Or there again, there’s the ginger loaf, not to be confused with gingerbread, and best eaten, according to Jo Botham, with cheese as “we eat everything with cheese in Yorkshire”. Jo is the fourth generation of the family to run this ever-expanding business, but it all dates back to Elizabeth Botham (pronounced with a short “o”, as in “bothy”, rather than cricketer Ian), who married a widower with four children, had a further 10 of her own and, in her spare time, built up the business from scratch when the family fell on hard times. They make ’em tough in Yorkshire.

It’s quite tough walking down to the sea in the beautiful fishing village of Robin Hood’s Bay (the name has nothing directly to do with the Sherwood Forest outlaw, but may be related to a ship of the same name). There are steep slopes and steps and, fortunately, plenty of hostelries to break the journey.

Walking anywhere is a pleasure in Yorkshire and there are numerous hikes along the clifftops or along the beaches. There is plenty of inland walking, too, over moorland and in forests. At Falling Foss, for instance, you can walk through the woodland to the waterfall and discover the charming open-air tea garden there. As dingley a dell as anyone could wish for.

Suffice it to say, the UK road trip is alive and well – and not only in Scotland.

Essentials

Anna Selby was a guest of Route YC. For more information, visit routeyc.co.uk

Stay along the route at Ox Pasture Hall Hotel near Scarborough (01723 365295; oxpasturehallhotel.com), which has standard doubles from £125, B&B, plus a spa and two superb chefs.

The immaculately Georgian North Ings in Robin Hood’s Bay (01947 880064; northings.co.uk) has rooms from £110, B&B; while the charming Farrier in Cayton (01723 861432; the-farrier.co.uk) has rooms from £200 B&B, based on two sharing.