Final ride of this Holiday (April 1st) Whitby Abbey

The weather forecast was for rain in the afternoon, but I thought I might get the ride in before that happened and set off about 3Pm , dropping down the side roads to Hawsker before joining the main Whitby road.
Most of the roads were wet on the steeper sections reminding me that I really need to fit those Swisstop brake pads that are hopefully in the post and ready to be fitted next week before out next holiday.

Though mainly downhill there are some pretty steep uphil sections too, especially when you approach Hawsker itself. After that it's mainly but not all downhill along the main road before turning off for the Abbey.

I headed for the front of St Marys Church as I wanted a shot of the cross

The great view down over the Harbour into the town,

And a great view  down the 199 steps!

After that it was a strong headwind and an uphill journey all the way back to camp, the voltage on the display frequently dropping to the pint where it beeped as being low, yet it kept going without any problems and I ran into rain on the last leg of the journey where the road crossed from the Coast Road to May Beck, 

The bike and espcially the chain and sprockets will be getting a thorough clean when we get home!