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Every walk becomes an opportunity to reconnect—with nature, with others, and with yourself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9de3583e-e163-459b-8532-69f1297012cf/processed_98721870-dec4-4121-b83a-1b0a0b3fb1b5%7E1.jpg Newsletters - March 2026 One of our highlights this season is our guided Nordic walks along the Athelstan Pilgrim Way. This beautiful historic route offers a unique blend of: Rolling countryside and peaceful farmland Ancient paths rich with history and stories Stunning viewpoints across the Wiltshire landscape Quiet moments of reflection away from busy modern life Walking this route with Nordic poles adds a rhythm and flow that makes the journey even more rewarding. Whether you’re drawn by the history, the scenery, or the sense of pilgrimage, it’s an experience that stays with you.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6c0233d7-d800-4bca-9479-2063382d70fc/processed_817381c4-c1e9-442d-8e19-fa3dccd30975%7E1.jpg Newsletters - March 2026 - Make it stand out Explorer Nordic walk on The Athelstan Pilgrim Way https://www.nordicnomads.net/newsletters/february-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/53b7fa8b-eb32-4ea9-bda3-a4a4d55df63c/20200208_151447.jpg Newsletters - February 2023 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/483e454f-8cb4-482a-b7fe-e909ffcd73da/INWA_FEDERATION_everystep_logo.jpg Newsletters - February 2023 - A new way to teach Nordic Walking Recently INWA (International Nordic Walking Federation, whom British Nordic Walking comes under) launched an updated manual for all its instructors. As Nordic Walking grows and develops globally, more and more research into its health benefits is being undertaken and the technique is tweaked so our Nordic Walkers can get the most out of it. I now have the new manual and have taken part in a course to update my skills as an Instructor. The ten steps remain the same, but are now grouped together differently Foundation Posture, lean forward, walk & rotate Fundamentals Drag, place, push Swing Technique Extend fully, release fully, swing forwards It was great to hear about some new innovations within Nordic Walking, learn some new stretches and other ways to improve my instructing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1675377950872-OOGGEHD1K4NZZZ6MT1I9/unsplash-image-tldCrUd18io.jpg Newsletters - February 2023 - Make it stand out Signs of Spring https://www.nordicnomads.net/newsletters/january2023 monthly 0.5 2023-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/05b8f037-a850-4fb0-a70b-ae5db458f267/IMG-20221216-WA0008.jpg Newsletters - January 2023 - Nordic Walking can help you beat the Winter Blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a929ee87-c1b9-4f09-ac36-5fad66809d0a/20221214_110931_001%5B4003%5D.jpg Newsletters - January 2023 Snow at Westonbirt Arboretum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f7830fce-aab3-4123-9f5d-17f8481913cd/20221216_143254%5B4001%5D.jpg Newsletters - January 2023 - Make it stand out Nordic Poles with melting snow https://www.nordicnomads.net/clara-the-priest-and-the-nordic-nomad-the-welsh-odyssey daily 0.75 2023-09-15 https://www.nordicnomads.net/clara-the-priest-and-the-nordic-nomad-the-welsh-odyssey/locomoting-around-llandaff monthly 0.5 2023-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3b21aa3e-9f2d-475f-97dd-1b8fd0d64af3/processed_20230915_154946.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out The Cathedral Green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/95755a50-a7e6-48f3-9e49-1f29cbf4ec1e/processed_20230915_155101.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out War Memorial on the Cathedral Green and other items around the Cathedral Green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6bff3a51-16ea-447b-8942-8a65bf2cf1b8/processed_20230915_215947.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out Down the Dean’s Steps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/86cd5f19-a032-4f3c-8177-661b78f8831c/processed_20230915_130202.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff I set off down the Dean’s Steps to reach the Cathedral to pick up the footpath to the river, passing the start of the Pilgrimage route from Llandaff to Pen-Rhys in the Rhonnda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e2c1d0fe-ba62-4f06-a252-293b16ab940f/Screenshot_20230915_221039_OS+Maps.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out The Nordic Walking route today takes me on parts of The Cambrian Way and the Taff Trail and on a traffic-free cycle way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a1d5c2db-ba18-496e-bc12-077873c26bbe/processed_20230915_155149.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out it’s quite a green, leafy start! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cc0fe685-47f8-4a24-9815-f72babb799da/processed_20230915_155236.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out The river Taff and some of the footpaths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/52a84418-8446-411d-a4f3-d1d67f06d221/processed_20230915_155502.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out I pass the Pontcanna Allotments, the Cardiff Riding School and the Cardiff Caravan and Camping Park (who knew!) I had to have a gander for research purposes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f9a3a7f0-c658-471c-9dec-7701278f89a3/processed_20230915_155614.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out Plenty of wildlife to spot in and around the river! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5ab5c99f-d486-41df-8886-ecfa1413d33c/processed_20230915_155706.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out At the end of Pontcanna Fields I head back across to the River Taff back on the Taff Trail and then cross the Blackweir Bridge back on to the Cambrian Way. I’m on the edge of Bute Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/80f4280a-d9ac-47e0-b83d-79da37c5ea63/processed_20230915_155803.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fa6be6a4-5a71-4c66-a61a-82b00cd60b5f/processed_20230915_155921.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out I head under the underpass and here I’m meant to cross back over to the Cathedral side of the river, but a quick squizz at the OS Map App and I decide to carry on to the next bridge as I’m having such a lovely Nordic Walk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4984f370-f6d7-4962-9dd5-cc223cd0b986/processed_20230915_155958.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out Cathedral Spire in the distance, rower on the Taff, Llandaff Rowing Club behind the weir and the Pilgrimage Way waymarker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9443bdaa-d302-4fe4-9644-edeac1e656cf/processed_20230915_160100.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out I lost the path around the Llandaff Rowing club, had to retrace my steps and scrutinise the OS Map! Eventually the Cathedral comes into view through the trees and I walk up past it to explore the area at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9ffb69db-b3da-4b30-9f7b-283840d91718/processed_20230915_160510.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out At the top I find ruins of a 13th century bell tower, a preaching cross and the ruins of the former Bishop’s Palace. Also Saint Teilo’s Well, an ancient well sited on a spring line above the Cathedral. Teilo was one of three Celtic saints in honour whose the Cathedral Church at Llandaff was originally dedicated. Teilo was the second Bishop consecrated to Llandaff in the sixth Century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/40f76775-458b-4b73-926b-190f9e06609b/processed_20230915_160258.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out Ruins of the former Bishop’s Palace. Now provides space for locals and visitors to enjoy the peace and beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/64f0618c-3413-44f5-b05a-fbad10e0f315/processed_20230915_153326.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Locomoting around Llandaff - Make it stand out and that’s all folks! Six welsh Cathedral cities visited and Nordic Walked and our Welsh tour of 2023 is complete! https://www.nordicnomads.net/clara-the-priest-and-the-nordic-nomad-the-welsh-odyssey/sauntering-in-st-davids monthly 0.5 2023-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7d1297a0-ed7d-4445-b41d-19b9e674e03b/processed_20230911_111407.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Sauntering in St Davids - Make it stand out A cottage in the city of St Davids, gives you an idea of the sort of city it is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2f73d2ae-5867-4f74-84e8-3f6f8769f0ea/processed_20230911_110116.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Sauntering in St Davids - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/41a70005-e7f1-4b92-b0f2-0734bc7a4852/processed_20230911_111716.