Sunday walk: Swinsty Reservoir - Sunday 14 February

Date: Sunday 14 February

Start: 10am prompt - Swinsty Reservoir car park

Leader: Janette 07932 275553

Distance: 8 miles

Time: ~4 hours

Level: Easy to moderate

The walk is around Swinsty reservoir and Fewston reservoir. Lots of good views.

Swinsty reservoir car park can be found along the A59 out of Harrogate, past the Hopperlane Hotel. Turn left sign posted Swinsty reservoir.

Midweek walk: Boltby - Wednesday 27 January

Start: Boltby - small roadside parking space 200 yards east of village on the Hawnby road

Time: 10am prompt

Leader: Mike

Distance: 7 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate

Boltby is approx 3 miles north of Sutton under Whitestonecliffe.

Excellent walk through Boltby Forest & reservoir and up to Paradise valley and farm. Part  of the Cleveland Way. Great views!

Afterwards - refreshments at pub at Sutton under Whitestonecliffe

Yorkshire Sculpture Park - Sunday 10 January 2016

Where: Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, nr Wakefield

Start: 10am, Sunday, January 10 at Top Lane, Bretton Common

Directions: Exit the M1 at junction 39 and take the A636 to Denby Dale. After about a mile and a half you will reach a roundabout where the A636 meets the A637 (Huddersfield Road). Go straight on towards Denby Dale and after a few yards take the first right into Top Lane where you will find lay-bys on either side of the road. Parking here avoids paying parking fees in the Sculpture Park.

Route: We'll walk on a track which takes us to the Sculpture Park (free entry) and do route through the park which will include the Lower Lake, the Poppies (it is the last day they can be viewed so it could be busy), various sculptures, up to Longside and across a Oxley Bank with spectacular views of the park and Emley Moor TV mast and back to the park before returning to Top Lane via parts of the Dearne Way and Kirklees Way.

Distance: 7 to 8 miles

Terrain: Mainly tracks, paths, a couple of steady climbs (not steep) and a few stiles. Given the time of year it will be muddy.

Toilets and cafe: Sculpture Park Visitor Centre

Pub: Black Bull, Midgeley

Leaders: Martin and Jenny

For more details about the park visit www.ysp.co.uk