Hovingham - 1st January 2015

Start: By the cafe on the main street

Time: 10.30 am

Leader: Ali

Distance: 6-7 miles

If anyone is interested, available and would like to work off some of the excesses from over the Christmas period, Ali is leading a walk on New Years Day.

Xmas walk: Ampleforth - Sunday 14 December

Start: 10am - from Ampleforth College car park

Date: Sunday 14 December

Leader: Ali

Distance: 6 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate

Note: There is a Xmas meal after the walk at Ampleforth College which is prebooked and is now at maximum capacity.

Hawnby - 3 December

Start: 10am - parking roadside near church

Leader: Mike

Distance: 6 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate

A great walk from a pretty village over two small hills, providing great views over Ryedale and Bilsdale.  Medium walk of just over 6 miles.

Parking roadside at Hawnby church which is half a mile west of the village on the Kepwick road. Hawnby village is six miles north of Helmsley.

Good pub in the village.

Kirkham Priory - Wednesday 19 November

Start: 10am at Kirkham Priory

Leader: Ali

Distance: 7-8 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy

We leave Kirkham Priory and head for the village of Crambe, cross the railway line and then head for the River Derwent. A short walk along the river past Howsham  Mill and then over the bridge to Howsham. We then walk through Howsham Wood and back to Kirkham. There is a little road walking. It might be rather muddy in the woods.

Millington Dale near Pocklington - Sunday 9th November

Start: 10:00 am at the church in Millington (there is off road parking on Swineridge Lane at the back of the church which is on Church Lane)

Leader: Bridie

Distance: 7 and half miles

Difficulty: Moderate - a couple of steep hills but they are short

Toilets and Refreshments: No public toilets along the route.

Good pub (The Gate Inn) and tearoom (the Amblers Rest), both in Millington so convenient for the end of the walk.

Some sections of road walking, but they are quiet roads. Great views on a clear day along the route.

Wednesday 22 October - Hackness and Whisper Dale

Start: 10am - meet at Hackness village (near the church)

Leader: Mike

Distance: Approx 7 miles

Level of difficulty: Moderate

WhisperDales is an attractive hidden valley enclosed by shapely wooded hills leading to great views from Reasty Bank towards the coast.

Turn off the A170 Pickering to Scarborough road at East Ayton. along Forge Valley.

The Nidd Gorge: A walk in the woods - Sunday 12th October 2014

Start: 10:00 am at Conyungham Hall car park. (Pay & Display)

Leader: Anders

Distance: 7 miles

Difficulty: Moderate

Toilets and Refreshments: Pubs and coffee places in Knaresborough and Bilton

Anders (Mobile: 07923516499) will be at Bannatynes at 09:00 if anyone would like a lift. 

We start at the Conyungham Hall car park in Knaresborough, which is situated at the 'bottom' of Knaresborough next to river Nidd. ( grid ref: SE344572)

After a short walk on the B6165 Pateley Bridge road we turn turn down to river Nidd, which we then follow all around to Bilton. We then turn back towards Knaresborough having lovely views of the landscape.

Time for drinks in Knaresborough before going home, of course.

Look forward to seeing you there.