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Sauntering in St Davids - Make it stand out Not far from home then! 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This stunning photograph (badly captured by me) represents her as an artist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f122986d-426e-4e1f-a6e6-8cb55df616f9/processed_20230831_150703.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Exploring Brecon - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/548f36fb-ad23-4523-8589-85924f6b0fbc/processed_20230909_114319.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Exploring Brecon - Make it stand out Interesting spots around Brecon. Not sure I’ll ever understand Welsh or pronounce it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/40a377f0-0230-47d5-9c47-1b8d4f22fc8e/processed_20230831_121452.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Exploring Brecon - Make it stand out A beautiful house in Brecon https://www.nordicnomads.net/clara-the-priest-and-the-nordic-nomad-the-welsh-odyssey/ah1hnrhz7fscyxwz1kppl2t85f5voe monthly 0.5 2023-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fd13268f-87f7-4af3-a121-ff9870b8cee1/processed_20230905_113302.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Bangor is in Gwynedd, North Wales and is the oldest city in Wales. It’s a small, but lively city and probably most famous for its University. Bangor Cathedral has ancient roots right back to the 6th Century. The High Street is reputed to be Wales’s longest High Street and Bangor also has Garth Pier a Grade II listed Victorian Pier, voted Pier of the year in 2022! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/738e7b03-f1a9-411c-9074-bb839081a651/processed_20230908_210130.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Bangor Cathedral (St Deiniol) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1c1f5330-d4fd-4b85-bf8d-036a896e00c2/processed_20230908_205850.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d0836c08-6314-46dc-8f76-dcb55bf41e56/processed_20230908_210210.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Clock Tower and High Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ecddb793-a116-4601-8391-727a610b5aee/processed_20230908_210001.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Mural celebrating St Deiniol (apologies for quality - it’s behind glass!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7124a40e-897b-4c56-8021-64f13d3bb3fa/processed_20230905_141950.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out I didn’t discover this board until afterwards! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e749126a-2a9f-4693-90a1-a8fa53ea1991/processed_20230908_211416.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/10ab0867-5032-4b66-8e12-f04ebcac3e20/processed_20230908_211311.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e2bd7048-116b-48fd-9a22-def6c26be43b/processed_20230908_211621.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out my favourite is the bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/689c9582-e430-4510-8a2a-9e4c20825a50/processed_20230908_211721.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b423ab5d-e1db-4e41-8e88-0cf03e3477e5/processed_20230908_211924.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3e55ce1c-9785-476a-b9fb-bcabcdf5a22e/processed_20230908_212045.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ccf59f13-c03c-4b31-b419-78eb0ba75d56/processed_20230908_210247.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - There are a few notable buildings (see pics) and the Victorian Clocktower is a central feature. So I follow the slate timeline from beginning to end, photographing most of it, getting some weird looks from passers-by as I go! When I come to the end I decide to carry on and walk the 15 minutes to visit Garth Pier as Steve won’t be finished in the Cathedral yet. Walking on through housing in the sunshine past an Ambulance Station, through a tiny green space with Standing Stones in, past an Army Centre, looking at doors (disappointing on that front) and finally reaching the pier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/58e39a62-a448-41d2-9265-60e1094c8994/processed_20230908_210035.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Beautiful Bangor architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/89361b79-d799-494c-8fcc-1d94305ff4ae/processed_20230908_212436.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out around Bangor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8d8678be-2347-4782-9165-4d2476d051d9/processed_20230908_212135.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Garth Pier and views from it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/caf1d20e-a93d-43aa-8216-a6ceb608c1b7/processed_20230905_133835.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Gate near the pier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1c0c8144-6874-43df-bbd2-846402235e1f/processed_20230908_212244.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out views of Bangor University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5de60f99-df41-4aaf-8ef3-93b173a419a7/processed_20230905_140416.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Finally on my walk I come to the North Wales Heroes Memorial to all those men of North Wales who fell in the Great War. Behind it is a very modern building called Pontio, an Arts and Innovation Centre and Performing Arts Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6c4b8591-00be-4442-8625-9e64c6c45cb1/processed_20230905_140346.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4f788106-cca6-4781-b677-dde3e3b34125/processed_20230905_140840.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Bimbling in Bangor - Make it stand out Bangor Library near where we parked https://www.nordicnomads.net/clara-the-priest-and-the-nordic-nomad-the-welsh-odyssey/strolling-in-st-asaph monthly 0.5 2023-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cc0606ed-2651-4044-9ff2-fd296b421be3/processed_20230903_124525.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out St Asaph Cathedral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5773455f-d55e-4e3d-96ba-89d84b0dbfd6/processed_20230903_124620.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Boo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/77c881b8-5410-4e01-a60b-28dadd01950c/processed_20230908_194430.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Translators Memorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ba0f23d7-3bb7-4a46-8f44-9c245f02eb42/processed_20230903_130235.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out A small, but well formed city trail! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/13fb565a-6853-4f9e-91ee-405544301b97/processed_20230908_194538.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/02938f48-3a75-4cda-8605-880d85a2a6f5/processed_20230908_194644.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Almshouses and other interesting building adornments down the High Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/71a39867-9cc0-4c83-8725-3dfc661fbc9d/processed_20230908_201526.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b4eeed88-9815-4276-92f8-e55e60eab239/processed_20230908_194802.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/468616c7-83c7-46fd-8342-4601d54b55a9/processed_20230908_202205.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - I’m now heading towards the river Elwy which flows through St Asaph, the impressive 5-arch limestone and sandstone bridge here is a scheduled monument, built in 1770, it spans 65 metres – wide enough to cope when the river bursts its banks. In 2012 river rose to just 4 inches below the top of the arch where the path goes through (see photo) 1 life was lost, 322 houses and 32 businesses were flooded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/73b43b96-49fb-4d6b-9cc6-93b29ca1dace/processed_20230908_195122.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Cattle Market- Top Left, Roe Plas- Top right https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2c6143fc-93c0-4e67-a29d-b5130fad67cf/processed_20230908_195221.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Couldn’t resist stacking stones on a riverside beach! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c6750567-d9c6-4519-b32c-1b8fac5d8fd2/processed_20230908_195426.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Beyond the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f898253b-3ff2-4222-a349-bf9a961138c9/processed_20230908_195621.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/32ab1039-f4ab-4f5e-a092-a91b2e2680af/processed_20230908_195800.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9d7104de-aff7-4a15-84ad-0bccf66381e2/processed_20230903_124930.