Our train arriving at Filey station

The fare was £2.60, a few pence cheaper than it was when we did this walk a few years ago. The journey took about 15 minutes and we started walking from Bempton station at about 10.30.

This morning we met a small group of friends at Filey station in time to catch the 10.14 train to go two stops down the line to Bempton.

Leaving the train at Bempton

Bempton church

We had an early coffee stop at the RSPB visitor centre and then made out way to the various view points along the cliffs.

We followed the road through Bempton village past the church and out to the RSPB reserve on Bempton Cliffs.

A flock of twitchers at a view point at Bempton Cliffs RSPB reserve

Bempton Cliffs looking towards Flamborough Head

Some of the kittywakes had chicks already and some were gathering mud from a wet patch on the bank at the top of the cliff.

At this time of year there are thousands of birds nesting on the cliffs. There are gannets, guillimots, razorbills, kittywakes, fulmars and puffins, although the puffins are just arriving.

Bempton Cliffs looking towards Filey

Cliff top path towards Filey from Bempton

As we left the reserve and headed for Speeton there was an occasional glimpse down the cliff where every ledge was occupied by a nesting seabird.

The meadows along the cliff top are left uncut and provide a habitat for all kinds of small birds - you know, the small brown jobbies that are so hard to identify!

Red Campion by the cliff top path at Bempton

Kidney Vetch - a plant that likes the seaside

There were all kinds of wild flowers, some we could identify and some we just didn't know. After lunch we continued along the cliff top path for a few hundred metres to map ref. TA 159750.

We stopped by the trig point near Speeton for our lunch there was hardly any view out towards Bridlington because of the sea mist known locally as 'Sea Fret' that was sitting cold and damp all along that part of the coast, whilst we basked on warm sunshine.

Lunch stop near Speeton

Path down an old land slip to the beach at Speeton

The path is at the bottom of a steep slope so great care is needed to avoid being impaled on the barbs. At map ref. TA 153753 the path crosses a stile to continue down to the beach across the old landslip

The path took us down a steep field to the top edge of a huge old land slip. The path followed the edge of the land slip for several hundred metres with a barbed wire fence very close to the path.

Path down an old land slip to the beach at Speeton