below, see Haweswater Reservoir, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Today, day 6 of 14 trekking Coast to Coast, we went from Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen. Hiking 10 miles with 2600 feet cumulative gain in the fells of Lakeland brought us over the highest Roman road in England, then down to the lakeshore of Haweswater. Overnight in Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000JLsT25Ox6tI/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000JLsT25Ox6tI.jpg)
![Randale Beck stream, near its entry to Haweswater Reservoir, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Today, day 6 of 14 trekking Coast to Coast, we went from Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen. Hiking 10 miles with 2600 feet cumulative gain in the fells of Lakeland brought us over the highest Roman road in England, then down to the lakeshore of Haweswater. Overnight in Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000HJj47imTkfg/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000HJj47imTkfg.jpg)
![We hiked the valley of Smardale Gill to cross its historic Viaduct and visit Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14; overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000FsNvPW3XOac/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000FsNvPW3XOac.jpg)
![Smardale Gill Viaduct, built 1861, was closed in 1962 as the Barrow steelworks closed, and was restored in 1990 as a cultural icon. Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 7 of 14: Smardale Gill Viaduct (built 1861) and Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve. Visit Kirkby Stephen Parish Church (built in 1240, partly rebuilt in 1847 and restored in the 1870s). Overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000zt0UXaufPFc/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000zt0UXaufPFc.jpg)
![Smardale Gill Viaduct, built 1861, was closed in 1962 as the Barrow steelworks closed, and was restored in 1990 as a cultural icon. Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 7 of 14: Smardale Gill Viaduct (built 1861) and Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve. Visit Kirkby Stephen Parish Church (built in 1240, partly rebuilt in 1847 and restored in the 1870s). Overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000gU7mJGMHBus/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000gU7mJGMHBus.jpg)
![Permissive Path and Public Bridleway sign. We hiked the valley of Smardale Gill to cross its historic Viaduct and visit Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14; overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000WvfLhmWsz_k/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000WvfLhmWsz_k.jpg)
![Breakfast in Brownber Hall Country House (built 1860), in Yorkshire Dales National Park, Newbiggin-on-Lune, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 8 of 14: Keld to Reeth, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. Today we followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000ixYGbUnB53Q/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000ixYGbUnB53Q.jpg)
![Keld, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 8 of 14: Keld to Reeth. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000E0ZEVJHVaek/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000E0ZEVJHVaek.jpg)
![East Gill Waterfall, Keld, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 8 of 14: Keld to Reeth. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000YsAGvX0eeyE/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000YsAGvX0eeyE.jpg)
![Ivelet bridge, River Swale, Swaledale. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages, on our walk from Keld to Reeth in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 8 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000gy27fnJ52dk/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000gy27fnJ52dk.jpg)
![Bridge over River Swale. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages, on our walk from Keld to Reeth in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 8 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000Bciq_hXp7Go/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000Bciq_hXp7Go.jpg)
![Farmsteads & pastures along River Swale in Yorkshire Dales NP. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages, on our walk from Keld to Reeth in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 8 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I00008ampfeIfoEk/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I00008ampfeIfoEk.jpg)
![Hike through pastures and farmsteads along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000sIUdiA9P.r4/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000sIUdiA9P.r4.jpg)
![Yorkshire Parkin in fake 10 pound napkin. Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000PGKTZ7eyhws/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000PGKTZ7eyhws.jpg)
![In Richmondshire Museum, see the original BBC set for the television series "All Creatures Great and Small," which was based upon the books by James Herriot (a pseudonym for British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight). Richmondshire Museum is in Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The TV series ran 1978 to 1980 and 1988 to 1990. Set in the Yorkshire Dales beginning in the mid-1930s, it stars Christopher Timothy as Herriot, Robert Hardy as Siegfried Farnon, the proprietor of the Skeldale House surgery, and Peter Davison as Siegfried's "little brother", Tristan. Herriot's wife, Helen, is played by Carol Drinkwater originally, then Linda Bellingham for the revival. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000cx8ikufquvQ/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000cx8ikufquvQ.jpg)
![The picturesque Easby Abbey (Abbey of St Agatha) was founded in 1152, but was suppressed by King Henry VIII in 1536-7 and fell into ruin. This Premonstratensian abbey was home to canons (ordained priests), rather than monks. The still-active parish church displays wall paintings dating from the 1200s. Visit Easby Abbey on the River Swale, on the outskirts of Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000uuWzPN5L6co/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000uuWzPN5L6co.jpg)
![On a plaster replica of the Easby Cross at the parish church at Easby Abbey, the rear face has a continuous vine scroll inhabited with beasts, an early appearance of this motif in Anglo-Saxon art. The original of this sandstone standing cross from AD 800–820 from the Kingdom of Northumbria is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Visit Easby Abbey on the River Swale, on the outskirts of Richmond, in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The cross was erected just as the golden age of Northumbrian art was ending with devastating Viking raids, which began with the attack on Lindisfarne in 793. Picturesque Easby Abbey (Abbey of St Agatha) was founded in 1152, but was suppressed by King Henry VIII in 1536-7 and fell into ruin. This Premonstratensian abbey was home to canons (ordained priests), rather than monks. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000gSOTSVJzJ4c/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000gSOTSVJzJ4c.jpg)
![The Green Bridge over the River Swale and 1100s Richmond Castle, in Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000NzMMgqez2cc/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000NzMMgqez2cc.jpg)
![Sunset on 1771 obelisk in Richmond's Market Place, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In Market Square, the obelisk replaced the old market cross in 1771. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I00006oQOSScRlDg/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I00006oQOSScRlDg.jpg)