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Strolling in St Asaph The Blue Plaque says “The Canonry was built on a historic site, Owain Glyndwr burnt down a hostelry there in 1402 and an ecclesiastical residence was erected in its place.” I just liked the door! I liked St Asaph, it’s views and surrounding countryside were excellent! https://www.nordicnomads.net/clara-the-priest-and-the-nordic-nomad-the-welsh-odyssey/clara-the-priest-and-the-nordic-nomad-the-welsh-odyssey monthly 0.5 2023-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/803a1a1a-9eb7-4de9-beca-b27df970e192/processed_20230830_114257.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - There’s plenty more history to discover online, but the trail I have found to follow today reveals the history and locations for the famous Newport Rising in 1839, which was the last large-scale armed rebellion against authority in mainland Britain. John Frost and 3000 other Chartists marched on Westgate Hotel at the centre of the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1694119622952-C0P2J8IGJ28VSTBMKDQE/20230830_111558.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - The trail starts near the Cathedral, so I leave Steve and Clara there and head off to St Woolos Hospital. I’m looking for a red sandstone building according to the trail, but I’m not sure if I ever identified the correct building! The trail highlights that back in 1839 this building was the Union Workhouse and as there was no NHS and social security then, if you were injured at work this was likely the place you would end up! Sewing sacks, eating gruel and known as a pauper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6d45c90e-2afe-425e-bc04-0386605bc637/processed_20230907_221529.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/092d38f7-f4e4-4406-88aa-04d06454222f/processed_20230830_114108.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey I found some plaques in the pavement commemorating the trail – which gave me hope that these would continue to guide me (no such luck!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bffdc6dc-41ac-4c17-86f8-d97525275565/processed_20230830_114625.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8e231c8e-5f7c-4294-a99a-a290cc172c0b/processed_20230907_221855.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d7d601e6-d1dd-44c0-b442-1f198da3ef90/processed_20230907_222316.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9180e30b-8ce8-426e-abb4-57c4482c442d/processed_20230907_223018.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Make it stand out St Mary’s Church https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d5284e71-0fe6-49e7-a7e6-d355a7eb93c5/processed_20230830_121621.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/94f0fef3-89b6-4f97-ab8a-e8a75c8cf122/processed_20230907_223253.jpg Clara, the Priest and The Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Clara, the Priest and the Nordic Nomad-The Welsh Odyssey - Make it stand out Top Right & Bottom Left- Union. 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We met at the Park & Ride at Lansdown and watched the fog roll in very quickly before heading to the start in 3 cars, parking in the lay-by at the top of Freezing Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f67eeaeb-31ff-43f3-ba5d-85bfbf4693b1/processed_PXL_20241229_102005472.MP.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Finally the last leg is here and there is no stormy weather forecast!! A great turnout with faces old and new! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f52d5b85-03e2-4a0b-9683-5829732ef08a/processed_PXL_20241229_102028347.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out The one with the longest arms needs to take our starter selfie today. Chilly start, but the weather looks promising for our Nordic walk today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f91d6652-baf3-4980-8785-0eaec700acb1/processed_20250109_151224-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Starting off near Sir Bevill Grenville’s Monument, we cross the busy road which heads into Bath (passing the Park & Ride) and walk up the service road that leads to the Southwest Command and Development Centre for Avon Fire and Rescue Service. Turning off the road and onto a path we pass more of the blue posts with orange flags that mark the site of the Battle of Lansdown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/69b0d361-f593-4e26-9bba-535302e73bc4/processed_PXL_20241229_103020445.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Views across towards Bristol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bf35cc80-3f44-4860-a510-12a76bc8e3a9/processed_20250109_151431-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We soon reach Hanging Hill, which at 778 feet above sea level, is the highest point in the local authority of South Gloucestershire. There is an information board about the Battle of Lansdown and a marker stone alongside a blue flag pole with orange flag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b5c0d6ed-18a7-4065-a21a-ec69347877c6/processed_PXL_20241229_103506951.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Norbert is excited that he can finally sit atop a trig point without getting blown off! This trig is at Hanging Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/61faa817-7816-4126-a462-49a409d2fcca/processed_20250109_151751-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out From the Trig point we turn left and follow a dry-stone wall, there are great views from up here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a2e8b434-6071-4edc-b1bf-751b0a93dc33/processed_20250109_151952-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We soon reach Lansdown Golf Club which is looking very atmospheric today! The sun is trying so hard to burn through the cloud! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e7215740-03f9-4715-a6ad-6f038fced864/processed_20250109_152158-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We passed these spooky looking sculptures made from scrap metal, there’s a dragon, a horse and the grim reaper with a dog. They were made by David Michael Morse, but there is very little information to be found about them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fd0b4e32-7588-4978-8dd2-0ef23219656f/processed_20250109_152326-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We continue to navigate our way around the golf club and alongside Pipley Wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b07803d0-c044-495d-9774-620d206dd818/processed_PXL_20241229_110213473.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Fantastic views and sunshine over in Bristol. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7bd1969d-4bbe-4146-8155-c907266ec923/processed_20250109_152536-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out The rolling landscape means some downs and then some ups, but it’s gentle for now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/834dc995-0cf8-4ab8-a56d-86626a12f9fe/processed_20250109_152709-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out The Cotswold Way goes around the site of an Iron-age hillfort at Little Down and then directly through the middle of it, you can just about still make out the contours of the ditches and banks of the fort. We reach the edge of Bath Racecourse which opened in 1811 and decide to pause for a snack and drink and remove a layer or two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7a616c65-1545-4d15-b33c-41755b4d6202/processed_20250109_153053-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We head towards Prospect Stile (now a gate) which affords us great views across to Bath and Norbert gets a second chance to pose up high on the viewpoint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/05ca2a04-91cf-4dad-9e83-373eb505dcfe/processed_20250109_153236-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out I absolutely adore the top photo of our Nordic walkers admiring a great view on The Cotswold Way, sums up our journey through The Cotswold Way for me. We continue down through a really tall gate (keeping out the local giraffes?) and along the path passing a memorial stone to Sarah Louise Gray, in 1995 she was riding her horse along the Cotswold Way when something happened and she died, apparently from an undiagnosed heart condition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/15635387-de3b-4775-9a03-3ca7afa3d66f/processed_20250109_153458-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out The general descent continues on hardcore and stony paths. Views over Bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/be731fbf-5fa1-42bc-b732-dc698b0d7407/processed_20250109_153701-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We climb over a stile (very few of those on our leg today) and continue round Kelston Round Hill and Weston is really coming into view now. Some of this section is quite muddy and slippy, so some of us deploy our zig-zag method for safely getting down a steep slippy hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6e4b1df1-9d69-4652-b40b-176e9355f17f/processed_20250109_153918-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We reach the playing fields and cross through them, coming out of the wrong gate (it turns out), we should have continued to the corner of the field, but it doesn’t matter as we can follow the pavement there anyway. We turn left down Penn Hill Road into Weston and cross over the zebra crossing to reach the High Street. Weston still considers itself a village, but it really is a suburb of Bath. Weston is an area of Bath particularly suited to families, due to a predominance of excellent schools, it is detached from Bath city centre by Royal Victoria Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/abe430d6-6b8a-4b8b-b3a6-ade90ea6bab4/processed_20250109_154051-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We go through an alleyway and shortly after a Tesco bear left and begin to climb. We reach All Saints Church and decide to stop here for lunch. Walking all the way round there are no benches in the graveyard and the church is very firmly locked. I asked a person coming out of the church if it was open and they said “no, are you ok?, do you need to talk to someone?” I explained that my walkers were just looking for somewhere to sit for lunch! We decided the steps and wall would do, it was a shame that that was the very point when the rain decided to arrive! Thankfully it was short-lived! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0b49391f-2228-4233-8e6d-42ca5e356325/processed_20250109_154226-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Suitably fed and watered we continued the last part of our journey into Bath, leaving what felt like quite an urban setting we instantly walked into countryside again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f05356fd-6210-4e19-a850-6592bd6f2e6b/processed_20250109_154528-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Bath stone walls are never far away and the route takes us through suburban Weston into the elegant Georgian houses of the Sion Hill area. Between Weston and Sion Hill lies the beast of Primrose Hill, one of those hills that continues up and round several corners unexpectedly! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/684be79f-d02d-4607-9001-d82ac8463e77/processed_20250109_154635-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Here the Cotswold Way goes downhill through High Common where there used to be a golf club, it is now mainly used for recreation, dog walking and Footgolf on the Southwestern part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ed8e5ca0-f582-416f-b3ff-ca005811f313/processed_20250109_154905-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We approach Royal Victoria Park. A young Princess Victoria officially opened the park in 1830, seven years before she became queen, and a tall obelisk in her honour (erected in 1837) rises above the cedars and beeches. We have to keep a beady eye out now for the Cotswold Way markers! And then the Royal Crescent, the Grade I-listed curve of 30 terraced houses that epitomises Bath’s graceful limestone architecture appears above us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3651ce54-4d7c-401d-b05b-deb7f811bd4e/processed_20250109_155040-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out It starts to get really busy here with tourists and then streams of shoppers to navigate, also we’re trying not to lose any of our walkers! The Cotswold Way markers are getting harder to spot! We’re not entirely sure we have walked exactly the right way to Bath Abbey, but we reach it with all our walkers intact! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fbc45c8a-b361-4b46-b233-3b7ee50104e0/processed_20250109_173218-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We did it! 102 miles Nordic Walked through stunning British countryside. The finishing point is outside the west door of Bath Abbey, the marker stone mirrors that of the one at the start in Chipping Campden. The stone is carved with the names of places along the route, however the inscription is different. It bears a verse from the Old Testament in the bible. ‘Stand ye in the ways and see, ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therin, and ye shall find rest for your souls’. Jeremiah 6:16 After completing our post-walk stretches around the side of the Abbey we celebrated finishing The Cotswold Way with a glass of Nonsecco and a mince pie, presenting Kirsty and Sue with completers patches before catching the bus back to the Park and Ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c56e47a1-e206-4fcc-9644-efc084f4872e/processed_PXL_20241229_135542151.MP%7E2.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out Huge congratulations to Sue and Kirsty for Nordic Walking all 16 legs and completing The Cotswold Way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bf0de815-81d9-460e-9821-e459430d1093/processed_PXL_20241229_141117874.MP%7E2.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 16 (the final one) - Make it stand out We are completers! I have thoroughly enjoyed leading this 102 mile challenge for my Nordic walkers, I’m a little sad that this particular adventure is over, so thanks guys for joining me every month all through the different seasons and my thanks also go to The Cotswold Way Association for their fabulous 16 leg guide which has enabled my Nordic walkers to achieve something they weren’t sure they could. We did have to adjust some of the suggested parking locations as some weren’t suitable for several cars. Thank you to Knife Edge for their fantastic guide book, the OS maps in the guide meant I didn’t ever need to look at the OS maps I carried! Thank you to the awesome Cotswold Way wardens and all the volunteers who work so hard throughout the year to keep the paths, stiles and gates safe and the signage strong! We would definitely recommend giving up some of your time to go and walk The Cotswold Way and walk it however you want! There are no rules! Nordic walking is the best way, obviously! Happy walking. https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-15-the-penultimate-one monthly 0.5 2024-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7042384c-603e-449a-a1f6-053f56da2107/Screenshot_20241211-231511.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Our route today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3b64c806-3dd4-44a6-a0d8-e47070d8ad5f/processed_20241211_210125-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out It was a chilly, but bright start to Leg 15 and we were all wrapped up against the elements, such a difference to the last leg when we were all in t-shirts! Even Norbert is tucked up cosy in his pocket! We start on the official diversion route just up the road from the Marshfield Bakery and The Crown Pub just off the A46. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2eb136d6-9f59-4cd9-a73b-b615f4a9dc67/processed_20241211_210256-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out The route takes us across the middle of a very open field and the wind whips across taking our breath away, but it’s flat and relatively firm so we are able to push our poles and walk with speed and warm up! Once out of the field the path continues left onto a wide farm track (Wallsend Lane) with a slightly higher dry island running down the centre keeping us out of the muddy puddles! We pass this rather dilapidated straw bale storage barn and wonder if storm Darragh added to it’s fragile chaotic roof! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1b760fc4-8299-4b08-964d-4604109541a6/processed_20241211_210522-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out At the end of Wallsend Lane we turn right onto Dunsdown Lane and pass a few houses. Once at the end of Dunsdown Lane we have to cross the A46 which is really busy with folk travelling into Bath for the Christmas Market! We continue across the other side following the lane until it runs out and turns into fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c86c867f-53e1-4e93-bbe7-f4c9760afe68/processed_20241211_210759-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Beautiful scenery here and we pass ‘strip lynchets’ on the map, quite probably an ancient earth terrace on the side of the hill. The vertical rows are likely to be man made to make the best use of the space for agricultural purposes. We come out onto one of the roads in Dyrham village and follow the road passing the National Trust Dyrham Park estate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/04bae601-75fe-421c-b2f2-edcdbf587dfb/processed_20241211_211404-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Slightly downhill to Dyrham Park (or Dryham Park according to the guide book - several times!) and a peek through the lovely gates to see the fantastically arranged formal beds of the garden in front (or behind?) of the house. The house and gardens are from the late 17th Century and after extensive repairs were opened to the public in 1961. Free to visit if you are a National Trust member. