On Thursday, 6th September, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Ainthorpe area of the North York Moors. Please meet at 10.30 am at Ainthorpe Village Green {NZ 704 077} - see the following map.
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The walk will not be longer than 8 miles.
For further details ring 01325-469476.
On Sunday, 2nd September, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Ilkley Moor area of North Yorkshire. All walks will start in Pool {SE 244 452} and finish in Ilkley {SE 117 476} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will take in The Chevin, Guisley, Bingley Moor and Ilkley Moor.
The B-walk will visit The Chevin, Reva Reservoir, Burley Moor and Ilkley Moor.
The C-walk will pass through The Chevin, Menston, part of the Ebor Way and Ilkley Moor.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
Note:
Due to the Middlesbrough road-race, the Acklam pick-up point will be at Croft Avenue opposite Canfield Gardens.
Wednesday Evening Walking from the Tees Barrage (2012-08-22)
On Wednesday, 22nd August, twenty-two evening-walkers met at 7:00 pm at
The Talpore hostelry for a four-mile circular walk around Portrack Marshes.
The route that the group followed took in Teesside White Water Centre, The Marshes, a section of the Teesdale Way, the A19 Tees Viaduct, Newport Bridge, Lustrum Beck and Portrack. Details of the route can be seen by clicking on the button below.
After the official walk finished, a few members of the group extended the route by walking along the north bank of the River Tees - up as far as the Infinity Bridge at Stockton-on-Tees. They then re-traced their steps in order to join other members of the group for some refreshments in The Talpore.
Many thanks to Lynne Trattles for planning and leading the walk. Thanks also to Denise Partington for acting as our back-marker.
Some of the photos that we took during the evening's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:
Credits: Many thanks to Phil Barker and Jane Thompson for taking the photographs.
During the week beginning 27th August, Stockton Rambling Club will have
TWO mid-week walks available. One is an evening walk and the other is a day walk.
The evening walk is on Monday, 27th August and will start at 5:00 pm from Kepwick Church car park {SE 467 909} - see the map below.
This walk will be not be longer than 6 miles (C-Pace).
Please ring 01642-715773 for more details.
The day walk is on Thursday, 30th August. It will start at 10.30 am from
Skinningrove Mining Museum {NZ 712 193} - see the map below.
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The length of this walk will be up to 9 miles (B-Pace).
Please telephone 07561-300330 for more details.
On Sunday, 26th August, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Hadrian's Wall area of Northumberland. All walks will start at Brocolitia {NY 860 712} and finish in Housesteads {NY 794 685} - see the following map.
The A-walk will take in Pit Wood, Wark, Longlee Wood and a section of the Pennine Way.
The B-walk will visit Pit Wood, Sadbury Hill, a section of the Pennine way and a section of the
Roman Wall.
The C-walk will pass through Great Lonbrough, Haughtongreen and a section of the Roman Wall.
This is a Route 3 coach pick-up (Acklam: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Billingham: 9.30 am).
Our three walks on Sunday, 13th August, each took place in the
Nidderdale region of
North Yorkshire.
The B- and C-walks both took the form of circular routes from
Pateley Bridge while the A-walk
set-off from Studley Royal.
The A-walk was led by Phil Barker (pictured below). There were eleven walkers
in the group.
The route that the walkers took included Winksley, Low Grantley, Lumley Moor Reservoir,
Cast Hills, Dallow Hall, Dallowgill, Stope Bridge, House Moor and Bouthwaite. From here, the
remaining part of the route followed the Nidderdale Way along the eastern edge
of Gouthwaite Reservoir to reach Pateley Bridge.
Some of the photos that we took during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:
Credits: Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
During the week beginning 20th August, Stockton Rambling Club will have
TWO mid-week walks available. One is a day walk and the other is an evening walk.
The day walk is on Wednesday, 22nd August and will start at 10:30 am from the The Ship Inn in Worsall - see the map below.
