On Sunday, 3rd November, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Bilsdale area of the North York Moors. All walks will finish in Helmsley {SE 612 838} - see the following maps.
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The A-walk will start at Chop Gate {SE 559 993} and will take in High Cowhelm, Laskill Pasture Moor and Riccaldale.
The B-walk will commence at Kirkhill Plantation {SE 572 953} and will visit Laskill Pasture Moorand Hasty Bank Farm.
The C-walk will set off from Newgate Bank
{SE 564 888} and will pass through Cowhouse Bank, Riccaldale and Reagarth Farm.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
A-Walking: Osmotherley to Sutton Bank via Arden Hall
Our three walks on Sunday, 20th October, each took place in the
south-western region of the North York Moors. The A-Walk started from Osmotherley, the B-walk commenced at Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe and the C-Walk followed a circular route from Sutton Bank. All of the walks finished at the Visitors' Centre at Sutton Bank.
The A-Walk was led by Jeff Hunt - pictured below. There were seven walkers in the group. The route covered a distance of 15.8 miles and took in Oak Dale, Square Corner, Thorodale, Arden Hall, Delicar Bridge and Cold Kirby.
From our drop-off location in the centre of Osmotherley we followed the Cleveland
Way (CW) in an easterly direction through Oak Dale and up to Square Corner. From the car park, we continued along the CW in a southerley direction until we reached the footpath junction at {SE 491 922}. Taking the path on our left, we made our way in an easterly direction towards Harker Yates Ridge and then descended into Thorodale. Continuing in an easterly direction we made our way towards North Moor Wood where we stopped for lunch.
After lunch, we made our way to Arden Hall and then
circled around the southern side of Coomb Hill in order to reach Church Bridge. We followed the road in a southerly direction in order to get to Delicar Bridge and then headed south across the fields to Sunnybank Farm and Dale Town. We then had a good climb in order to reach the road junction near Murton Grange. Continuing our southerly trek, we made our way to Murton Woods and our tea-stop location at {SE 532 866}.
Leaving the tea-stop location, we continued on our southerly bearing until we reached
Cold Kirby. From here we followed a good track (Cote Moor Road) until we reached the A170 road near the Hambleton Inn. After a short walk along the road, we went along a good track through Kilburn Moor
Plantation and then made our way north towards the Visitors' Centre at Sutton Bank - where the walk ended.
Many thanks to Jeff for leading the walk.
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:
Credits: Thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
On Thursday, 31st October, Stockton Rambling Club has a mid-week walk in the Deerness area of County Durham. Please meet at 10.30 am at Broompark Car Park {NZ 250 415} - see the following map.
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The walk will not be longer than 9 miles (B-Pace).
For further details ring 01740-644347.
On Sunday, 27th October, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Weardale area of County Durham. All walks will finish in Wolsingham {NZ 076 372} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will start at Fir Tree {NZ 140 344} and will take in Low Harperley, Castle Hills, Salter's Gate and Tunstall Reservoir.
The B-walk will commence at Tow Law {NZ 116 394} and will visit Castle Hills, Salter's Gate, Tunstall Reservoir and Park Wall.
The C-walk will also set off from Tow Law and will pass through Coal Lane, Shipley Wood and Bradley Cottage.
This is a Route 3 coach pick-up (Acklam: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Billingham: 9.30 am).
On Friday, 25th October, Stockton Rambling Club will hold its Annual General Meeting. This will take place at Linthorpe Community Centre (see the map below) and will commence at 7:30pm for 8:00pm.
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For further details on this event please contact Mary Tims
on 01642-350504.
On Sunday, 20th October, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the South-Western area of the North York Moors. All walks will finish in Sutton Bank
{SE 516 830} - see the following map.
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The A-walk will start at Osmotherley {SE 456 972} and will take in a section of the Cleveland Way, Thorodale, Dalicar Bridge and Cold Kirby.
The B-walk will commence at Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe {SE 483 825} and will visit Gormire, Cold Kirby and the White Horse.
The C-walk will follow a circular route from Sutton Bank
{SE 516 830} and will pass through Scotch Corner, Cam House and Scorton.
This is a Route 1 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Stockton: 9.15 am and Acklam: 9.30 am).
During the weekend of 4th-6th October, Stockton Rambling Club organised no fewer than eight walks in the Shap area of Cumbria. As part of the SRC Walking Weekend, four walks were held on Saturday while the other four took place on Sunday.
The two A-Walks were led by Jane Thompson (Saturday) and Phil Barker (Sunday). The two leaders are pictured below. Each of the walks covered a distance of 12.5 miles and both incurred about 3000 feet of ascent.
Jane's walk followed an easterly anticlockwise route from Low Borrow Bridge and finished at the lovely village of Orton. The route took in a delightful section of the north-western Howgill Fells and included Carlin Gill, Black Force, Blakethwaite Stone, Docker Knott, Bleagill Head, Simon's Seat, Middleton, Langdale Beck and Raisgill Hall.