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a657eba5-b1f4-4377-931d-18a38ca0ada0/processed_20241211_212443-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out We continue on the lane through houses in the village and then turn right following the acorn signs. Once again we come across some of these rather elegant kissing gates with acorn finnials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9bc9721f-dbc9-4d6d-b60d-d87851fa6c97/processed_PXL_20241208_113038011.MP.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Before we continue through the kissing gate, we take advantage of this brilliant seat around a tree, built by the Cotswold Wardens. It’s a great spot for a cuppa and a snack, out of the wind and in the sun! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bbe78ee7-2dde-4241-8a50-e3ffb2332169/processed_20241211_212740-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out We continue on the marked path through damp fields passing Sands Farm which has these truly sculptural earth terraces behind it. Camera shy Nordic walkers are constantly trying to avoid being my photography subjects! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9fec7ac0-be40-40a2-91d7-6315f7de2a0f/processed_20241211_213339-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Sunshine and muddy patches through the next few fields, there is a fishery here and a few natural ponds so the ground is naturally squishy. (technical term!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/76b26f52-9d6b-4f27-aca1-f1ccd83df439/processed_20241211_214018-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out We soon reach Dyrham Wood and find the message box, where other walkers have inscribed their names and messages. We add ours to the book within! The path winds up through the woods here and there is plenty of evidence of the effects of both storm Bert and storm Darragh having had a natural prune of small branches and some very leaning branches, not quite where they should be! It starts to spit with rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0e5ab969-12db-4b25-8f11-26566650096d/processed_20241211_214827-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Leaving the woodland behind us we come out onto this lovely grassy track between two hedges, still slightly uphill. A handmade sign on the fingerpost warns us we are about to come out onto a 60mph lane, which is very helpful, but not an issue today. Turning left onto the lane we shortly turn off again right heading towards Pennsylvania and crossing the busy A46 yet again, here you could pop to the garage for supplies if needed! Once across the road and down a couple of steps into another field, we continue to the A420 at The Folly where we have to walk along the road for a few 100 metres, facing the fast-paced oncoming traffic where there is no pavement! Thank fully the turning off comes quickly and we continue down a driveway which eventually comes to the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Cold Ashton. It is still lightly raining with a fresh breeze and so we look to the church for some shelter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fbc2c49e-797a-4ef3-946b-4c857a54e8cc/processed_20241211_215057-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out The church has one of the biggest stone porches I have ever seen and it is open!! Gratefully we all clamber inside, relieved to be out of the wind and to have a seat for our lunch stop. Marvellous! After consuming our packed lunches and refreshments and enjoyed a nice sit down, we prepare to return to the wild world beyond the porch! There has been a Church on the present site for almost 900 years, but Holy Trinity Church was substantially rebuilt in the early/mid 1500's with a capacity of about 100. The church is open during daylight hours and is enjoyed by many visitors, especially the Cotswold Way walkers including us! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d3dc18c8-c1d0-479f-9d62-fee7537ad1c7/processed_20241211_215223-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out We leave the churchyard and follow a walled path down to Hyde’s Lane, turning right. Along Hyde’s Lane we pass the wonderful Grade I listed Cold Ashton Manor House. The Manor House was thought to have been built in 1629 for John Gunning, the then Mayor of Bristol, although earlier origins have been suggested. Cold Ashton is ancient. It is mentioned in the Doomsday Book and is the site of two round barrows known as Robin Hoods butts. By the mid 19th century the population was as high as 600. It is also the starting point for The Limestone Link, which is a route of 38 miles joining the limestone of the Cotswolds to that of the Mendip Hills. It is a connecting route between the Cotswold Way at Cold Ashton and the West Mendip Way at Shipham. Between the two, the route passes through the valleys and villages south of Bath. Might be another challenge route in the future! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/357584f4-a1d1-4dd2-9a18-0090a06969c1/processed_20241211_215349-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out We leave the village passing the village hall (good car park available to walkers!) and bear left descending down towards the busy A46 keeping straight ahead after crossing the road. We follow Greenway Lane, slowly descending. We pass Special Plants, which is a garden, nursery and online seed shop run by Derry Watkins near Bath in Southwest England. The site was purchased in 1996 as a derelict barn surrounded by muddy fields, and has since been converted into a thriving garden, home and business. You can visit the specialist nursery and garden that grows and sells unusual plants from all over the world including an amazing range of hardy herbaceous and rockery plants as well as many tender perennials for terrace and conservatory. Derry also teaches one day gardening courses at the nursery and lectures extensively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/25179e8d-edc1-4a5b-8808-d0e2f88ad944/processed_20241211_215623-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out We continue downhill and pass Hill Farm, where there is a B&B, we turn right on the path and then left down a lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/58c1db83-7ca8-4d54-b064-79a4b73290a3/processed_20241211_215741-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Crossing over a small bridge we turn right and begin to climb through fields, we knew what went down would eventually have to go back up again! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4b8f8f1e-372f-44d0-abe1-0f8717cb37cf/processed_20241211_215926-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out However the view from the top of the climb is well worth it! The Cotswold Way weaves its way through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9b12ec95-a8eb-45b9-8761-badf3c7db8fb/processed_20241211_220330-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out This slightly muddy path leads to the site of the Battle of Lansdown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/161267a6-48a5-4a50-bbe1-fa8cf394d52c/processed_20241211_220819-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Last stile of the day. “The battle of Lansdown Hill was fought between the armies of Sir William Waller and Sir Ralph Hopton on 5th July 1643. By late May 1643 Waller's army, based around Bath, was Parliament's main defence against the advance out of the South West of the royalist army under Hopton. After several probing moves to the south and east of the city, the two forces finally engaged on the 5th July. Waller had taken a commanding position on Lansdown Hill. He sent troops forward to skirmish with the royalist cavalry detachments and finally forced the royalists to deploy and then to engage. After initial success on Tog Hill, a mile or more to the north, his forces were eventually forced to retreat. Now Hopton took the initiative and made direct and flanking attacks up the steep slopes of Lansdown Hill. Despite heavy losses amongst the regiments of horse and foot in the centre, under musket and artillery fire, the royalists finally gained a foothold on the scarp edge. Repeated cavalry charges failed to dislodge them and Waller was finally forced to retire, as he was outflanked by attacks through the woods on either side. He retreated a few hundred yards to the cover of a wall across the narrowest point of the plateau. As darkness fell the fire-fight continued. Neither army would move from the cover they had found and both armies contemplated retreat. Late that night, under the cover of darkness, it was the parliamentarians who abandoned their position. Though the royalists were left in control of the field and of Bath, they had bought the ground at a high cost. Waller in contrast had lost very few killed or wounded and was ready to fight another day.” From The Battlefields Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fe71de9d-5a10-484b-82da-0ef868e56652/processed_PXL_20241208_142912618.