It's fitting that an old railway track on the Trans Pennine Trail ends only a few hundred metres from the sea. And there's the tinge of sadness that another long  journey has ended but thoughts begin of another route elsewhere, not sure where or when, so the planning begins.

Hull and Liverpool on the the cycle route are big and busy cities, their  estuaries huge and natural ports for shipping and trading for many years. The Trans Pennine Trail tells the history of the crossing of this narrow part of England but once there you can understand why Hull and Liverpool were always likely to be the destinations of the route. And it somehow feels that the Trans Pennine Trail, starting from Southport and ending in Hornsea with both towns touching the sea, it's really a journey from Liverpool to Hull. 

And this is a very safe and easy route. For children and disabled cyclists too as there are hundreds of access points right along the Trail. Try to cycle it east to west due to the prevailing wind although the sheltered first half of the route gives an option to head westwards if you want to go that way.

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