Sabbatical Diary – Day 28

Spurn Point Lighthouse.

Walked down to Spurn Point Lighthouse today. About 6 miles return. In 2008, I rode down to the point. The road was pretty worn and rough, but no more so than quite a few of the roads to lighthouses I have been up and down over the last weeks. In 2013, a storm surge on top of a high tide swept the road away. I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t ride down there again. Spurn Point is at the end of a 3 1/2 mile, very narrow spit, reaching into the North Sea and forming the North bank of the mouth of the Humber Estuary. The spit was very narrow at some points, and the road was spectacular. But I was also pretty impressed with the power of nature and that decades of reinforcements and protection were just swept away. Nature had its way, and there was nothing we could do about it.

This is the ‘wash over’ section of the spit. Absolutely no signs of a road or concrete reinforcements here. This area is now covered at particularly high tides. So Spurn Point is now a tidal island.

Had a quick chat with Tim before I set off on my walk. I parked next to his motor home. He was still there when I got back and we chatted for a couple of hours, sharing stories and solving the world’s problems. Great connection.

Saw a couple of jets flying fast and low and loud. Maybe F15-Es out of RAF Lakenheath. They seemed to be having fun.

On the road again tomorrow. Humber bridge and then down to Boston in Lincolnshire.

Four weeks into trip today. 3,000 miles covered as of yesterday.

God bless.

Mike