Thursday was Ravens Route Day 6 of our cycle tour. We left the Mill Farm B&B where 4 of us had been staying and cycled over to the Royal Oak where the others had been staying.

The day started climbing, heading towards the hills in the distance.

There were quite a number of sneaky little climbs!

At Commondale we turned off the road and followed a track that ran along the valley. Giving us some great views.

We rejoined the road at Castleton Moor, which gave us a fast drop down to Castleton. Towards the bottom of the drop, Andy S lost his cap in the wind!

There was then another climb back up to Danby

We stopped for lunch at the Woolley Sheep Cafe at the North Yorkshire Moors Visitor Centre.

After lunch, there was a massive climb straight away – the hardest climb after a lunch break that we have done!

There were some great views, both along the way as well as from the top.

We passed through Egton, where we considered stopping for an afternoon break but decided to push on to Whitby instead.

We cycled from Egton, following the valley along a quite lane/track, to Aislaby.

We turned off onto a bridleway, which dropped fast down a track.

We followed the river for a while, passing a miniature steam railway as we went along.

At Ruswarp we used the road bridge over the River Esk.

There were a few sneaky climbs along the way.

We joined an old railway line, which went over a viaduct. From the viaduct, we got our first view of Whitby Abbey in the distance.

Having cycled over the viaduct, we followed the Cinder Track down into Whitby.

We were staying at The George in Whitby.

In the evening we had a meal (fish and chips as it was the seaside) at the Quayside Restaurant.

After a meal, we had a walk along Whitby Pier, from where we got some more great views.

At the very end of the pier, there are some steps down and you can go underneath the pier.

We had cycled about 29 miles and climbed about 2500 feet.

You can view our Ravens Route Day 6 from Great Ayton to Whitby below: