Mid week walk Warren Percy 22-8-24
Led by Glynis, a pleasant 8 mile walk starting from Appleton Roebuck with stops for elevenses and then later lunch at the cricket ground where we were able to watch the cricket match in progress there. We had to divert from the planned route firstly due to livestock then later due to an overgrown pubic footpath (which, rather sadly seem to be an increasing problem these days) but still a great walk
August short club walk Great Ouseburn 18-8-24
Starting out from Great Ouseburn we walked to Little Ouseburn where we had an early coffee stop in the church grounds. We then walked on through the village onto farm land, then through a wood and further farm land where we had a close encounter with a narrow hemmed in section of footpath where the nettles had grown several feet high in the summer weather…. there was talk of a new club trophy for the walk with the worst nettles, in which case this would be a strong contender!
Our lunch stop was in Marton Cum Grafton where the posh church loo helped to somewhat make up for the previous section-then on past a trig point and water tower to Lower Dunsforth then back to Great Ouseburn where a cricket tournament was in full swing. Some went on the check out the Olive Tree village pub before heading home.
Mid week walk from Rothwell 14-8-24
A pleasant 8 mile easy walk in Rhubarb triangle territory led by Ian, who only managed to lose 7 of 13 walkers for a short time in the woods at Oulton!
Tea shop walk Saltaire 11-8-24
26 happy smiling faces gathered at Morrisons car park for this walk. Maybe the great weather had something to do with that, glorious sunshine and blue skies.
The trip to Salts Mill is only 30 minutes. All park up, present and correct, we set off west along the Leeds Liverpool canal. We gave a safety warning about bikes (let them pass on the canal side of the path, and if anyone is going in the water, it will be them!). As it happened the banks were quiet, which made for a good walk with lots of conversation.
After 1 and 1/2 miles we crossed the river Aire and headed back by the wooded banks of the river to Roberts Park for lunch, where a cricket match was taking place. Most chose to eat their packed lunches in the shade of the trees, others went in the Half Moon cafe.
Now, the 5 minute warning to restart the walk was interesting. The mere mention that toilets were available led to a relay event of toilet visits only bettered by the GB Olympic squad! We finally got going again along the river bank heading further east.
Through the cricket club and out onto by the road, we walked through bits of Shipley before we picked up the canal path again to head back. There was some stunning views of Salts Mill and neighbouring buildings from the waters edge.
That ended a lovely 4 and 1/2 mile walk. While some walkers returned to their cars to go home, others chose to take a walk around town, or make another cafe stop. Don’t mention toilets!
August long walk Lindley Wood 11-8-24
An 11 mile walk with excellent views first of Swinsty reservoir followed by Lindley Wood reservoir led by Ros on a hot sunny day
Mid week walk Dallowgill 7-8-24
A ten mile walk along part of the mosaic trail and across moorland in this beautiful little known part of the county
August medium walk from Kirkby Malham 4-8-24
light cloud and thankfully slightly cooler than recent days, we had some excellent long range views across Malhamdale and beyond to Pendle Hill and the 3 peaks area-we ascended to Weet’s top then across moorland then down to the river Aire for a riverside walk back to Kirkby Malham
Mid week walk from Masham 31-7-24
A hot sunny day with a scenic walk from Masham-thankfully in the heat no steep hills to climb
Mid week Walk from Bishops Wood 24-7-24
July Club Short Walk 21-7-24
17 people undertook an enjoyable 6.5 mile walk to Leeds, mostly away from roads. Walkers joined and as we went along. The weather was cloudy and cool but dry. We entered Leeds via the Monk Bridge Viaduct Garden which was an unexpected delight. Lunch was taken at Leeds Station, the ongoing Gay Pride made the city centre crowded and chaotic but great fun. A few chose to walk back and the rest went in search of buses for the journey home.
This was something different and great fun.
July Adventure weekend in Swinscoe , Derbyshire
July linear mid week walk 17-7-24
For something different we took the bus to Westgate Hill and then did a linear 9 mile cross-country walk back to Morley. 8 of us turned out on a warm, sunny day we used a lot of the Leeds Country Way to walk down to Cockersdale, up to Drighlington and then to Gildersome with an essential stop at Goodalls for ice-cream. The recent damp weather had made for mud and rampant undergrowth, machetes were needed on some sections!
