Snail's Pace Walking Blog: September 2018

WI Walk - Burton Pidsea

Saturday, 29th September 2018

This walk ended up as a bit of a comedy of errors! The yoga class ran on late as the tutor was being assessed. Which meant that, even though I was at the Hall already, I couldn't get out for 12.30pm to join the walk.

However, I did know the walk was at Burton Pidsea and I (wrongly as it turns out) assumed the group would park near the play area. So, myself and Sheila, who was also at yoga, set off to try and catch them up.

Once we'd got parked and realised we didn't recognise any other cars there we headed off to the "start" of the walk. Then remembered that Mo said she had a slightly different route which avoided Mucky Lane (appropriately named).

Sheila and myself instead ended up doing a lovely walk around the village in the sunshine, having a good nosey at all the posh houses. One of the houses had an honesty box with jars of jam and chutney in so I got a jar of chutney (much prefer home made to shop bought nowadays).

We followed a little track up the side of the church and between some houses and ended up in a lovely little woodland. Perfect time of year for a woodland walk too.

Lane with woodland on the left

After that, we went to The Nancy Inn which has a lovely little tea room during the day and we had a still warm home made scotch egg (and some of my chutney) and a cuppa. This was with the intention of meeting up with the group when they'd finished because we'd spotted Mo's car parked nearby. I left a note on Mo's car but she didn't spot it until she got home!

Our village walk ended up being just shy of 3 miles, which surprised me to be honest.

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North Yorkshire - Hayburn Wyke (almost!)

Sunday, 16th September 2018

The second day of our WI Walking Group weekend at Cober Hill.

After a fabulous night's sleep (I had a room with a sea view if I pressed my cheek up against the window! - Room 12). Comfy bed, en-suite. Can't fault that. We all congregated in the dining room for a hearty, leisurely full English breakfast, after which, we got packed up and checked out of our rooms. As we were returning for Sunday Lunch, we were allowed to leave our cars at Cober Hill and walk straight from the door.

Today's walk was along the cliff top (The Cleveland Way) to Hayburn Wyke, returning along the Cinder Path - a disused railway line which I personally don't rate all that much but it's easy walking and would be safer in wet weather than the cliff top.

Heading down Cloughton Wyke

Signpost OCD

Looking back at Cloughton Wyke bay

Lots of ups and downs on this walk

Looking towards Scarborough

Group photo

Nice leafy path

The sun came out for our first view of Hayburn Wyke

Heading down into Hayburn Wyke

It's quite a steep and cobbled descent down to the shore at Hayburn Wyke and the majority didn't feel confident with walking it. Myself and Penny decided to give it a go but stopped after a fabulous viewpoint as we didn't think it was fair on the others to have to wait too long for us (even though we were to catch up with them at the nearby pub!)

It doesn't look steep but it is

Lovely view down into Hayburn Wyke

Heading to the pub instead

Signpost OCD

From here we followed the Cinder track all the way back to Cober Hill. It's a disused railway track with trees either side and no views of anything, lots of cyclists, horse riders and dog poo bags.

From there, we had a short walk back up the road again and diverted off to nosey round the Secret Garden...

Cober Hill's Secret Garden

It was a short stroll back to Cober Hill for our Sunday Lunch then the drive home.

A lovely weekend which was short but felt longer. Thanks Mo for organising everything. It was a great weekend, great food, great walks and great company!

More Ponderings:

I truly am bemused as to why I felt "normal" - no aches and pains. This alone made the walks much more pleasant - not having to stop to catch my breath or rest my ankle. The general lack of aching legs, despite not having much in the way of hills locally. I just don't get it.

Not complaining though and long may it last!

I will return to actually get down to the beach at Hayburn Wyke. I may even make another Cober Hill weekend of it because £66 for Dinner, Bed and Breakfast isn't really that expensive and I would like to do another bit of the Cleveland Way, plus I have a walk for Hackness Woods which very nearby. Mmmm. A plan is forming!

