Staithes

So here we go with another installment of the journey down the North Yorkshire coast, after the surreal Skinningrove we headed to Staithes and nearly missed it! Riding along in the car we passed through the edge of the village, and to be fair when we saw the sign and a few houses we thought 'Is this it?' and carried on driving. Something didn't sit right with me and I said to Gary 'We've missed something, it looked nice on the Coast programme when I saw it'. So we parked up and used Gary's ipad to see if we'd missed something roadwise, it appeared we had. Heading back we drove down a lane towards where we suspected the sea was and stumbled across a car park. It appeared we'd just passed through the modern top road of Staithes and fringe bits of the more contempory village. After parking up we followed the signs and a steep road down to the old village proper and were pleasantly surprised with what we found. I knew from the brief bit I'd seen on tv that artists came here to paint in Victorian times but seeing it close up and real for myself was amazing.

Staites is nestled in the cliff side and has a natural harbour and it also appears the legendary captain Cook spent some time here too. The streets down to and around Staithes are quite steep and certainly test your fitness but it's rewarding all the same. To sum up, Staithes is a lovely little fishing village with some interesting houses and great views, there's also a couple of pubs! Enjoy the photos!

Steep descent in Staithes

Lobster cages

harbour

Captain Cooks cottage, albeit rebuilt slightly.