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We wake and check for bites in the neck
Under Whitby\u2019s clear blues skies
Our bikes are secure but we have to make sure
They\u2019re not plundered before our eyes.<\/p>

On the first climbs I flag, we\u2019re on a main drag
And the cars go whistling by
We roll down to Staithes, a quaint little place
A safe harbour with cliffs so high.<\/p>

We\u2019re back on Route 1, this time in the sun
At the gradient we soon baulk
The climb is so steep, grown men would weep
But we just walk the walk.<\/p>

Victorian affluence and railwaymen\u2019s influence
Created Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Here were smugglers of old, or so we were told
In days long before V.A.T.<\/p>

It is sudden and strange to witness the change
As we leave the Yorkshire Wolds
By a wide sweeping strand, a score of turbines stand
Then a route through the wastelands unfolds.<\/p>

I played against Ray Mallon, who became a Teeside Baron
And I wonder about progress on his shift
Can modern business pay its way and overcome decay
In the fabric of a place that needs a lift?<\/p>

At Seaton Carew, the sea back in view
And it felt like a great result
After a zigzag way and a stop-start day
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