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East Yorkshire - Rudston

Saturday, 15th September 2018

Today was the start of our WI Walking Group weekend away at Cober Hill. There were 9 of us going so we headed off in 3 cars to Rudston for our first walk of the weekend. 4.75 miles in the rolling Wolds countryside.

Heading up South Side Lane (track) towards Zigzag Plantation

Nice views over towards Thorpe Hall

Stopping for a breather after a rather long climb

Another breather and more fabulous views

Lovely views

Fungi

All Saint's Church, Rudston

We headed down to the church to look at the "massive erection" ....

Info about the Rudston Monolith

Rudston Monolith

Family burial plot of McDonald of the Isles

Winifred Holtby's Grave

Rudston Church

I just liked the patterns in the slate on the roof of this cottage

Info Board

One of the many water pumps dotted around Rudston

After we finished this walk we headed up to Cober Hill to get checked in and freshened up for our evening meal.

I managed to sneak in a crafty 1.6 mile walk up the lane to Cloughton Wyke before dinner making my total mileage for the day just under 6.5 miles.

Cloughton Wyke

Walkers on the Cleveland Way

The steps back up to Cober Hill

A fabulous start to our walking weekend. The food, as always at Cober Hill, was plentiful, fresh and delicious.

We spent the evening in The Green Room and played some weird word game thing that Penny brought! Some of the ladies brought their knitting (yes, really!) - they're knitting poppies for Remembrance Day and we need a few hundred!

Ponderings:

I was quite impressed at the amount of energy I had really. Normally I struggle with any hills but the long, slow hill out of Rudston didn't seem to bother me much, nor did my achilles tendon give me any gyp. My legs didn't feel as if they'd done a walk either (hence my second stroll to the clifftop). This is the first time I've felt like this since my Weekend Escape to the Dales back in January. Strange and Random!

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East Yorkshire - Elloughton Circuit

Tuesday, 11th September 2018

I'm enjoying a week off work and aiming for a mix of boring housey stuff and nice walking stuff. Today was nice walking stuff day.

I went for a roam on Hessle Road first - a trip to Winfields for some new trousers and a nosey at walking shoes to replace my beloved Meindls, and an eyeball at a new tent I like the look of but can't afford.

Anyway, after that, I went up to Elloughton for a quick circuit that I've not done for a while.

I explored some new paths that were definitely on the ground but not marked on the map - was that trespassing?

Heading up Peggy Farrow Lane

Peaceful woodland at Scarborough Wold Plantation

I reached the junction for Brantingham (turn left) and Welton (straight on) and headed for Welton, then discovered almost straight away, a new track off to the right so I decided to follow it - I had an inkling that it would bring me out near the road where the main track joined it. I wasn't wrong.

Heading straight on to Welton

After crossing the road I found yet another track that I don't recall being there. Normally, I would head straight up the steep, wide and obvious track in Wauldby Gates Plantation but this time I spotted a smaller track off to the left. So I followed it. I had an inkling it would bring me out at the crossroads with the High Hunsley Circuit. I wasn't wrong.

A quick right-turn I popped out into the grazing field - the horses weren't in - so I could enjoy my Brew With A View moment in peace.

Entering the grazing field

Brew With A View

I sat in the sunshine and enjoyed the views over the Humber.

Rubbish pano-view of my view

From there it was downhill all the way and straight back to my car.

I'd forgotten what a lovely little walk this is. Granted, you can always hear the noise of the traffic belting along the A63 but it's a lovely, leafy woodland walk with a few gradients to get the heart rate up.

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WI Walk - Aldbrough and Tansterne

Saturday, 8th September 2018

Our monthly WI Walking Group walk, deferred from last week due to the Hull Freedom Festival.

We got parked up on Aldbrough Main Road and, after a short walk along the main road, turned off to follow field edges towards the Tansterne Biomass unit - a prominent feature on the landscape. The Rights of Way have been diverted as a result of the unit and newly created/maintained/signed paths have been provided. Good effort!

The weather could have been better (ie. not raining) but it was a new walk for the group which made it interesting despite the weather.