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Thursday, 23 September 2021 (Group: Richmondshire)
Start time 9:30
Moderate 8 miles / 12.9 km (Estimated finish time: 13:30)
BOOKING NEEDED - £7.00
Richmond has a long and illustrious horse racing history dating from the 16th Century until the closure of the Low Moor Racecourse in 1891. The area is now owned and administered by The Burgage Pastures Committee who permit public access to the land. The route will take the group across the racecourse site and then climb up the beautiful and surprisingly isolated valley of Coalsgarth with its old limestone kilns and abandoned farmhouses to Coalsgarth Gate. Here the trail takes the bridle path up hill to The High Moor, the first of the possible original sites of horse racing in Richmond before the move to The Low Moor. The route will then return via The Out Moor to cross the Marske Road to the other ‘High Moor’ which has traditionally been held to be the site of Richmond’s annual races before 1765. The route will return via Willance’s Leap and take in two of the famous racing stables on the Hurgill Road before returning to the Low Moor to complete the final furlong! Leader Graham Berry will describe the rich history of the various racing landmarks on the route. He will be giving a Festival talk (E9) on Wednesday 22nd September, based on his book which has recently been published by the Burgage Pastures Committee as ‘A Short History of Richmond Racecourse and its Grandstand’.
Meeting time 9:00, Start time 9:45
Strenuous 12 miles / 19.3 km (Estimated finish time: 16:15)
BOOKING NEEDED - £7.00 (£6 if all 6 stages booked)
Addlebrough is the distinctive small hill on the left-hand side of Wensleydale. We use the National Trust Permissive Path to get to the summit at 1,451 feet. The path takes us on to Carpley Green Farm where we pick up Busk Lane and cross the attractive heathland where curlew and oystercatchers can usually be seen. High Lane then takes us down through the limestone landscape to the hamlet of Stalling Busk in Raydale, with its views over Semerwater, to The Cam High Road. We follow the route of Wainwrights’s ‘Pennine Journey’ north to Bainbridge with a fine view of the remains of the Roman Fort. From here we contour back along the escarpment via Cubeck back to our starting point.
Meeting time 9:00, Start time 10:00
Moderate 7 miles / 11.3 km (Estimated finish time: 14:00)
This walk in Upper Swaledale visits the area covered in Ian Short’s latest book “Seasons on the Hill Farm” in which, using words and photographs, he describes the farming year of Swaledale Sheep breeders, the Calvert Family. Their farm is situated in Birkdale, the most northerly dale in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. From Keld we will follow the River Swale past waterfalls to the confluence of two becks which marks the source of the Swale. We then take a short detour across moorland heather to visit magical Birkdale Tarn. As a photographer and geographer Ian will bring a wealth of knowledge to impart along the way. Please note that Ian will be speaking about his book in Event E4 of our Festival book programme on Monday 21st.
Meeting time 9:15, Start time 10:00
Moderate 11.5 miles / 18.5 km (Estimated finish time: 16:00)
Our walk takes us north alongside the River Ure up to Low Ellington, then along a mixture of tracks, lanes and quiet roads through the villages of Ellingstring and Healey. We continue to walk on field paths before joining a stretch of the Ripon Rowel Walk which takes us back to the pretty Market Town of Masham.
Thursday, 23 September 2021 (Group: Northallerton)
Start time 10:00
Moderate 8 miles / 12.9 km (Estimated finish time: 14:30)
Explore the wooded hills and valleys created by the erosion of the limestone cliffs of Sutton Bank and Roulston Scar. We start at Kilburn taking fields and tracks to Lake Gormire where we have a steep climb to the top of Sutton Bank. From there we pick up the road to the Gliding Club and turn off along a track to Scotch Corner and then Oldstead. We return to Kilburn via the village of High Kilburn.
Moderate 10 miles / 16.1 km (Estimated finish time: 15:30)
A delightful walk from Wolsingham. From the car park we head NE through the Fawnless to ruined Park Wall Farm before dropping down to walk the western side of the reservoir. A short climb over moorland (rough terrain due to grazing cattle) leads to our lunch stop at Saltersgate with panoramic views of Wolsingham moors. The views continue as we head south to reach the luxury houses of Holywood. A final pretty stretch alongside Waskerley Beck takes us through the picnic area to our start point
Start time 10:15
Easy 3.8 miles / 6.1 km (Estimated finish time: 12:30)
Free - just turn up on the day
In spring this is a favourite bluebell walk. By the end of September we should get some autumn tints in this lovely woodland. We cross the fields to the hamlet of Hartforth with its interesting modern turreted house. We pick up Jagger Lane, once used to carry lead on horseback, up through the bluebell woods. We leave the lane to skirt the horse fields round to the Grade 2 listed Gillingwood Hall with its mysterious follies, once part of the 18th century Hall which burnt down in 1750. Old Hall Lane takes us back to Gilling West.
Friday, 24 September 2021 (Group: Richmondshire)
Strenuous 11 miles / 17.7 km (Estimated finish time: 16:00)
Marsett sits in Raydale above Semerwater and we follow a leafy lane to the holiday complex at Raydale House. From here a steep shooting track takes us up Billingside Moor and over the grouse moor crossing the 2,000 feet contour. We are on the edge of Yockenthwaite Moor, reputed to be the boggiest in the Dales (For those who joined us in that year - Remember 2018!). We turn North West however and cross the dramatic Jeffery Pot Scar at 1,995 feet. We traverse the head of Bardale Beck to the Roman Cam High Road which climbs Wether Fell (Drumaldrace) at 2,014 feet. We follow the Roman Road until we reach the steep path which drops back down to Marsett with fine views of Semerwater.
Moderate 6.5 miles / 10.5 km (Estimated finish time: 13:30)
This year our walk led by staff from the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust moves up towards the source of the Swale. The aim will be to look at the river system between Muker and Keld, taking us up one of the most picturesque valleys in this part of the Dales. We walk up one side of the valley to Keld, visiting the impressive waterfall at Kisdon Force. We return on the other side of the valley, visiting the ruins of Crackpot Hall and exploring Swinner Gill with its lead mining remains on the way downstream.
Sponsored by: The Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust www.ydrt.org.uk
Some years ago Welcome to Yorkshire completed a project on JMW Turner’s legacy and the viewpoints that he sketched or painted on his many visits to the area. We will follow one of the walking routes developed at that time which takes us to a couple of the viewpoints he painted, and in particular Mossdale Falls which he sketched on his 1816 visit. Needless to say there are many other grand vistas in this beautiful part of Wensleydale, not least a chance to visit the lovely remote valley of Cotterdale, and the villages of this part of the Dale.