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North Yorks Moors
Walk 1 - Whisperdales
You’d probably be attracted to this place on
the strength of its
irresistible name alone
and much of the route is
indeed hushed by a floor
of fallen leaves and pine needles, but the
real attraction is the hidden valley
descending into Hackness - it seems to lack
a name, but it deserves a good one, better
even than Whisperdales.
Walk 2 - Farndale
At any time other than spring, Farndale
would be pleasant but
unremarkable. Spring,
when the Yorkshire winter
allows it, brings out the
daffodils and they take over
the dale for a few happy weeks.
To complete the circuit this route heads up
onto the open moor for a pathless section,
but you’ll have had your fill of daffodils (and
people taking pics of daffodils) by then.
Walk 3 - The Bridestones and The
Hole of Horcum
Everyone knows that all big holes in the
ground were created by
mineral extraction,
meteorite strikes, or
giants throwing rocks at
each other. The Bridestones are huge,
petrified fungi. Malo Cross was installed by
the Americans at Fylingdales to ward off
vampires coming down from Whitby.
All of these are facts because you just read
them here.
Walk 4 - Cropton Forest
The two halves of this walk - moor and
forest - are neatly split by
the railway, the steam
trains often heard but
seldom glimpsed.
Don’t get the idea that this is one of those
dark, oppressive conifer forests though -
there are plenty of gaps, buildings both
intact and ruined and the occasional snake,
even an occasional adder (much rarer than
the common adder and very camera-shy).
Walk 5 - Boggle Hole
For a few hours either side of low tide, it is
possible to walk along the
beach from Boggle Hole to
Robin Hood’s Bay. If you
time it wrong, the cliff
path is a fair, if crumbly, substitute.
At the end, you have a choice - bridge or
river? Cars don’t get a choice and really it
should be no choice at all for walkers, with
dry socks only minutes away.
Walk 6 - Falling Foss
For variety this, the
shortest in the group, is
probably the best. It is
also surprisingly rough -
the path up to John Bond’s Sheep House (a
house made of, for and by sheep) having
multiple stream crossings, only one of them
aided, and that by a slippery plank.
Sometimes you should just be grateful for
the chance to edit your videos.
Walk 7 - Chop Gate
At last some proper pathless moorland
walking to do, although
the heather is mostly
short and well managed
and you have a TV
transmitter to aim at.
If it happens to be summer, you may well
find yourself wishing that someone would
manage the bracken - so lush and clingy is
it that the only way to progress is to get
angry and check for ticks afterwards.
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Walk 8 - Gowerdale and Thorodale
There aren’t many peaks in the NYM’s,
Hawnby Hill being one of
the few and about as close
to a ridge walk as you’ll
get.
Most of the walking is fast and easy and the
river crossing is usually aided by a bridge -
you don’t have to wade the river, unless it is
exceptionally hot and your feet are on fire
and the bridge is undergoing repairs.
Walk 9 - Goathland
Goathland gets many
visitors, but this route
only dips into the crowds
at Mallyan Spout and the
station (steam train arrival not guaranteed).
Plenty of rain perks up the waterfalls, but it
also perks up the mud - picking your way
over boulders comes as a relief, assuming
you still have your boots.
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Whisperdales Details
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Farndale Details
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Bridestones & Horcum Details
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Cropton Forest Details
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Falling Foss Details
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Chop Gate Details
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Gower & Thorodale Details
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