Saltergate Brow - 10am Sunday 8 April 2013

Here are details of the next walk:

Start: Saltergate Brow car park (the car park next to Hole of Horcum on A169 Pickering to Whitby road on the North York Moors)

Time: 10am

Date: Sunday 7 April 2013

Leader: Mike Leadbeater

Distance: 8 miles

Level of difficulty: moderate

Facilities: pub and toilets on the way back to Pickering

A splendid medium walk to Blakey Topping & Malo Cross. 

Excellent vantage points. 

Starts opposite direction to Hole of Horcum.

This walk promises stunning countryside and views - one not to be missed, especially if there are easter eggs to be worked off....

See you all Sunday

Terrington to Granthorpe and along the ridge to Airyholme - Sunday 10th March

Location: Terrington

Date: Sunday 10 March

Leader: John Farbrother (mob 07906 890 465)

Start: 10am in Terrington - meet at village shop

Distance: 7.7 miles

Time: 4 hours

Level of difficulty: moderate

7.7 miles of gentle hills and woodland. Good views. The route takes us across some fields and some tinkling streams with muddy bits but a good measure of firm track too. Good for dogs. 824 feet climbed altogether.

Parking in the village main street also in the Village Hall car park. Meeting near the village shop to leave at 10.00hrs.
The village hall may be open for toilets the Lady in the shop tells me. Unfortunately the Pub is still shut.

3.5 hours Inc. 20mins for lunch in the woods. (Back in time for England v Italy at 15.00hrs)

See you all there.

Steve

Thixendale - Wharam Percy - Sunday 10 February

Details of the next walk - hope to see you all there...

Date: Sunday 10 February

Leader: Ali

 

Start: 10am in Thixendale (meet in middle of village)

Distance: 8 miles/13 kilometres

Time: 4-5 hours

Height gain:  215 metres

Level of difficulty: moderate

This is lovely part of Yorkshire, starting from the village of Thixendale deep a valley, through to the abandoned village of Wharam Percy.

Please join us.

Wintringham - Sunday 13th January 2013

Date: Sunday 13th January 2013

Walk Leader: Keith

Start: 10:00 in the centre of the village of Wintringham

Distance: Approx 8.5 miles. (About 5 hours)

Level of difficulty: Moderate.

The village is just east of Malton - further details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintringham

Ampleforth Abbey - Sunday 9th December 2012

Location: Ampleforth

Leader: Ali

Date: Sunday 9th December 2012

Start: 10am prompt

Level of difficulty: Easy (moderate in places)

Distance: 7 miles

Meeting on the main street in Ampleforth (parking on main street), the walk takes us towards Wass and Bylands Abbey before returning to Ampleforth.

The start of the walk is quite muddy at this time of year, so bring a change of clothers if you are participating in the Xmas meal at Ampleforth Abbey afterwards (changing area available).

The walk needs to start promptly at 10am to ensure we are back in time for the start of the meal.

Circular walk from Robin Hood’s Bay

Walk Leader: Anders Ekstrand (Mobile: 07923516499).

Start: 10:00 at the top car park at Robin Hood’s Bay (at the old railway station). Anders will be at Bannatynes just before 9 am if anyone wants a lift.

Distance: Approx 7-8 miles. (About 3 hours)

Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate.

Refreshments/Toilets: Plenty of facilities in Robin Hood’s Bay. Toilets at car park.

We will set off from Robin Hood’s Bay on the old railway line towards Whitby. At Hawsker Bottoms we turn down towards the sea and the Cleveland Way, have a break and walk back to Robin Hood’s Bay on the cliff tops.

Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve and Ledsham village - Sunday 14 October

Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve and Ledsham village

Date: Sunday 14^th October 2012

Walk Leaders: Martin and Jenny Jarred (Phone: 01904 636639)

Start: 10:00am. Meet in Fairburn Ings RSPB car park, Newton Road, near Ledston, Castleford, West Yorkshire (parking costs £2.50. Tickets available in visitor centre. Note the car park closes at 4pm in October)

Distance: Approx 8 miles (about 4 hours)

Level of difficulty: Easy/Moderate

Toilets: In RSPB visitor centre at start/end of walk

Refreshments: Sandwiches, ice creams, sweets etc available at The RSPB visitor centre. Hot and cold drinks from dispensing machine. There is indoor and outdoor seating. Horseshoe pub in Fairburn village.

The walk: This walk starts from the RSPB reserve, heads around its southern perimeter alongside the River Aire to Ledston Ings and back through the reserve, passing on a path near reed beds and across fields. We should see plenty of birdlife, so binoculars would be useful. After crossing a minor road we head along a track to Newton Lane where we briefly drop down along the road before turning into Newfield Lane. This is a track which takes us along the edge of a wood and across fields to the picturesque village of Ledsham (not be be confused with near-by Ledston).

From Ledsham we take a path across meadows and fields along Lambkin Hill down to Fairburn where we take the two-mile Riverbank Trail back to the RSPB visitor centre.

To get to Fairburn Ings from York take the A64 and join the A1(M). Take exit 42 and briefly pick up the A63 before joining the A1246. There should be brown direction signs to Fairburn Ings. At a roundabout on the edge of Fairburn village turn right, then left down Gauk Street and right at the next junction. Go along Caudle Hill and out through the village towards Newton. There is a large lake on the left and at the end of the lake is the entrance to the RSPB car park and reserve.

The walk is generally flat, particularly around the RSPB reserve. For keen twitchers there should be an opportunity to explore more of the reserve after the walk.