Sunday walk: Spofforth, Follifoot and gritstone rocks - Sunday 9th July

Date: Sunday 9th July

Leader: Steve

Distance: 8 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy

Facilities and refreshments: In Spofforth and Follifoot

This super walk close to Harrogate takes in a picturesque small castle and then some interesting sculptured gritstone outcrops. The villages of Follifoot and Spofforth retain their community charm with shops and pubs. Follifoot in particular enjoys a lovely secluded location close to the south of Harrogate.

Sunday walk: Huggate and the Wolds - Sunday 18 June 2017

Start: Huggate village centre

Time: 10am prompt

Date: Sunday 18 June 2017

Leader: Bridie

Distance: 9 miles

Level of difficulty: moderate

Facilities: Manor House Inn at Fridaythorpe, Wolds Inn at Huggate.

This is a splendid walk providing extensive views across Yorkshire, and on a clear day, glimpses of the North Sea.

There is so much history to be experienced in the rolling Wolds hills.

Lyke Wake Walk Challenge 2017: Saturday 10 June 2017

Hi all

We are embarking on a walking challenge in 2017 - the Lyke Wake Walk - 40 miles from Osmotherley to Ravenscar, across the North York Moors in one day!

The challenge weekend will run as follows:

Friday 9 June - arrive afternoon evening in Osmotherley, staying at a local B&B and meet up in local pub for evening meal, before an early night to rest ahead of the next days challenge.

Saturday 10 June - start bright and early at 5am, heading out from Osmotherley to the official start point for a pic and then off we go, meeting the support drivers at numerous rendezvous points for breakfast, morning snack, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner, before arriving in Ravenscar in the evening for a celebratory meal and drinks.

The walk should take between 13 and 16 hours depending upon conditions and speed of walking. We may split into two groups - faster and slower - to allow people to walk at their own pace. Stay in B&B in Ravenscar.

Sunday 11 June - meet up for a celebratory tea and cake, enjoy the coastal scenery, optionally join the Sunday Oddsocks circular walk along the coast and back again, before heading home early afternoon.

Arrange your own B&B accommodation in Osmotherley or Northallerton and Ravenscar.

If you wish to join us, either as a walker or as a support driver, please let me know as soon as possible. Email me here.

Wednesday walk: Pockley village - 31st May 2017

Start: 10 am prompt. Meet at edge of Pockley village. Parking neat low farm.  Approach village from A170 Helmsley/Pickering road.

Leader: Mike

Distance: 8 miles

Level of difficulty: Easy

Time: ~4 hours

From village of Pockley near Helmsley.  Walk along the edge of Riccal Dale up towards Tabular Hills.  Return down Riccal valley beside a profusion of bluebells.

Afterwards - excellent farm cafe, shop and toilets.

Sunday walk: 14 May - Three Cleveland Heights Walk

Start: 10am prompt 

Parking: car park by roadside at Claybank top on the B1257 Helmsley to Stokesby road

Leader: Mike

Level of difficulty: Moderate

Distance: 7 miles

Time: 3.5 hours

Refreshments: Pub at Chopgate

This walk covers some of the most dramatic scenery on part of the Lyke Wake walk. You walk along the rim of the escarpment overlooking the Cleveland Plain, Roseberry Topping and the coast. The walk involves three steep climbs but returns via an easier walk through some woods.

Tuesday walk: April 18th - Thixendale and Kirkby Underdale

Time: 10am prompt

Parking: Roadside parking in Thixendale

Leader: Ali

Distance: 8 miles

Time: 4-4 1/2 hours

Refreshments and toilets: Pub and café in Thixendale.

This reasonably energetic walk takes us across some of the quietest and loneliness country of the Yorkshire Wolds. The first and last parts are through the steep-sided Thixendale and adjacent dales. We pass through the attractive village of Kirkby Underdale. There are some superb views from the western edge of the Wolds, looking across the wide expanses of the Vale of York.

Easter Saturday long walk: Boroughbridge and the River Ure - Saturday 15 April

Start: 9am at picnic car park in Langthorpe (nr Boroughbridge)

Leader: Clive

Distance: 18 miles

Time: allow ~6 hours plus time to have something to eat after

Level of difficulty: Moderate - challenge is in the distance rather than hills

Toilets and refreshments: pubs at Aldwark and Boroughbridge

This river round walk features Boroughbridge and the Lower Ure Valley, with some wonderful views of the river and surrounding countryside.