Whernside – Loop Walk from Ribblehead Viaduct
Whernside, at 2,415 feet (736 metres) is the highest of the Three Yorkshire Peaks, the other two being Ingleborough (2,372 feet) and Pen-Y-Ghent (2277 feet). It’s name is thought to …
Previous Years
Clay Bank to Lordstones
George sent me a note, “We’re walking from Clay Bank to Lordstones” tomorrow, “…are you available?” This is one of my favourite walks so he was leaning against an open …
Muker, Crackpot Hall to Keld Loop
This is NOT a good walk – it’s a GREAT walk. Muker is home to a couple of hundred souls although that figure is down from three hundred at the …
Black Hambleton Loop
The weather has been astonishing when George Renwick (The Governor) sends me a note, “Black Hambleton Loop, it’s about seven miles, are you in?” Well, who could resist an offer …
Day trip to Whitby- Esk Valley Line
If it’s Friday and the day after Peter’s 70th Birthday then we must be going to Whitby. Just to add a bit of interest I go from York and this includes …
Beautiful Wensleydale by Train and Foot
Today we will learn about the origins of the Redmire Line, some reminiscences regarding the use of the guards’ vans of the goods trains that were often parked at Castle …
Pateley Bridge Loop (and some glorious pies)
In mid-February the Pilgrim asked me if I fancied doing a recce on a new walk that involved eating ‘the best pies in the world.’ Now that’s a bit of …