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Tag Archives: North York Moors
Sutton Bank, Witches and Featherless Geese
A walk along the Cleveland Way from Sutton Bank . . . Continue reading
Posted in Allotments, Bronze Age, Cleveland Way, Environment, Footpaths, Geology, Hiking, History, Iron Age, Legends, Walking
Tagged North York Moors, outdoors, WPLongform
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Day Return to Bloworth Crossing . . . and Beyond
A walk along the mineral railways of the North York Moors . . . Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Climbing, Drove roads, Environment, Footpaths, Hiking, History, Industrial archaeology, Mountains, Railways, Walking
Tagged North York Moors, outdoors, Pennines
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Circling the Wagons Beneath High Noon Hill
IT’S one of those days when nothing goes right, when the most straightforward of plans unravels and you stand in mist and rain with water trickling down your neck, and wonder what possessed you to swing your legs out of … Continue reading
Posted in Country Land and Business Association, Environment, Footpaths, Hiking, Mountains, Northern Echo, Ranting, Walking
Tagged North York Moors, outdoors
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Hambleton Hills – A Walk and a Sonnet
I’VE been delving into Wordsworth again – and like last time I’m going to set him tentatively aside. Despite the pertinent fact he wrote a sonnet entitled Composed After a Journey Across the Hambleton Hills – and that’s where I … Continue reading
Posted in Camping, Climbing, Drove roads, Environment, Hiking, History, Mountains, Walking, William Wordsworth
Tagged North York Moors
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