Christmas walk: Ampleforth - Sunday 11 December

Start: 10am from the visitor centre car park at Ampleforth Abbey, which is down the bottom of the hill to the right.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 7 miles

Afterwards: The meal is booked for 2pm., giving people time to change if they so wish.

Sheriff Hutton - High Stittenham Circular Walk - Sunday November 13

Start: 10am

Car park and meeting point: As you go through Sheriff Hutton on the road from Strensall, turn right just after the Highwayman pub into Main Street. Parking: Roadside parking on either Main Street or Church End in Sheriff Hutton village. Meet near the village stocks on the Green near the Castle Inn.

Leader: Martin     Contact number:-  7979 674701

Distance and approx time: 7 miles appx. It should take about 4 hours with a coffee stop and a lunch stop.

Refreshments and toilets: No public toilets on the route. Refreshment afterwards either at the Castle Inn or the Highwayman pubs in Sheriff Hutton village.

Route: As the walk is on Remembrance Sunday there will be a break during the walk at 11am for two minute's silence.

The route includes going round the imposing ruins of Sheriff Hutton Castle before picking up the Ebor Way towards a climb up Mowthorpe Hill, along a section of the Centenary Way to the village of High Stittenham and back across farmland to Sheriff Hutton. Sections of the route include some spectacular views. The walk finishes at Sheriff Hutton Church which can be visited to view an small exhibition on Richard III, whose son, Edward, was reputedly buried at the church.

If it rains before or during the walk there is potential for some of the terrain to be quite muddy. The walk can be shortened by a mile in the event of bad weather. Lots of sheep, cows and horses (including racehorses) on the route, so any dogs may have to be on leads for sections of the walk.

22nd November - Warter, Great Dug Dale, Brig Dale and Lavender Dale

Start and parking: Take the B1246 off the A1079 at Barmby Moor to Warter. Go through Warter, past the church, down the hill and just past the pond and before a turning to the left sign posted to Huggate, there is parking by a seat for a few cars.

Start: 10am

Leader: Ali

Distance: 7.7 miles easy to moderate walk

Refreshments and toilets: There are none in Warter, but we could have our after-walk tea/coffee/hot chocolate and cake/scone in Pocklington!

This is a lovely walk starting from the picturesque East Yorkshire village of Warter with its  thatched cottages. We walk along the road for a short distance until we come to Great Dug Dale which we walk the length of. There is then a long open stretch over typical Wolds countryside with wonderful views.  We then enter the two lovely quiet Dales of Brig and Lavender before a short steep ascent out of them and a pleasant walk back to the start, the end of which includes a short walk on a quiet road. Most of the walk is on good grass paths and tracks.