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out Norbert needs assistance to stay upright today! An interpretation scheme was implemented on part of the Lansdown battlefield in 2003. It is associated with the Cotswold Way, which traverses the northern edge of the Lansdown plateau. There are a series of 10 metal markers (orange coloured ‘standards’ on blue poles) that mark the trail along the edge of the scarp. There are also four interpretation panels: two beside road near the Grenvile monument; another on the summit at the west end of Hanging Hill and one at the eastern edge of the scarp. Two small plaques have also been erected by English Heritage at the monument which give a few words about the battle, Grenvile and the construction of the monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/be760789-e9bd-4d59-abbf-0b387709f0ca/processed_20241211_221103-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out This section of the walk today was absolutely freezing! It runs alongside Freezinghill Lane, high and exposed, there is little shelter from the elements in any direction! Freezinghill Lane is famous amongst local residents for many things, not just for being one of the highest points between the cities of Bristol and Bath. On Freezinghill lies a landmark, known locally as the ‘Caterpillar.’ The Caterpillar landmark comprises a defined line of fifty-plus beech trees, which make quite a visual statement. The trees were planted hundreds of years ago, although the gardener and their reasons have been lost to history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f75cd4ed-24f4-492e-a8e4-803f75f54163/processed_20241211_221326-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out We reach Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument which was erected in the 18th century to commemorate the Royalist commander and his Cornish pikemen who fought at the Battle of Lansdown, 1643. Standing 7.6 metres (25 feet) high, it carries an inscription on the south side describing the battle and two poems on the north side (unfortunately these are in a state of disrepair with parts of the facade falling off). There is a griffin bearing the Grenville coat of arms on the top. As a piece of architecture, it is typical of the flamboyant style known as English Baroque. Trees have grown up around the monument, which would once have commanded a fine view over the valley below. It is difficult today to imagine the horror of the Civil War battle that took place on this spot. We decide to pause just beyond here to do our post-walk stretches as it’s slightly sheltered and not right next to the busy road! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f7d3ef01-6379-487c-9a31-16ce4fcaf451/processed_PXL_20241208_145021560.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way : Leg 15 (the penultimate one) - Make it stand out End of today’s leg, still all wrapped up against the elements! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-14 monthly 0.5 2024-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/de616107-4dcd-44f7-8323-5eb4680452d6/processed_20241031_075012-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Our route today on actual maps, for some reason I couldn’t upload the OS digital screenshot-technology eh! We meet shortly before 10am near the Cotswold View Caravan and Motorhome Club CL site, not far from Dyrham Park park up and jump into two cars to drive to Horton where this leg begins. Turning right onto the A46 is a bit of a nightmare (traffic is very fast here) so we turn left and turn round in a lane and double back on ourselves, crossing the M4 at Junction 18 and turning off the A46 towards Horton, we come up behind horses on narrow lanes with little chance of passing them, finally passing them and shortly coming up behind another rider! We make it to Horton and park up by the school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/24c11c88-0753-4652-b44c-cdd45cb580af/processed_PXL_20241027_101653889.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Happy, smiley Nordic walkers at the start by Horton School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ac2c5f34-863e-41a1-bb87-2d6c78a88186/processed_20241031_070656-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Leaving the school behind us we walked to the main road by the village and turned right along it, very soon we crossed over the road down a shared driveway and on a path through tall coniferous hedges. This lead to our first stile of the day (first of many, but more on that later!) So far pleasant walking on lovely wide paths and little mud, the sun is shining and there are blue skies! We reach the top of a hill and pause a moment to take in the glorious autumnal view. The path goes down the hill and up the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1a19e60f-1084-4755-a9fb-1ff20e7166b8/processed_20241031_070844-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out We continue walking through the farmland between Horton and Little Sodbury, enjoying the opportunity to push our poles on the wider stretches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f49b6064-f6c4-4ac0-a316-092379afeb8d/processed_20241031_071035-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out We reach Little Sodbury and cross over a junction, turning left to walk uphill past St Adeline’s Church, which is the only church in the UK named after St Adeline (an Abbess of the Benedictine order who died in 1125). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/65fc0f8c-f0f3-4fe0-992d-4dfb30eb3ca0/processed_20241031_071242-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Continuing up the road, we were treated to a lovely surprise of a passing Morris Minor Owners Club Halloween themed run (see video below) we then turn left off the road onto a well-marked footpath leading into a small woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/379f0cde-a270-40aa-b477-ddd6c460d19e/processed_20241031_071406-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out The beautiful beech woodland leads us out onto Woodcock Farm, home to Little Sodbury Hill Fort which is an impressive Bronze to Iron age encampment atop the Cotswold Ridge. The fort is approx. 9.5 Ha in size and is roughly rectangular made up of a widely spaced double set of ditches and ramparts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3dbee5c0-9758-4dd8-a175-510008632d2e/processed_20241031_071600-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out I think this may be the most impressive hill forts I have ever walked through! There are some rather more aesthetically pleasing kissing gates in these parts too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e22361a7-83cf-45d5-91e3-2347f8047871/processed_PXL_20241027_110600582.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Good views from up here on the Cotswold escarpment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dd8cfa0b-da8b-49fd-989b-a172cac6c3ba/processed_20241031_071754-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out A corridor of a path leads us past a school and we cross the road to enter the grounds of the Norman Church of St Johns. We go through the lych gate at the entrance to the churchyard which was added as a memorial to honour those who lost their lives during the First World War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2da28411-bafd-4dc8-a97d-8a7e57fd1b4d/processed_20241031_072003-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out St John’s was built on a knoll and there are magnificent views across the vale of Sodbury, the clock is of particular interest as it is over 130 years old. It was installed in the tower in 1887 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. We decide to pause here along with several other walkers to have a drink and a snack, all the benches are taken so we gather around a stone which has the topograph atop it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7e5ddbcb-4ec7-4585-9be3-1d9cea871fab/processed_PXL_20241027_112242618.