2014 Summary

Lots of walking for me this year. 

I joined a few forum meets too - it's good to meet up with and put faces to names to people who have been enormously helpful and amusing in "cyber-world".

I do seem to have (re)developed my problem with my Achilles tendon though which, when it plays up, puts a bit of a dampener on the walk.

I also seem to have lost a bit of weight - despite eating lots of cake and chocolate!

More of the same next year then?!

East Yorkshire: Keyingham (4 miles)

Sunday, 14th December 2014

Another visit to Keyingham to explore the area around the school I went to.

The school playing field

Peek-a-boo!

I never quite imagined a menagerie in the middle of the village!

My old school - now boarded up and for sale

I couldn't find a way into the school for a nostalgic poke around.

Thanks for looking 😊

North Yorkshire: Jervaulx Abbey

Sunday, 7th December 2014

I met up with a few people for day 2 of their walking weekend in Masham.  A lovely (squelchy) wander around Nidderdale, visiting Jervalaux Abbey, a fabulous little village hall in Thornton Steward where you paid for your cuppa in an honesty box, a meander through Danby Hall Estate and returned along the banks of the River Ure.

As I'm writing this 3 years after the event, I'll just post some pictures and annotate where I can.

Jervaulx Abbey:

Heading through Jervaulx Park:

When you find a swing attached to a tree branch in Thornton Steward:

Heading across Danby Hall Estate grounds:

 The River Ure:

Viewranger Track

Thanks for looking 😊

North Yorkshire: Nidd Gorge and Knaresborough

Sunday, 1st December 2013

Met up with Ed and Kerry for an easy, low level winter wander.  I'm putting these pics up some 4 years later (and in the days before Viewranger) so I'm not sure of the route we took or how long the walk was - probably about 7 or 8 miles knowing Kerry!

Thanks for looking 😊

WI Walk: Burton Pidsea (4.3 miles)

Saturday, 29th November 2014

A very muddy 4.3 mile walk around Burton Pidsea, led by Mo. Plus, the mandatory tea and scone stop at the end in the newly refurbished Nancy Pub and Tea Rooms.

It was good to get out in the fresh air.

Heading along the infamous Mucky Lane (track)

Lovely parkland near the Church

The Church in the mist

Thanks for looking 😊

East Yorkshire: Keyingham (4 miles)

Sunday, 16th November 2014

Feeling a bit nostalgic, I revisited my childhood village of Keyingham for a trip down memory lane.  Things have changed a bit.

Looking along the old farm road

This used to be a crop field

The remains of the field behind the playing field
(still plenty big enough!)

Bit miffed about this
I used to play in the woodland that WAS here

Down the old railway track

Keyingham Drain

Crossing the drain to a reasonably muddy field

Keyingham Church

Thanks for looking 😊