Sunday walk: 12th August - Rievaulx Abbey from Old Byland

Start: 10am prompt. Old Byland village. Park considerately in the village.

Leader: Joe

Distance: 6 miles (a shorter one given the heat potential!)

Time: 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours

Level of difficulty: Easy

Refreshments and toilets: public toilets at Rievaulx Abbey and then at the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre.

Appreciate the idyllic environment where Rievaulx Abbey flourished and where Byland Abbey was also originally established. This walk is mostly woodland and field paths with two easy gradients.

Tuesday walk: Tuesday 31st. July - Settrington-North Grimston circular walk

Start: 10am prompt

Parking: Off road at Settringham Beacon. From Malton ,take the road to North Grimston, but before reaching the village turn left onto Grimston  Lane which then leads onto Back Lane. At T junction turn right. Do not go into Settringham village. Go up the hill and take the 1st turning on the right and go about a mile and parking is on the left where the Centenary way crosses the road.

Leader: Ali

Distance: 8 1/ 2 miles, but can be shortened to about 7miles if required

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Refreshments:  Middleton Arms pub at North Grimston

A Wolds walk on good paths and tracks with a bit of road walking. There are 3steepish ascents, but only 2 if the walk is shortened!

Sunday walk: Sitting Man on Castleton Rigg - Sunday 8 July

Start: 10am prompt - parking area just to the west of Castleton. Immediately after the cattle grid, turn left just as the road bears right and drops into Castleton.  Parking is 200m on the right hand side. 

Leader: Keith

Distance: 8.5 miles

Time: 4-5 hours

Level of difficulty: Fairly strenuous (150 fitbit stairs). Walking is on roads,  paths & fields. 

Facilities: No toilets, but there are some big gorse bushes to hide behind at the start! There are cafes and pubs in Castleton.

The Sitting Man is a 10ft sculpture by Sean Henry on Castleton Rigg overlooking Westerdale. The walk will take us to Westerdale to view the statue from a distance before climbing up to the sculpture for lunch. We will return to Castleton along Danby Dale.

There is a long climb from Westerdale up to the sculpture which is steepish in places. The rest of the walk is typically North York Moors.

Look forward to seeing you there - bring lots of water to keep hydrated!

Tuesday walk: 26 June - Pocklington canal

Start: 10am prompt from Market Place, Pocklington (opposite Natwest Bank)

Leader: Steve

Distance: 9 miles

Time: 4.5 hours

Level of difficulty: Easy

Refreshments and toilets: Pockington towwn centre and Meditation centre. 

This is an easy route in the vale of York below the western slopes of the Wolds. The route follows the scenic Pocklington canal, quiet country lanes and woodlands.

Sunday walk: 10 June - Tadcaster and Healaugh

Start: 10am prompt. Meet outside the Britannia Inn next to the bridge over the Wharfe.

Leader: Steve

Distance: 8 miles

Time: 4 hours

Level of difficulty: Easy

Refreshments and toilets: Tadcaster town centre at end of walk

The walk leaves Tadcaster via the impressive viaduct across the river, before heading across fields past the site of a medieval monastery towards the village of Healaugh, distinguished by its fine Norman church, before returning to Tadcaster for refreshment.

Tuesday walk: 29th May - Kirkham Priory, Crambe and Barton-le-Willows

Start: Car Park at Kirkham Priory at 10am

Leader: Ali

Distance: Approximately 8 miles.

Time: Approximately 4 hours

Refreshments: Pub in Kirkham

This is a fairly easy walk. There is a short sharp ascent at the beginning of the walk through woods and then downhill to Crambe. Then after skirting past Barton-le-Willows we walk across fields to the river where the path takes us back to Kirkham. There is a little road walking but on minor roads.

Sunday walk: Collingham - Sunday 13 May

Date: Sunday 13 May

Start: 10am prompt

Meet at Linton Bridge by the Wharfe. This is in Collingham. (Follow the A58 through Collingham – take the right fork (A659) as if going to Harewood House – then turn right after approx. 150m (just before the school). Follow the road for approx. ¼ mile & the parking is on the RHS)

Leader: Sally

Distance: 8.5 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy to moderate

Time: 4.5 hours

Toilets and refreshments: tbc

It is fairly flat and mainly on footpaths and farm tracks.