The Road to Spurn
(7-8 August 2025)

A feature we saw on TV

Described the wonders of Spurn

Shifting sands, and birds of the sea

Where I never thought to return

At the Vic we enjoyed Big Big Sky 

A play about love and loss

Featuring the Kilnsea cafe 

And the sight of an albatross 

So I polled a number of friends

With holiday destinations to boast

Peru, Japan, the Ardennes

Never been to Spurn Heritage Coast

I decide to gather the facts

Of this native wilderness land

Where we’ll pedal a while on tracks

For the lighthouse, we’ll take to the sand

We start brightly at Patrington

Flying along a smooth surface

Till we turn South West at Easington

Where the wind hits us full in the face

It’s a gloriously quiet lane

Few drivers, just the curiously idle

For the discovery centre they aim

And a place that’s intriguingly tidal

After lunch we head up to Withernsea

No time for tea in the pavilion 

Then a blustery stretch to the BnB 

And supper, in Hull, at the Brazilian

At Spurn Point we see Bull Sand Fort,

Hale Sand Fort on the other side

Between a net was strung taut

To stop u-boats getting to Humberside

As we walk the warning signs flash

For the brown-tail moth caterpillar 

It can give you a nasty rash

But the sandy trudge back’s the real killer.

Whitby