A Whitby Day Trip

After writing in my Battersby Moor blog about the never ending stream of rubbish weather, of course the sun came out and treated us to a few glorious sunny Saturdays in the middle of March.…

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Battersby Moor

Crikey, hasn’t it been a wet and soggy start to 2026. Here’s hoping that the weather is just getting all of the rain out of its system early and we get another beautiful summer like…

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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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