Sandsend to Lythe and back down the bank

A short but steep 3.4-mile circular of about two hours climbing 165 metres up the Cleveland Way to Lythe church on its shoulder above the sea, then dropping back to the beck by field path and the old bank road. Start at the Sandsend main car park by the beck, pay-and-display and often full by ten in summer, with the 4 and X4 buses from Whitby stopping at the same spot. The views back over the whole bay are the point, there is water in East Row Beck at both ends, but the climb crosses grazed fields with stiles, Lythe Bank is a fast and narrow road, and the central Sandsend beach is closed to dogs in summer.