A 3km post Sunday pub lunch stroll with Erin.Route: Leaving the car in the car park of the Royal Hotel, Heysham, where we had just lunched, and turning left along Main Street to reach the St Peter’s car park. Turning right along a path to look at the outside of the current church and look out to sea towards Arnside Knott. Returning to the car park to continue slightly uphill on a short path to the ruins of the eighth century Saxon chapel with carved Viking stone graves. Then dropping down to a promontory at GR409617. Continuing a little along the coast, south, for views of the nuclear power station and then returning to the entrance to the ruins. Turning right into National Trust land comprising stone steps among trees and boulders before descending to another gate out into the church car park.
Exiting left onto Main St and taking the footpath off Bailey Lane along the sea ramparts, taking the first tarmac path right to Knowlys Road and following this to turn left on Heysham Road to the Bookmakers Micropub for a pint. Lois and I walking briskly back to the car afterwards in increasingly heavy rain.
Conditions: a cool grey October day turning wet while returning to the car.
Pub: the Royal Hotel, Heysham for Thwaites IPA and lunch. Afterwards, the Bookmakers Micropub, Heysham for Eden River Bonejuice, Durham Brewery Dark Angel stout and Herefordshire Cider Celtic Tiger.
