On Thursday, 6th December, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Summerhill Country Park area of Hartlepool. Please meet at
10.30 am at the Visitor Centre {NZ 490 316} - see the following map.
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The walk will not be longer than 8 miles (C-pace).
For further details ring 01642-558198.
On Sunday, 2nd December, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the North-Eastern area of the North York Moors. All walks will start from Gerrick Moor {NZ 705 119} and finish in Slapewath {NZ 642 158} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will take in Castleton Pits, Danby Castle, Castleton, Brown Hill, Stanghow Moor and Aysdale Gate.
The B-walk will visit Danby Park, Brown Hill and Boosbeck.
The C-walk will pass through White Cross, Brown Hill and Boosbeck.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
Note: following these walks there will be a meal in the Fox and Hounds hostelry at Slapewath. The cost of this event (coach fare and meal) is £14-00 and must be pre-booked.
On Thursday, 29th November, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Flatts Lane area of Redcar & Cleveland. Please meet at
10.30 am at Flatts Lane Country Park {NZ 552 166} - see the following map.
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The walk will not be longer than 9 miles (B-pace).
For further details ring 01642-553454.
On Sunday, 25th November, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three circular walks in the Osmotherley area of the North York Moors. All walks will start and finish in Osmotherley {SE 456 972} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will take in Thimbleby, Big Wood, Oak Dale, Swainby Shooting House, Swainby and Arncliffe Wood.
The B-walk will visit Chequers, Black Hill, Nether Silton, Over Silton and Thimbleby.
The C-walk will pass through Sheepwash, Chequers, Black Hill and Oak Dale.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
On Thursday, 22nd November, Stockton Rambling Club has a special event organised. This will take the form of a slide show which will be given by David Rodway. The title of the presentation is "Upper Swaledale".
This event will take place at Stockton Library {NZ 446 193} and will commence at 7:00 pm. The admission fee
is £2-00 and this will include tea/coffee.
For further details on this event please contact Bill McTimoney on 01740-644347.
On Wednesday, 21st November, Stockton Rambling Club have a mid-week walk in the Ladgate Lane area of Acklam. Please meet at 10.30 am at the Nature's World car park
{NZ 496 157} - see the following map.
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The walk will not be longer than 5 miles (D-pace).
For further details ring 01325-469476.
Our three walks on Sunday, 11th November all started at Chop Gate and finished in Ingleby Cross. The A-walk was led by Jeff Hunt (pictured below). There were seven members in the group.
From our starting location near the Village Hall we had a muddy climb up to the south-going footpath at {SE 556 991}. From here we headed south down Bilsdale to reach Orterly Farms, Low Crookleith Farm, Low Crookleith Farm, Beacon Guest, Stable Home, Low Mill and Fangdale Beck.
At Fangdale Beck we changed to a westerly bearing and followed a public footpath that took us up onto Limestone Ridge. As we climbed, we had some good views of Bilsdale Transmitting Station on our right. We continued our westerly trek until we reached a track junction at {SE 547 952}. Now changing to a south-westerly bearing, we made our way to Low Thwaites, Blow Gill and Lane House - where we had a short lunch-stop.
From our lunch-stop location, we headed south along a minor road to reach a public footpath at {SE 528 931}. We followed this towards Cow Wath and then travelled in a north-westerly direction to reach Far House, Lower Locker Farm, Dale Head and the minor road at {SE 488 955} - near Robinson's Cross.
Continuing our north-westerly trek, we made our way to Corner Square where we joined the Cleveland Way (CW) long-distance footpath. We followed this in a westerly direction through Oak Dale in order to reach Osmotherley. We stopped here for a quick cup-of-tea before continuing along the CW to its junction with the Coast-to-Coast (C2C) long-distance path at {SE 454 986}. Now following the route of the C2C, we made our way through South Wood to Park House, Arncliffe Hall and the A172 road at {NZ 450 005}. After crossing this road, our route led us to the Blue Bell Inn in Ingleby Cross where our coach was waiting to transport us home.
A selection of some of the photos that were taken during today's walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:
On Sunday, 18th November, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Teesdale area of County Durham. All walks will finish in Romaldkirk {NY 994 221} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will start at Winston {NZ 140 167} and will then follow the Teesdale Way.
The B-walk will commence at Whorlton {NZ 107 146} and will then follow the Teesdale Way.
The C-walk will set off from Barnard Castle
{NZ 050 166} and will then follow the Teesdale Way.
This is a Route 2 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Acklam: 9.15 am and Stockton: 9.30 am).
On Sunday, 11th November, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Bilsdale area of the North York Moors. All walks will start in Chop Gate {SE 559 993} and finish in Ingleby Cross {NZ 449 006} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will take in Fangdale, Dale Head and Osmotherley.
The B-walk will visit Cock Howe, Dale Head and Osmotherley.
The C-walk will pass through West Cote, Barker's Ridge and Sparrow Hall.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
The original route of the Berwickshire Coastal Path (BCP) ran between Berwick-upon-Tweed and Coldingham and took in St Abbs, Eyemouth and Burnmouth - a distance of 17 miles. The route has recently been extended in a northerly direction to take in St Abb's Head and Pease Bay. Now covering a distance of 28 miles, the new route finishes in Cockburnspath and links up with the Southern Upland Way.
Some years ago (in August, 2005), I followed the route of the original BCP in a south-to-north direction - after a climb up Ben Nevis two days previously! More recently (October, 2012), Jane and I did the route in the opposite direction - starting in Coldingham and finishing in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Although the weather was not quite as nice as it was on my summer (August) expedition, the winter (October) trek was extremely enjoyable - but, in some places, a little muddy under-foot. The weather was kind to us (it didn't really rain - just a bit at the start!) and the scenery was spectacular. What an experience! We hope to return next summer and do
the complete new 28-mile route from Berwick to Cockburnspath.
A selection of some of the photos that we took during our recent (2012) Berwickshire walking expedition can be seen by clicking on the appropriate pink button below. Some of the 2005 photos are also available for viewing.
Credits: Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