July medium walk from Welburn 7-24
Another day of light prolonged showers, none the less a great walk with lots of interesting features and views including Castle Howard and Kirkham Abbey-we also earned our brownie points near the end by finding and then reuniting a mobile phone and wallet with its owner (which involved turning back and retracing our steps for a short while)
Penistone Country Park mid week walk 10-7-24
10 keen walkers and 2 dogs set off from Penistone Country Park near Haworth. Heading to Harbour Lodge, the rain started and set the pattern for the day. The terrain was rough and wet as we headed up to Top Withens (supposed to be the inspiration for Wuthering Heights). The rain held off whilst we had a coffee stop, but Cathy and Heathcliffe were not around. After visiting Delf Hill trig point , another rough and wet so called path took us down to Ponden Hall and reservoir. Still raining, we followed the Pennine Way to the Bronte Falls, where, thankfully the rain stopped. From here just a steady plod back to the cars, with wet feet and gear.
Fountains Abbey medium walk 7-7-24
Spofforth mid week walk 3-7-24
14 walkers did a pleasant 7.5 mile circular walk from Spofforth with a picnic lunch stop at Kirby Overblow -the weather was mild and dry and we had some good long range views along the way-we had a celebratory drink in the beer garden of the Castle Inn on our return to Spofforth.
Wharram Percy walk 20-6-24
Six walkers travelled to the Yorkshire Wolds area to do an 8.5 mile mid week walk led by Glynis-the weather was quite warm, we walked along a series of balcony paths with fabulous long range views, the grand finale of the walk being the medieval ruins of Warren Percy.
Ladybower walk 9-6-24
Our thanks to Ian for standing in and leading a walk in the Ladybower area at short notice:
We started at Cutthroat Bridge and headed up onto Derwent Edge to Wheel Stones and Salt Cellar Rocks . Then we dropped down to Ladybower Reservoir and followed the reservoir to Ashopton. Finally we went through Ladybower Wood back to Cutthroat Bridge. Weather was a bit cold and wet on tops but brightened up when we dropped down into valley.
Rye Loaf Hill walk 2-6-24
Great Whernside club walk 19-5-24
It was one of those walks on one of those weather days when it felt good to be alive and up in the Dales… a strenous climb with amazing views from the start-dont forget your sunscreen with walks on days like this!
Mid week walk Norwood Edge 15-5-24
We were trying out a route to form part of August’s long club walk in the Norwood area- a walk with varied scenery and terrain, a good mixture of open countryside with good views and several woodland areas, the last of which proved to be a bit of a challenge-all good fun and another enjoyable das walking
Ros’s grand day out 12-5-24
Eight walkers took a train then bus from Leeds to Malham then did a linear walk calling at no less than 2 teashops (3 if you count the one at Leeds station!) -highlights included Hanlith Hall, Scalegill Mill, Gordale scar, Malham Cove and Air Head Springs (the source of the river Aire)-all in all a very grand day out in the sunshine-for a full walk report please use the walk reports tab to find this (just below walks in the drop down menu)
May Long walk 12/5/24 Boulsworth Hill
A good tough walk from Wycoller country park with its ruined Hall circa 1550 and a modern day sculpture entitled the Atom.Then on the ascent of Boulsworth Hill we took in the rocky outcrops of Great and Little Saucer stones and the trig point of Lad Law. Fabulous long distance views to Pendle Hill and the Yorkshire three peaks.
Mid week walk 8/5/24 Sharlston
May medium walk 5/5/24 Baildon Moor
18 walkers did an 8.9 mile walk on Baildon Moor in summery weather-some excellent long range views, wild garlic bluebell woods, an array of other wild flowers and animals, stepping stone beck crossings and overall a really good bank holiday weekend day out
Mid week walk 2-5-24 Ingbirchworth
Mid week walk 24-4-24 Great Ouseburn
We walked out the planned route for the August club short walk from Great Ouseburn, passing though Little Ouseburn before walking through a bluebell wood. Our lunch stop was in Marton cum Grafton after which we headed back to our start point via Upper Dunsforth village.
