To The Lighthouse

The least said about the final leg of the Teesdale Way (6 miles from South Bank to Warrenby) the better as not even my low expectations were met by the dreary route, made worse by a footpath closure requiring 2 miles of path between the steelworks and the river to be replaced by 3 miles of the busy A1085 between the steelworks and the chemical plant, which kept the Tees exit to the North Sea well out of site until Coatham Sands, with its distinctive offshore wind farm, was reached; fortunately it was only another mile along the beach to Redcar where the excellent Seasons Café in the Beacon lifted my spirits with a wedge of citrus cake and a frothy coffee, a fitting reward for completing the 72 miles from Barnard Castle over the last twelve months.