North York Moors

Posted by sloeburn
23-25/10/15

 

ODL weekend at Helmsley Youth Hostel.

Arrived on Friday evening, got a top bunk next to a window so woken by a tawny owl in the night.  Saturday’s walk was initially wet, up along Rye Dale then increasingly foggy and windy as we crossed Scrawton Moor.  After pre-lunch pub stop in Wass the cloud lifted and it dried up.  Then along to Ampleforth and back via Sproxton.  Fast paced, led by an ex-Royal Marine.

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Less pleasant nocturnal disruptions on Saturday night included an unwell room-mate, followed by the loud entry of a very drunk one.  A more sedate walk on Sunday up Ash Dale and back down Beck Dale.

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Nidderdale

Posted by sloeburn
17/10/15

From Middlesmoor to Scar House Reservoir.

Nidderdale, Gouthwaite Reservoir From possibly a Grouse Butt in Nidderdale Scar House Reservoir

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Off the track through head-high bracken and lumpy heather to Great Haw, stopping off at this ‘Sportsmans’ Rest (Disused)’.  The boundary stone also marks the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park (Nidderdale being without).

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Return to Middlesmoor via the Nidderdale Way.  The smoke was a bonfire although there was quite a bit of heather burning elsewhere.

Nidderdale Scar Head Dam, Nidderdale Scar Head Dam, Nidderdale Nidderdale

Buzzard, kite, lots of grouse.  Barn owl before dark and hundreds of gulls on Gouthwaite Reservoir on the drive home.

Nidderdale walk route map