Mid week walk 17-4-24 from Upper Denby
April long walk 14-4-24 Along the Cleveland Way from Swainby
14 walkers did a 10 mile walk from Swainby joining the Cleveland Way to ascend Round Hill-we then headed northwards before turning east towards Bilsdale, descending into Scugdale and then Snotterdale where we re-joined the Cleveland way southwards in the valley back towards Swainby-some good long range views and it was a pleasure to walk with members both old and new
April’s club medium walk York 7-4-24
14 walkers started out from York Racecourse for a local walk there including some riverside walking-we did have to divert as, after recent heavy rainfall the path was underwater in places-we went through Naburn and Bishopthorpe passing the Palace there, and along the solar system way
Mid week walk from Snaith 3-4-24
We walked out Mauve and Ruby’s short walk which will be on the Sunday programme later in the season-an interesting little known area with better weather than the forecast for this day
Mid week walk North York Moors 20-3-24
7 walkers braved the mizzly weather to walk from Upper Silton through woodland then acroos Oakdale Beck to joing the Cleveland Way past Square corner and back through Nether and Upper Silton-a good walk with potentially good long range views in better weather… all the more reason for a repeat visit perhaps later in the year
March Short walk Eccup 17-3-24
A great turnout for our March short walk led by Phil and Cyn-muddy underfoot but mild the weather improved as the day went on-a very civilised lunch stop at Golden acre park and it was lovely to see spring lambs along the route-pub stop at the end in return for using their car park for the walk
Mid week walk Swinsty & Lindley Wood reservoirs 13-3-24
March long walk Marden and Metham Moor 10-3-24
Unfortunately the weather was bad for Glynis’s March long walk on Meltham Moor and in view of this the walk was cut short-but 3 weeks earlier when 3 of us walked it out we had better weather and views so photos from the walk out are included to show some views that might have been had given better visibility-it was a lovely walk and Glynis plans to repeat this walk later in the year
March long walk Low Bradfield 3-3-24
Mid week walk from Pool-in -Wharfedale 28-2-24
Evening walk on Ilkley Moor 23-2-24
!2 walkers and 2 dogs enjoyed our club evening walk led by Ian on Ilkley Moor with a refreshment stop at Poets Bench together with some poems
Mid week walk Bramham Park 21-2-24
6 walkers braved the rain to do a 7 mile walk from Bramham going through the grounds of Bramham Park-spring flowers and blossom along the way, rather wet underfoot in places but relative mud free as we were mainly on tracks in Bramham Park
February short walk Methley 18-2-24
21 walkers set off on a 6 mile walk made somewhat difficult by muddy conditions with standing water, but the weather was good and a coffee shop stop made up for the conditions underfoot
February long walk from Pateley Bridge 11-2-24
Mid week walk 8-2-24
5 walkers braved the weather forecast to do a local mid week walk from Oakwell Hall winter wonderland…it started snowing in the morning and persisted all day
February medium walk from Ilkley 4-2-24
Not the best of weather days in that it was blustery with light but horizontal rain,but despite the weather 12 walkers and 2 dogs set off from Ilkley walking through MIddleton Woods and up onto Middleton Moor before descending to Langbar then Addingham where we picked up the Dales Way footpath following the River Wharfe back to Ilkley
Mid week walk Spofforth 31-1-24
Setting off from Spofforth Castle we walked on a relatively mud free track to Kirkby Overblow where we stopped for elevenses. Onward then towards Sicklinghall where we bumped into 3 familiar faces doing a shorter walk in the opposite direction -after a lunch stop at Sicklinghall churchyard we before returned to Spofforth -8 miles and fortunately we managed to finish before the weather deteriorated later in the day.
Mid week walk North Leeds 24-1-24
ON the tail end of yet another storm we did an easy 7 mile circuit in the countryside of North Leeds including parts of the Leeds Country way and a walk through Golden Acre Park-as we used the New Inn car park to park for our walk it would have been rude not to go in for a drink at the end
January short Walk 21-1-24 Wentworth
January Teashop walk 14-1-24 Wetherby
January Long Walk 14-1-24 Grassington
13 walkers set off along the Dales Way long distance footpath northwards from Grassington to Conistone Dib-we then turned upwards towards Grassington Moor where the views across Wharfedale and beyond were good-after a lunch stop in the old lead mining area we followed a track then fields back around towards Grassington-the ground was frozen so thankfully a relatively mud free walk…only one wrong turning and only one lost then later found glove
January medium walk 7-1-24 Ardsley
