Sandsend to Runswick Bay - 9th August

Start: 10am

Meeting point: Park on roadside leading down to Sandsend coming from Whitby, opposite public toilets.

Leader: Anders

Distance: 12 miles easy walking. Could be cut shorter depending on weather

Time: About 4-5 hours

Services: Toilets and tea places in Sandsend and Runswick Bay

Lovely linear walk along Cleveland Way. I have made it linear to enjoy the lovely scenery to its full.

Newton Dale and Levisham - Wednesday 29th July

Here are the details for our next Wednesday walk.

Start and parking: Along village streets in Newton-on-Rawcliffe. Take the minor road out of Pickering that passes by the railway station and it is the first village you come to.

Time: 10am

Leader: Ali

Distance: Approx 7 miles

Time: 3 1/2 hours

Refreshments: Pubs at Newton-on Rawcliffe and Levisham. Cafe and pubs in Pickering.

This is a lovely easyish walk with 2 ascents and descents. We walk down to the North Yorkshire railway, cross it, then to Levisham and then past the lovely old church down into Newton Dale and walk along it back to the start. There is a little road walking around Levisham, otherwise on good paths and tracks.

Crackpots Mosaic Trail - Sunday 12 July

Date: Sunday, July 12

Leader: Martin

Start time: 10.30am - as the starting point is quite remote and not a particularly straightforward journey from York. There is plenty of potential to get lost on route to the start point! The following link will help

http://www.nidderdaleaonb.org.uk/Documents/Walks/CrackpotsMosaicTrail_web.pdf

Distance: 7 miles

Time: 4 hours

Level of difficulty: Moderate - with tarmac roads, gravel tracks, fields and a stream crossing

Refreshments: The nearest pub is the Queen's Head in Kirkby Malzeard. There are lots of cafes in Ripon.

It is known as the Crackpots Mosaic Trail. It's a seven-mile trail around part of Dallowgill, near Kirkby Malzeard in Nidderdale and is illuminated with 22 mosaics depicting local scenes and flora and fauna which might be encountered along the route.

It is best to come through the village of Kirby Malzeard towards the hamlet of Swetton on the Greystone Head road. Beyond Swetton you drive across Swetton Moor to a car parking area on the moor above Tom Corner Farm (SE 181727). It is about a couple of miles west of Kirkby Malzeard.

OS Explorer map 298 Nidderdale covers the area.

Runswick Bay and Staithes - Wednesday 24 June

Leader: Ali

Parking and meeting point: Bottom car park just above the beach at Runswick Bay. Not sure how much it is as I did this walk a few years ago!

Start: 10.30am PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT TIME.

Distance: 7 1/2 miles

Approx time: 4 Hours

Refreshments and toilets: There are pubs and cafes in Runswick Bay and Staithes.

The first half of the walk to Staithes goes inland, following an attractive route across fields, by farms and through woodlands. There is some road walking. We return along a memorable stretch of coast on which there are a few ascents and descents.

Sheriff Hutton - Sunday 14 June

Start: 10am prompt from village hall car park

Leader: Steve

Distance: 7.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy

Facilities: Pubs in village for toilets and refreshments after walk

A gentle walk from historic Sheriff Hutton past the castle ruins towards Thornton Le Clay before heading back towards the finish. The route includes the deserted medieval village of East Lilling and the church in Sheriff Hutton has significant connections to Richard III.

Details about Sheriff Hutton: http://www.sheriffhutton.co.uk/index.htm

Thornton-le Dale to Ellerton via Howl Dale - Wednesday 27 May

Date: Wednesday 27 May

Start and car parking: 10am at large car park near village centre

Distance: 7 miles

Leader: Mike

Level of difficulty: Easy

A delightful easy walk from Thornton-le-Dale via Howl Dale.

Toilets and after walk refreshments in Thornton-Le-Dale.

Ravenscar to Hayburn Wyke - Sunday 10 May

Date: Sunday 10th May

Start: 10am meeting on the main street near public toilets

Distance: approx 7 miles

Leader: Anders (07923516499)

Level of difficulty: Easy

We start at Ravenscar. We then walk up to the old railway station to join the railway track, which we follow the whole way down to Hayburn Wyke. After a stop at the pub, we go down to Hayburn Wyke water fall and then follow the coast path back to Ravenscar. Cafe at the railway station.