THE NORTH YORK MOORS - A Northern Coast to Coast Walk: From St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay - page 118

Leave Grosmont by climbing east (ignoring two roads going left to
Sleights), and continuing up Fair Head Lane, a tiring pull at the best of
times, but eased a little by fine retrospective views over the Esk valley.
More significantly, Whitby Abbey can be seen in the distance on its clifftop
site, as the final chapter of the walk draws to a close.
When the lane reaches the open moor (now Access Land), a line of
standing stones known as the Low Bride Stones may be spotted to the
south, and further on another set, the High Bride Stones, can be seen off
to the right. The Low Bride Stones are something of a disappointment, lying haphazar-