East Yorkshire: Walkington

Friday, 21st February 2014

I took the afternoon off work to do a "there and back" bit of the Yorkshire Wolds Way that I couldn't turn into a circular walk.  4 miles in total.

Close up zoomy in of a deer

Rolling fields
(though the camera flattens the view somewhat)

Classic Wolds views

Deer grazing on the hillside

Lovely view for a rest

A final look back to my walk in the afternoon sunshine

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Peak District: DERBYSHIRE - Tissington, Thorpe Cloud and Dovedale (9 miles)

Sunday, 16th February 2014

Another lovely walk in the Peak District.  The pictures have jumbled a bit out of order but I'm adding these some 3 years after the walk and can't properly remember the route we took! (In the days before Viewranger you see!!)

Ready for the off

Heading across the rolling fields in the Tissington area:

And this is where we're headed first:

Thorpe Cloud
An evil, steep pointy pyramid of grass with a granite cap!

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Heading down into Dovedale:

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We were just up the top of that!

 Lunch break then the classic Dovedale trail:

And finally, back up the rolling hills to the cars:

Viewranger Track

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North Yorkshire Moors: Littlebeck, Falling Foss and The Hermitage (6 miles)

Sunday, 2nd February 2014

What an adventure! Yet again, I set off later than I should have and ended up actually in the dark this time. A massive thank you to the occupiers of Midge Hall at Falling Foss for pointing me in the right direction of the road and then going above and beyond by asking their workman to wait at the car park at the top and give me a lift back to my car. Massive thank you to you both :) Apart from that, what a lovely walk. A very wet and boggy walk but the weather was great and it was a really varied and interesting walk and one I'd like to do again someday (preferably when the cafe is open!) :)

Some pictures:

Muddy start to the walk

Views across the pastureland

Looking to the coast at Whitby

Crossing a little stream

Last view of the coast before heading down, down, down...

... down here into Littlebeck

Ford measuring thingy!

Well ain't that just typical!

Cave (man made)

Don't you just love it when the boardwalk runs out!

The Hermitage

Falling Foss in the dark

Thanks for looking 😊