Having not posted a blog for two months and given that the revised website is not up and running yet, I have, long overdue, decided to continue here and then the posts can be transferred when it is ready. Also have only found time to walk one further section of the Humber bank, which I will describe here.
The day was very windy with a cold wind-chill. However, I started in Paull with the intention of walking the north bank to Stone Creek. As with all linear walks, especially in very rural areas, one has to factor-in the walk back. On this occasion it was so cold and exposed on the Humber bank that, having walked through Paull village I decided to abandon the original plan and drove back to the Deep at the mouth of the River Hull and then walk eastwards to Queen Elizabeth Dock. The section along the front of Victoria Dock Village is always interesting with the estate having been deemed to not need much heightening of the flood defence wall beyond that constructed when the estate was built. At the eastern end of this stretch the walker has to cut inland along a wide surfaced path extending to a slip road off Hedon Road, the reason being that the Sieman’s development making huge wind turbines reaches right to the water’s edge. Walking around the old Alexandra Dock to the entrance to King George Dock is a long way, going past the Prison, Hedon Road Cemetery and various industrial sites. However, there is public access to King George Dock and a path leading to the Humber bank along the west side of the Dock complex. Having reached the reinforced wall that is here the Humber bank the walker can walk a promenade and over a footbridge under which lorries come and go to and from the stern loading base of the North Sea Ferry (see above).
(to be continued).