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This walk will be not be longer than 5 miles (D-Pace).
Please ring 01642-780538 for more details.
The evening walk is also on Wednessday, 22nd August. It will start at 7.00 pm from The Talpore hostelry near the Tees Barrage - see the map below.
The length of this walk will be up to 6 miles (C-Pace).
Please telephone 01325-469476 for more details.
Wednesday Evening Walking from Clay Bank (2012-08-08)
On Wednesday, 8th August, thirteen mid-week evening walkers met at 7:00 pm at
Clay Bank car park for a five-mile circular walk around Urra Moor in Bilsdale.
The clockwise circular route that the group followed took in part of the Cleveland Way, Carr Ridge, Round Hill, Medd Crag, Maltkin House, and Urra Farm. Details of the route can be seen by clicking on the button below.
During the evening the weather was quite kind to us and the conditions underfoot were very good. There were some spectacular views from the high-ground and we had an exciting descent from Urra Moor down to Maltkins House.
Many thanks to Val Cunningham for planning and leading the walk.
Some of the photos that we took during the evening's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:
Credits: Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
On Sunday, 19th August, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the eastern coastal region of the North York Moors. All walks will finish in Runswick Bay {NZ 806 161} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will start at Saltburn {NZ 669 215} and will take in a section of the Cleveland Way, Staithes, Ellerby and Hob Holes.
The B-walk will also commence at Saltburn and will follow the Cleveland Way to Runswick Bay.
The C-walk will set off from Loftus
{NZ 722 181} and will follow Cleveland Street and the Cleveland Way to Runswick Bay.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
Our three walks on Sunday, 5th August, all took place in the Leyburn area of North Yorkshire. The A-walk took the form of a circular route starting at Leyburn itself; the B-walk commenced at Cover Bridge and the C-walk set off from near Jervaulx Abbey. All walks finished in Leyburn.
The A-walk was expertly led by Peter Cull (pictured below) while Les (Peter's
brother) acted as an excellent 'back-marker'.
We left Leyburn (in the rain) in a westerly direction and walked along Leyburn Shawl - then making our way to the small village of Preston-under-Scar. From here, we followed a north-westerly bearing in order to reach the small lake near Cobscar Mill {SE 062 930}. We stopped here for a short coffee-break.
After our brief stop, we continued in a north-westerly direction along good tracks and a road to reach our lunch-stop location at Dent's Houses {SE 030 941}. We took advantage of the facilities available in the shooting huts in order to facilitate our eating arrangements.
Leaving the lunch-stop venue on a southerly bearing, we progressed to Castle Bolton where we had some splendid views of the castle. Now using a south-easterly going path, we made our way to the lovely village of Redmire. Continuing on our south-easterly bearing we walked across the fields - making our way towards West Wood and Bolton Hall {SE 073 896}. We stopped here for a short tea-break - sitting on one of the surrounding walls!
We left the tea-stop location on an easterly bearing and made our way towards the village of Wensley. After crossing the A684 road, we walked across some very wet and soggy fields to reach Low Wood Lane {SE 109 898}. Turning left onto this, we now trekked uphill in a northerly direction to reach our final destination in Leyburn.
During the day, we had some very mixed weather - alternating between torrential down-pours of rain and warm spells of sunshine. Despite the 'strange' weather conditions, we had a great day.
Many thanks to Peter for planning and leading the walk. Incidentally, this was Peter's first A-walk lead for the club. Well done!
Some of the photos that we took during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:
Credits: Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
On Wednesday, 15th August, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week evening walk in the Nunthorpe area of Middlesbrough. Please meet at 7:00 pm at Nunthorpe Church {NZ 540 140} - see the following map.
The walk will not be longer than 6 miles.
For further details ring 01642-764006.
On Wednesday, 15th August, Stockton Rambling Club has a special event organised. This will take the form of a guided tour of Washington Old Hall followed by an optional walk.