Phil's route also started from Low Borrow Bridge. However, his route went in a westerly clockwise direction towards Borrowdale and finished back at our base-camp at the Shap Wells Hotel. Phil's route took in Borrowdale Wood, Whinfell Beacon, Old High, Mabbin Crag, Ashstead Fell, Borrowdale Beck,
Breast High, Bretherdale Head, Greenholme, Scout Green and Salterwath.
Over the weekend we had quite mixed weather. On Saturday's walk the conditions were good and we had some fantastic views of the Howgills. However, on Sunday we had lots of mist and rain and the visibility on the high ground was minimal. Nevertheless, we had some great walks.
A selection of some of the photos that were taken during the weekend's walking expeditions (and the pre-walk checks) can be seen by clicking on the pink button below:
Credits: Many thanks to Jane Thompson and Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
SPECIAL EVENT: Guided Narrative Walk in Durham City
On Thursday, 17th October, Stockton Rambling Club has a special event organised. This will take the form of a guided Narrative Walk in Durham City. The title of the event is "Bridges and Mills on the River Wear"; it will be narrated by David Butler - a local historian.
The cost of this event is £2-50.
Please meet at 10:15 am at Howlands Farm Park and Ride
station {NZ 271 408} - see the following map.
For further details on this event please contact Bill McTimoney on 01740-644347.
On Wednesday, 16th October, Stockton Rambling Club has a mid-week walk in the Cowpen Bewley area of Stockton-on-Tees. Please meet at 10.30 am at the Woodland Country Park {NZ 478 253} - see the following map.
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The walk will not be longer than 5 miles.
For further details ring 01642-558198.
Click here for more information on how to get to Cowpen Bewley Woodland Country Park.
On Sunday, 13th October, the Stockton Rambling Club will have three walks in the Teesdale area of County Durham. All walks will finish in Barnard Castle {NZ 051 166} - see the following maps.
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The A-walk will start at Bowlees {NY 906 280} and will take in Holwick, Crooks o' Green, Grassholme and Ladyfold Rigg.
The B-walk will commence at Middleton-in-Teesdale {NY 948 254} and will visit Egglestone, Cuckoo, Naby and The Rigg.
The C-walk will also set off from Middleton-in-Teesdale and will pass through Egglestone, West Barnley and East Barnley.
This is a Route 2 coach pick-up (Billingham: 9.00 am, Acklam: 9.15 am and Stockton: 9.30 am).
A-Walking: Birk Brow to Danby Lodge via Commondale
Each of our three walks on Sunday, 29th September, took place in the Esk Dale
area of the North York Moors. The A-walk started at Birk Brow while the B-Walk and C-walk set off from Slapewath and Charltons, respectively. All of the walks finished at the Moors Centre in Danby.
The A-Walk was led by Jeff Hunt (pictured below). There were seven walkers in the
group. Jeff's route took in Stanghow Moor, High Moor, Westworth Wood, Guisborough Woods, North Ings Moor, Commondale, Castleton, Danby Park, Rosedale Intake, Clitherbeck, Castleton Pits and the Moors Centre. The walk covered a distance of 14.5 miles and involved a total ascent of 1200 feet.
From our drop-off location in the car park at Birk Brow {NZ 658 148}, we took a southerly bearing in order to reach Woodhill Gill Head. From here we continued south over Stanghow Moor along the Quakers' Causeway to arrive at the track junction at {NZ 659 129}. Now turning onto a north-westerly bearing, we made our way to Westworth Wood where we had a short drink-stop.
Maintaining our easterly bearing we walked through a section of Guisborough Woods and then turned onto a southerly bearing at {NZ 624 141}. As we approached Penrod Hill we changed our direction slightly, to a south-easterly bearing, and maintained this until we reached the small village of Commondale - where we stopped for lunch.
After our lunch-stop, we continued on our south-easterly bearing until we arrived at the minor road near Castleton. Now changing to an easterly bearing we walked along a good track to Danby Park where we joined the Pannierman's Causeway. This took us in a north-easterly direction to Clitherbeck Farm. We circled around the farm and stopped for a short tea-break on the open moorland near Castleton Pits {NZ 720 099}.
Following our tea-stop, we made our way to the minor road at {NZ 726 087} near Danby Beacon. Turning right along this road, we descended in a southerly, come westerly, direction in order to arrive at the Danby Moors Centre - where our expedition ended.
Many thanks to Jeff for leading the walk.
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:
Credits: Many thanks to Phil Barker for taking the photographs.
On Thursday, 10th October, Stockton Rambling Club has a mid-week walk in the Kilburn area of the North York Moors. Please meet at 10.30 am in Kilburn {SE 513 796} - see the following map.
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The walk will not be longer than 9 miles.
For further details ring 01845-526566.
