Slei Gill and Booze Moor

August is my absolute favourite month of the year. The weather’s good, the days are long and best of all, the heather blooms. There’s nothing I love more than a gorgeous carpet of purple heather…

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Byland Abbey

This year, we said we’d like to explore more of our local walks and historic sites, rather than dashing off on day trips to the Lakes all the time. Mostly we’ve successfully stuck to this,…

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The Shepherd’s Round: Lordstones Country Park to the Wainstones

Back in May we started the Shepherd’s Round, a 64km circular alternative to the more popular Lyke Wake Walk. We’ve said for years that we need to take advantage of some of our local long…

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Willance’s Leap and Whitcliffe Scar

North Yorkshire missed out on the heatwave sweeping the rest of the country during the first week of July. We’d pop the TV on to watch a bit of Wimbledon, where you could practically feel…

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The Shepherd’s Round: Cod Beck to Lord Stones Country Park

For years now, we’ve been talking about how we would love to tackle one of Britain’s many long distance paths. Top of the list are iconic trails like the Pennine Way and the Coast to…

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