Here are the answers to the North Yorkshire Smugglers' Coast puzzle

1.

In memory of the Scalby Folk of World War Two?

 

The answer is ' A bus shelter'.

 

2.

What commemorates Queen Vic's Diamond in Scalby?

The answer is . 'A drinking fountain' built in stone, commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubillee.

3.

In which village are these bells hanging?

 

The answer is 'Cloughton'.

4.

An elevated term of affection, if you live in Australia.

 

The answer is 'Cober Hill', in Cloughton

 

 

 

 

5.

This pillar stands across the road from the turnoff for an old smugglers inn. What's the name of the Inn?

 

The answer is 'the Hayburn Wyke Hotel' on the road to Staintondale and Ravenscar.

6.

Whats the word on the opposite pillar to this one?

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The answer is 'Moor'. The pillars guard the entrance to this property on the left hand side of the Ravenscar Road.

 

7.

Where is this?

This weather vane sits on the roof of a building at 'Hayburn Beck Farm'.

 

8.

Its open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and bank holidays.

 

The answer is 'Shire Horse Farm'. See notice at the entrance to Downdale Road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.

Where is this?

The answer is 'St John the Baptist' Church in Staintondale

10.

Where is this?

 

The answer is 'the Raven Hall Hotel' entrance.

 

11.

A road sign anagram: 'HOOD MAY CHOOSE ROD ROB FOR ANERLLIN' (big 'T').

The answer is 'Robin Hood Road, formerly School Lane', located on the left as you enter Ravenscar.

12.

A bridge can be viewed from the road into Ravenscar, crossing the old railway line. What colour is the archway of this bridge?

The answer is 'red', or   'orange'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

13.

How many miles from Ravenscar to Robin Hoods Bay using the Cleveland Way?

The answer is '3 miles', as shown on the wooden signpost in Ravenscar.

 

14.

When you get to Ravenscar, what's missing?

 

The answer is 'houses'. The road through the settlement and the 'town square' have hardly any buildings lining them. The village was going to be developed as a seaside resort in a big way many years ago, but it never came to fruition.

15.

Locate the railway platform in Ravenscar. What is the stationmaster doing?

The answer is 'blowing his whistle'. See the carvings decorating the redundant platform next to the old Scarborough to Whitby line.

16.

Where can you get all  this?

The answer is 'the Falcon Inn', on the Scarborough to Whitby Road.

 

 

 

 

17.

Where is this?

St Stephen's Church, Fylingthorpe.

18.

How far was the Whitby lifeboat dragged to save 'the Visitor'.

 

The answer is '6 miles'. The story of this heroic endeavor in 1881 is described on the plaque at the top of the hill down to Robin Hoods Bay.

19.

Where's this?

 

The answer is 'Beckfield', or 'the former police station'.

 

20.

A man with a spy glass changes direction with the wind. Where is he?

 

The answer is 'on top of the Muir Lea Stores'. He decorates the wind vane on top of  the building.

 

 

 

 

21.

Find the Cleveland Way sign in Robin Hoods Bay that corresponds with that in question 12. What street sign is it above?

 

The answer is 'Albion Road'.

 

22.

What's the name of the shop this helmet hangs on?

 

The answer is 'Cromwell's'

23.

On which street is 'the Coroners Room' on?

The answer is ' Fisherhead'.

24.

What feature film was made in 1935 in Robin Hoods Bay?

The answer is 'Turn of the Tide'?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

Where do you find this?

 

The answer is 'Outside the Dolphin Hotel'.

 

How did you do?