Walk: 11am to 2pm - 5.2 miles and 574ft of ascent
Our first walk of the week, nothing too challenging and a walk that Donna had found on a website last week; always good to follow a route that someone else has experienced before. We decided to do a walk today mainly because the weather forecast was a little better; no sun or anything extravagant like that, but no rain either. Just grey cloud, 12c and a slight breeze.
We parked at the Green Gate car-park in Raincliffe Woods, just off the main (the word 'main' used very loosely) road that connects Hackness and East/West Ayton. Just one of the many car-parks scattered around the well known and well walked Forge Valley.
Our route took us up a steady incline exiting the vegetation at Osborne Lodge, a good way to get your heart pumping and your leg muscles warmed up. The exit from the woods near Osborne Lodge meant that the path skirted the top of the woods above Forge Valley with open fields on one side. As we dropped back down towards the road we met a guy from Scarborough who was out for a walk before picking up his kids from school later in the day. It was quite good bumping into this guy as he pointed out a very large tree in a small clearing, which he believes is around 600 years old; something we would more than likely have missed otherwise.
After making our way back to the road we headed into Ayton where we parted company with 'Scarborough Man', and myself and Donna found a bench by the river to eat our packed lunch. Ham sandwiches for Donna and the pre-packed Tesco wraps for me that I bought 3 days ago and wouldn't let Donna throw away. Good old Yorkshire values; or maybe just tight...lol
The route then took us on a lane out of East Ayton and in the direction of Throxenby. However, after about 1.5 miles where the lane turns into a track, the route was closed and a diversion in place. This took us back towards Osborne Lodge and actually knocked about 2 miles off our walk. We could have cut across fields but the paths weren't that well worn and were very muddy underfoot to we simply trooped back down the hill to the car before heading back to the cottage.
A nice walk though, and thankfully the rain held off as forecast which is always a bonus.
Our first walk of the week, nothing too challenging and a walk that Donna had found on a website last week; always good to follow a route that someone else has experienced before. We decided to do a walk today mainly because the weather forecast was a little better; no sun or anything extravagant like that, but no rain either. Just grey cloud, 12c and a slight breeze.
We parked at the Green Gate car-park in Raincliffe Woods, just off the main (the word 'main' used very loosely) road that connects Hackness and East/West Ayton. Just one of the many car-parks scattered around the well known and well walked Forge Valley.
Our route took us up a steady incline exiting the vegetation at Osborne Lodge, a good way to get your heart pumping and your leg muscles warmed up. The exit from the woods near Osborne Lodge meant that the path skirted the top of the woods above Forge Valley with open fields on one side. As we dropped back down towards the road we met a guy from Scarborough who was out for a walk before picking up his kids from school later in the day. It was quite good bumping into this guy as he pointed out a very large tree in a small clearing, which he believes is around 600 years old; something we would more than likely have missed otherwise.
The route then took us on a lane out of East Ayton and in the direction of Throxenby. However, after about 1.5 miles where the lane turns into a track, the route was closed and a diversion in place. This took us back towards Osborne Lodge and actually knocked about 2 miles off our walk. We could have cut across fields but the paths weren't that well worn and were very muddy underfoot to we simply trooped back down the hill to the car before heading back to the cottage.
A nice walk though, and thankfully the rain held off as forecast which is always a bonus.
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