The cost of this event is £4.50. Please meet at 10:30 am at Washington Old Hall {NZ 312 566}.
For further details on (and bookings for) this event please contact Bill McTimoney on 01740-644347.
Information on this National Trust property can be found by clicking
here
Wednesday Evening Walking from Hutton Village (2012-08-01)
On the evening of Wednesday, 1st August, nine mid-week walkers assembled at 7:00 pm in Hutton Village for a five-mile circular walk around the Guisborough area. The walk was led by Jane Thompson and Phil Barker.
The route that the group followed took in Blue Lake, Hanging Stone, a section of the Cleveland Way (Hutton Moor and Black Nab), Highcliff Nab, Kemplah Wood and Reed's Wood. Details of the route can be seen by clicking on the button below.
Throughout the evening the weather was kind to us and there were some good views from Hanging Stone and Highcliff Nab. At Hanging Stone, we were also able to watch a part of a cross-country race that was taking place at the same time as our walk!
Many thanks to Jane and Phil for planning and leading the walk.
Some of the photos that we took during the evening's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:
Credits: Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
On Sunday, 12th August, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Nidderdale area of North Yorkshire. All walks will finish in Pateley Bridge {SE 157 654} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will start at Studley Royal {SE 277 707} and will take in Winksley, Cast Hills and a section of the Nidderdale Way.
The B-walk will follow a circular route from Pateley Bridge and will visit Glasshouses, Abraham Crags, a section of the Nidderdale Way and Wath.
The C-walk will also follow a circular route from Pateley Bridge and will pass through Harewell Hall, Dacre Banks and Yorke's Folly.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
On the weekend of 27th July, we (Jane and Phil) undertook an expedition to Wooler and Wark in Northumberland. The purpose of our visit was two-fold: first, to climb The Cheviot (on Saturday); and then, on Sunday, to undertake a more leisurely circular walk from the riverside village of Wark. The purpose of the latter was to check-out a section of Phil's forthcoming A-walk from Brocolitia (via Wark) to Housesteads on 26th August. We used the
Coquetvale Hotel in Rothbury as our base-camp.
The picture below shows a view of Hedgehope Hill as seen from our easterly descent-path off The Cheviot. The hill depicted in this picture is the one that the A-Walkers climbed during the Club's last visit to Northumberland - see here and here for more details of that event.
During Saturday's walk we covered a distance of 19 miles and incurred a total ascent of 3650 feet. Our anti-clockwise circular route took us via Commonburn House and Goldscleugh (going out) and involved ascents (and descents) of Scald Hill and Broadhope Hill on the return
trip. The route we took can be seen by clicking on the button below.
As mentioned previously, Sunday's circular walk (from Wark) was far more leisurely - a mere 4.8 miles! However, the time to cover the distance was quite substantial - 3 hours and 42 minutes! Most of the 'stop time' for this walk (over 2 hours!) was devoted to building some 'stepping stones' in order to facilitate a subsequent crossing of Warks Burn at {NY 853 765} when the A-Walkers get there on
26th August. Jane was instrumental in designing and building the crossing point (see the picture below) - I merely collected and carried some of the stones for her!
During the weekend we had two really great days in Northumberland - and discovered numerous other places that we would like to visit on future occasions.
Some of the photos that we took during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink buttons below:
Credits: Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
During the week beginning 6th August, Stockton Rambling Club will have
TWO mid-week walks available. One is an evening walk and the other is a day walk.
The evening walk is on Wednesday, 8th August and will start at 7.00 pm from
Clay Bank car park {NZ 572 035} - see the map below.
This walk will be not be longer than 6 miles (C-Pace).
Please ring 01642-778247 for more details.
The day walk is on Thursday, 9th August. It will start at 10.30 am from Swainby {NZ 476 021} - see the map below.
The length of this walk will be up to 9 miles (B-Pace).
Please telephone 01642-648682 for more details.
