The Shepherd’s Round: Cod Beck to Lordstones 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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Ash Dale from Helmsley

Sometimes I’m just not in the mood for a big walk, but I still want to explore somewhere new. A few weeks ago I was feeling a bit frazzled trying to get sorted ready for…

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Arns Gill and the Head of Ryedale

Saturday last weekend was absolutely horrible. It was a day to batten down the hatches and try and catch up with the never ending mountain of washing (or, to curl up with a good book…

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Rievaulx Abbey

Every year, I’m tricked into thinking that autumn and winter aren’t so bad after all by some lovely sunny autumn days. And then we get to the end of November and those crisp autumn days…

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