Gazette Herald | Country Walks

Country walk at Appleton-le-Moors

11:00am Wednesday 1st August 2012

ST Mary’s Church at Lastingham is built on the site of an ancient monastery which was founded by St Cedd. The monastery was erected in the year 654 and the original church towards the end of the 11th century.

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Country walk at Chop Gate

11:44am Saturday 28th July 2012

George Wilkinson returns to Chop Gate and enjoys the climb up to the highest point on the North York Moors.

Country walk at Sandsend

9:30am Saturday 14th July 2012

George Wilkinson has better luck than the fishermen when he heads for a walk along the east coast.

Country walk at Reeth

10:27am Saturday 30th June 2012

George Wilkinson didn’t mean to go to Reeth, but events conspired to send him in that direction. Not that he’s complaining.

Country walk at Boltby

11:55am Saturday 16th June 2012

It was damp in Boltby, but that didn’t stop GEORGE WILKINSON discovering a lovely route.

A walk around Goathland to visit Simon Howe

9:00am Wednesday 6th June 2012

THERE are more than 2,000 howes on the North York Moors standing as landmarks on the high ground.

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Country walk at Danby Moor

11:29am Saturday 2nd June 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys a grand day out from the Moors Centre at Danby.

Country walk at the Hole of Horcum

12:32pm Saturday 19th May 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON becomes a trainspotter for the day on the North York Moors.

Country walk at Hawnby

10:49am Saturday 5th May 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys the pleasures of spring at Hawnby.

Country walk to Roseberry Topping

2:59pm Wednesday 2nd May 2012

LEVELAND’S most prominent feature is Roseberry Topping on the eastern edge of the Cleveland Hills.

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Country walk at Cowhouse Bank

11:39am Saturday 21st April 2012

George Wilkinson heads into the forest at Cowhouse Bank.

Country walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal

10:38am Saturday 7th April 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON ambles along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.

Country walk at Levisham

4:08pm Thursday 5th April 2012

IN the early 19th century, the Lord of the Manor of Levisham was the Rev Robert Skelton.

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Country walk at Embsay

11:29am Saturday 24th March 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON wraps up well as he braves the chill at Embsay in the Dales.

Country walk at Robin Hood’s Bay

11:36am Saturday 10th March 2012

George Wilkinson declines to follow the sun at Robin Hood’s Bay.

Country walk around Kirkbymoorside

8:30am Wednesday 7th March 2012

FAIRS and markets were the forerunners of trade and commerce in medieval times.

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Foss Falls country walk

11:33am Saturday 25th February 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON and Merlot, the dog, make a splash at Falling Foss.

Country walk at Bransdale

11:17am Saturday 11th February 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON does the ‘silly walk’ to keep himself warm at Bransdale.

Two Horseshoes country walk - Rosedale

12:01pm Wednesday 1st February 2012

THIS month is the second part of the Yorkshire’s Two Horseshoes country walk, leaving Farndale for the more industrious Rosedale.

Country walk at Westerdale Moor

10:07am Saturday 28th January 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON takes his walking boots to Westerdale Moor.

Country walk at Middleham

11:29am Saturday 14th January 2012

GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys an afternoon walk at Middleham, treading where in the morning the horses gallop.

Up hills and down Dales on the trail of the horseshoe walk

9:50am Wednesday 4th January 2012

Part one – Rosedale to Church Houses

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Country walk at Gribdale Gate

9:25am Saturday 31st December 2011

GEORGE WILKINSON heads out Great Ayton way to Gribdale Gate and some welcome height away from soggy farm fields.

Country walk across Rievaulx Moor

9:40am Saturday 17th December 2011

George Wilkinson heads to Newgate Bank and sets out across Rievaulx Moor, which he had never crossed before, but Google Maps suggested a path.

Country walk from Richmond Castle

2:33pm Wednesday 7th December 2011

THERE are many legends and stories told about drummer boys across our fair land.

Country walk at Coxwold

12:33pm Saturday 3rd December 2011

George Wilkinson enjoys a walk in Laurence Sterne country

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Country walk in the Hawnby Hills

11:02am Saturday 19th November 2011

GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys a calm, quiet and misty walk in the Hawnby Hills.

Country walk at Mallyan Spout near Goathland

10:30am Saturday 5th November 2011

This week, GEORGE WILKINSON enjoys a magical walk at Mallyan Spout.

Country walk at Hackness

4:12pm Wednesday 2nd November 2011

ON the site of the hall at Hackness there was once a grand monastery. It was inhabited by a cell of nuns founded in 680 by Hilda from the great abbey at Whitby.

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Country walk at Thoralby

10:29am Saturday 22nd October 2011

George Wilkinson puts navigation skills to the test at Thoralby.