The Shepherd’s Round: The Wainstones to Fangdale Beck

Despite our best intentions at the start of the summer, our progress with the Shepherd’s Round over in the North York Moors has been slow. The next leg for us to complete was the longest…

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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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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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Kepwick and the Drove Road

In a similar vein to my frequent declarations that we need to spend more time in the North Pennines, I’m often saying that we need to spend more time in the North York Moors. They…

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