![1100s Richmond Castle rises above Market Place, in Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I00003SmVxqmMIMY/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I00003SmVxqmMIMY.jpg)
![1400s Grey Friars Tower of Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000u8ZBBMd0yJU/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000u8ZBBMd0yJU.jpg)
![1400s Grey Friars Tower of Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000OytKicmoMtU/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000OytKicmoMtU.jpg)
![Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000jvVhEvZel2A/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000jvVhEvZel2A.jpg)
![Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000P8lBIbhPVhE/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000P8lBIbhPVhE.jpg)
![Hike through fields of purple heather flowers on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, between Osmotherly and Great Broughton in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000QgR5VcQ.DRA/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000QgR5VcQ.DRA.jpg)
![Fish & chips & peas. Dinner and lodging at Wainstones Hotel in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000_LEs5DECpNs/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000_LEs5DECpNs.jpg)
![Dynamic, partly cloudy blue sky at sunset. Dinner and lodging at Wainstones Hotel in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000hSGi7ky2yF4/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000hSGi7ky2yF4.jpg)
![Pastures & homesteads. Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Great Broughton to Blakey Ridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 11 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000yL7dwH0vZsI/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000yL7dwH0vZsI.jpg)
![See Beggar's Bridge built over the River Esk in 1619, near Glaisdale. in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14: Trough House to Egton Bridge. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000m8bf0bF773A/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000m8bf0bF773A.jpg)
![From Grosmont we take a steam-hauled train through North York Moors National Park to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Along the way, see Goathland station, the setting for fictional Hogsmeade Station for the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter films. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000QGXhpajHt8k/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000QGXhpajHt8k.jpg)
![From Grosmont we take a steam-hauled train through North York Moors National Park to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Along the way, see Goathland station, the setting for fictional Hogsmeade Station for the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter films. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000VTcfohsi9wo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000VTcfohsi9wo.jpg)
![From Grosmont we take a steam-hauled train through North York Moors National Park to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Along the way, see Goathland station, the setting for fictional Hogsmeade Station for the Hogwarts Express in Harry Potter films. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000yKmze6DgE8k/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000yKmze6DgE8k.jpg)
![Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August. Today we toured North York Moors National Park from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van, plus Whitby on the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 13 of 14. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey and the seaside fishing port of Whitby. Overnight at Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel, in Pickering, North Yorkshire. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000MYX94Gr5Zwk/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000MYX94Gr5Zwk.jpg)
![Today we toured North York Moors National Park from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van, plus Whitby on the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 13 of 14. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey and the seaside fishing port of Whitby. Overnight at Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel, in Pickering, North Yorkshire. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000_LJuv_v1tWE/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000_LJuv_v1tWE.jpg)
![She celebrates a walk across England with bare feet dipped in Robin Hood's Bay, along the North Sea, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We splashed into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog 2019 and 2022-23. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000MQXo1H3qrb8/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000MQXo1H3qrb8.jpg)
![Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey which dates from 657-1538 AD, in the fishing port of Whitby, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. This Christian monastery later became a Benedictine abbey, which was confiscated by the crown during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in 1537-8. The abbey church overlooks the North Sea on East Cliff above Whitby. Whitby Abbey became famous in fiction by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, as Dracula came ashore as a creature resembling a large dog who climbed the dramatic 199 steps leading to the ruins above the Esk River. England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000N6joWvBH9t8/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000N6joWvBH9t8.jpg)
![Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey which dates from 657-1538 AD, in the fishing port of Whitby, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. This Christian monastery later became a Benedictine abbey, which was confiscated by the crown during the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII in 1537-8. The abbey church overlooks the North Sea on East Cliff above Whitby. Whitby Abbey became famous in fiction by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula, as Dracula came ashore as a creature resembling a large dog who climbed the dramatic 199 steps leading to the ruins above the Esk River. England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000i.3PMObdnTo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000i.3PMObdnTo.jpg)
![Whitby at the mouth of the Esk River, seen from Dracula's Church Steps, in England, United Kingdom, Europe. In Bram Stoker's famous 1897 novel, Dracula came ashore as a creature resembling a large dog who climbed the dramatic 199 Church Steps to the graveyard of Church of Saint Mary, adjacent to Whitby Abbey ruins atop East Cliff, above the Esk River. The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is an Anglican parish church serving the towns of Whitby and Ruswarp in North Yorkshire county. This was at the end of our England Coast to Coast hike, on day 13 of 14. The next day, our 14th, ended being dropped off in York. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000XjjZxIvL9VQ/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000XjjZxIvL9VQ.jpg)
![Whitby and the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. This was at the end of our England Coast to Coast hike, on day 13 of 14. The next day, our 14th, ended being dropped off in York. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.](https://portfolio.photoseek.com/img-get2/I0000FS9KEh6Tt6E/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000CmN5QDRnEfA/I0000FS9KEh6Tt6E.jpg)