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Norbert is back in the limelight adorning the topograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9ee16fd3-da91-48c9-aa50-e65b108632a9/processed_20241031_072207-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Views a plenty across the Severn Vale from up by the church before we descend slowly down the hill towards farm buildings and Old Sodbury centre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d3972e8f-0723-48c1-8cfe-bf5110de95c3/processed_20241031_072353-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Opposite the Dog Inn in Old Sodbury there is a Jubilee monument from 1897 celebrating 60 years of reign of Queen Victoria. It consists of an Ionic column with a crown on the top. We leave Old Sodbury by road passing through houses until we turn off to continue through farmland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/16172883-6dfd-4372-bc97-622cc071d773/processed_20241031_072535-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out We continue until we hit another road near Coomb’s End where we have a short walk down the road before turning into Doddington Park, a well-preserved landscape park with designs by Capability Brown, c 1764. Dodington Park comprises some 240ha on the west-facing slopes of the southern Cotswolds and is now owned by Sir James Dyson. It is stunning parkland to walk through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7e3c2f6f-9e29-4b20-aace-b8006fae1f6a/processed_20241031_072640-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out We are still enjoying gorgeous weather, I love the way the shadows form beyond the clumps of trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bceda3f2-91a2-439c-9d9b-db7f36b6560a/processed_20241031_072956-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out I couldn’t pass up the photographic opportunities that this bridge afforded me. Some of our amazing Nordic Walkers, several of us in short sleeves in late October. Once we reach the end of Dodington Park we have to cross the busy A46 and then climb a stile on the other side, the first of many on this particular stretch of the walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/58463501-96e9-47f8-b952-267913b960a1/processed_20241031_073226-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Just 17 miles along the Cotswold Way from here to our final destination in Bath, despite the old sign saying it’s 10! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c9cc74c8-7e6b-4eb1-93e9-1c106b578d67/processed_20241031_073418-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Lots of lovely old stone stiles to practice clambering over and releasing our poles, allegedly good for our hips! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8d95f1a5-3a10-4ae1-bac7-4d8b5120b2a4/processed_20241031_073621-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out We reach the village of Tormarton and wonder if the churchyard might be a good place to stop for lunch. At the end of the churchyard we discover three benches which are perfect for us to stop and have our packed lunches. St Mary Magdelene Church is Grade 1 listed and dates back to before the Norman Conquest. It is a beautiful small church, seating about 110 people and noted for its Norman arch and stained glass windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/38280b3b-74c9-46ef-ba3a-32f5c4f7340f/processed_20241031_073758-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out Leaving the churchyard we turn left down the road and turn left again when we reach the junction. We are heading in the direction of the M4 crossing, I glance right as we go around a bend in the road to spot these chickens happily roosting in a tree! We also pass this old water fountain which is dated 1855 and was erected by Charlotte Anderson for the inhabitants of the village. She was the wife of the Rector of Tormarton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9e44a7ee-eb12-47b8-8116-ba2cc23d7f68/processed_20241031_073958-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out We cross over the busy M4 via a roadbridge and take a turn to the right, going through a farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/beddb350-64bf-4674-82aa-17954a2b9b5b/processed_20241031_074103-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out From the farm we follow The Cotswold Way across farmland with tractors going about their ploughing alongside us. We are also walking adjacent to a very smart looking drystone wall! We come to a junction of paths where the Cotswold Way has been diverted due to persistent and indecent antisocial behaviour on the original route, so we turn left and head across the last field for today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/16fc50fe-54ce-46eb-b74b-fed0bb9184e0/processed_20241031_084404-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 14 - Make it stand out At the finish point for today, what a lovely Nordic walk with great company. We’ll be back here next month, I hope the weather is just as nice then! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-13-the-one-where-norbert-got-left-behind monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0d0be0e1-c9c2-4fc1-a758-88e5ae201661/Screenshot_20241001-203407.png The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) Our route today We met at Horton just before 10am and jumped in two cars to drive the 20 minutes to the start in Wortley. Unfortunately there was only one parking space by Elmtree Farm, so one car returns to the main road in Wortley which adds a little delay to our start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fdd27a85-661e-450d-b381-905b5a24017d/processed_PXL_20240929_092703395.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Our lovely Nordic walkers today, but someone is missing...I have just realised Norbert has been left behind! Finally all gathered together at the start, it's a bit on the chilly side, so the gloves and warmer tops are on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7cc422fe-a4e9-4bf8-965b-0e9d824868fc/processed_20241001_171840-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out The path starts diagonally across a field and is beautifully mown so it is really obvious where we need to go. They have also planted a wild flower meadow in the next field at some point, although it's completely the wrong time of year to see it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/093832cb-35b2-4754-96d0-290d865b8d22/processed_20241001_171921-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out We carry on straight through the edge of a woodland which has a stream running alongside our path, it's a lovely sound as the water trickles along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5f014e37-9377-4889-9a97-0c7b69a2eda1/processed_20241001_172019-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out I'd hazard a guess that this National Trail marker has been here a while! There's a few 'waterfalls' where the water arrives in the stream from higher ground and the path is turning into a bit of a foliage tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ad8d69f7-1305-419d-a8fe-e4e5db90a905/processed_20241001_172201-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out There's light at the end of the tunnel and it leads to Alderley. We turn onto a lane and pass a gorgeous patch of cyclamen flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/395753c6-5aac-47ed-a0df-c278edca0c17/processed_20241001_172249-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Wide-ranging views across the fields as we walk, lovely paths through Alderley and onwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4292d7d9-d221-4d89-a780-27d6c89d096f/processed_20241001_172346-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out One of the fields we are walking alongside has these stunning English Longhorn cattle grazing and lazing around and the biggest Aberdeen Angus bull I've ever seen! He was a beast! Glad they were behind a fence! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/51c03904-9863-4514-80d7-351396d3321d/processed_20241001_172613-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out The sun pokes it's head out from behind the dense layer of cloud occasionally and it really is very pleasant walking these wide paths strewn with the beginnings of the Autumnal leaf litter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d832221e-f17e-4b45-9506-454ecc7f1bde/processed_20241001_172715-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Gentle paths through still quite green trees and plants, but most of the blackberries we pass are already hard as bullets! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/65dba9ee-e420-467e-a458-1ef66e52b633/processed_20241001_172951-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out We cross paths with the Monarch's Way which is a 625 mile long-distance footpath that approximates the escape route taken by King Charles II in 1651 after defeat by Cromwell. We continue along a lane, which leads to a muddier path and onto another lane as we head towards Lower Kilcott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4e09196a-484f-45a6-bc4f-3ee590298b19/processed_20241001_173125-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Lower Kilcott has a brook running alongside the lane we are walking on passing cottages and a farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9755ee16-32f5-4025-90aa-c80bcbd96c95/processed_20241001_173224-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out The Cotswold Way passes stunning cottages, the one behind the bridge in the top pic is called Bridge Cottage! One of our Nordic walkers used to live in Stream Cottage (lower left hand pic) The Cotswold Way leaves the lane and turns up a hilly path so we decide to pause for a snack by the gate and one of our walkers finds a handy nail in the gate to hang her rucksack on (no soggy bottom). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a99f4fc4-db67-464f-804c-999e70278069/processed_20241001_173410-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out The path uphill is very stony and tricky to navigate in a few places and at the bottom it looked quite steep, but actually levels out quite quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a5bbd094-772d-4aa2-a365-63dc05da9b1c/processed_20241001_173554-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Running water has been washing the path away in places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/75d18a6e-06a4-47c9-86a3-53eb438b891a/processed_20241001_173643-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out At the top of the path some of us pause for a comfort break and then we continue on towards the Somerset Monument. The paths here are grassy or wide and easy for Nordic Walking and so we try to up the pace where we can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b42acdac-eff5-4bf6-b673-2d30e2bfd62e/processed_20241001_173815-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out The Somerset Monument was erected in 1846 in memory of General Lord Robert Somerset, a British soldier who fought at the battle of Waterloo. The stone tower is more than 30 metres tall, unfortunately this Monument has been allowed to fall into disrepair and you can no longer climb to the top where there is a viewing platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/66056017-01a6-4c62-8f99-954a1ef3aaea/processed_20241001_173920-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out We reach the outskirts of Hawkesbury Upton and the Cotswold Way takes a right turn past a boggy pond area and a very posh looking field gate! We have passed signs for Starveall and it got me thinking about place names, how and what does it mean? After a bit of research it turns out the name Starveall is a common and possibly humorous description in central southern England for land of poor fertility and means what it says - the land was poor and so didn't feed the locals - ie it starved all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9ec2f3e8-7233-40ae-a05f-56f6fbda6894/processed_20241001_174031-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out We turn left onto this wonderful wide gravelly path between hedges, which is great until the left-hand hedge runs out and we are exposed to a really chilly and strong wind - I end up with an ice-cream head! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6359d865-607d-4939-be98-561bf24475a4/processed_20241001_174135-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Once we reach a slightly more sheltered area with a wide grassy path we stop for a lunch break, there's some chatter about "once we're down we may not get up again!" It's fine though as we do all manage to get up again after refuelling and resting! Once on our way again, it is possible some of us might have felt a few rain drops, but were shushed after mentioning it so as not to invoke proper rainfall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0690086e-2987-43cb-aca8-a8e137e0b4b0/processed_20241001_174328-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out More grassy paths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/68094514-bc45-4df6-9fc0-56a4ffea35fe/processed_20241001_174443-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out We pass through a woodland near Horton Court which has some stunning ancient trees in it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a77c5488-b625-4b08-af87-f1281de76860/processed_20241001_174645-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out After saying I hadn't seen much fungi, I spot these and a couple of other different clumps of mushrooms on my way through this patch of woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/05568cdb-5452-4dcc-9349-ab7650f00845/processed_20241001_174811-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out We come out onto a fairly high area which has a couple of benches, so we pause to sit and take in the view, which is very clear today. We reckon we can see across to the peaks of the Black Mountains in the distance. Shortly beyond here we pass diagonally through the grassy banks of the Iron-age Horton Camp hillfort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/57c83478-c0f1-4dac-9109-88973ba31f02/processed_20241001_175003-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out We descend on a grassy path down towards the Millennium Folly on Horton Hill, the tower was built in 2000 here on the Cotswold escarpment, just below the Iron Age hillfort of Horton Camp, as a millennium project to provide nesting places for swallows and barn owls. It's called Swallows and Owls House. I think it looks like Rapunzels tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4eb03d16-c410-4190-9d24-1b5994c04417/processed_20241001_175142-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Continuing to descend towards Horton, the path is a bit slippy in a few places and unfortunately one of our walkers looses her footing and falls, thankfully she was ok. We pass this little nook that had a couple of benches carved out of logs and we soon arrive back at the school where our cars are parked. Stretches are completed and our end photo taken. We head home - some of us via the start to collect our cars! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/230b9cf0-1018-4d20-8a56-bfa5bf13ab0d/processed_PXL_20240929_125346203.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out Finished! At the end of todays leg with our flag! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9e92dce2-e63f-4251-b854-33f12624b2d9/processed_20241001_175349-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 13 (the one where Norbert got left behind) - Make it stand out On our way home we pass this lovingly knitted creation in the village of Alderley, shame we didn't pass it on foot earlier! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-12 monthly 0.5 2024-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e86dff1d-8755-4ec5-92cd-d9bb05803df4/Screenshot_20240828-210854%7E2.png The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 Our route today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/215b849d-271a-4a6f-a9c7-f10d5066952c/processed_PXL_20240818_091907083.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out After meeting at the finish in Wortley, we shared lifts to the start in North Nibley and gathered in the sunshine outside the pub ready to start our twelfth leg. There were lots of other walkers and groups around this time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/33aaefab-35af-4d35-9e59-2ebc4f22fe2a/processed_20240828_172559-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out This leg starts by the bus top in the centre of North Nibley and we head up the B4060 road a little before turning right onto the bridleway leading up to the Tyndale monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a3278ced-1b36-475a-b707-bbbf1dcb5315/processed_20240828_172657-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out The route up to the Tyndale Monument is through gorgeous Beech woodland and winds steeply up, which necessitates pausing to get our heart rates back to normal. Pushing through with our poles helps enourmously! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/92d3e2e9-bd68-48ae-b5d5-53400358d826/processed_20240828_172928-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out What beautiful views we reach when we summit the hill and walk towards the monument. The Tyndale Monument was built in 1866 on Nibley Knoll, it commemorates the writer, William Tyndale (he may have lived nearby) He translated the New Testament into English in 1525. In 1536 he was martyred in Flanders. The Grade II listed tower is 34 metres tall and there is a spiral staircase of 121 steps which leads to the top with views across the Severn Estuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/685274a7-1129-4a4c-947e-42410bf8b27a/processed_20240828_173042-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out From the monument we continue around the top of the hill. The views from the top of Nibley Knoll are incredible and Norbert finds himself a very simplistic Topograph explaining what you can see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b7b080be-a7fe-40cf-a1bf-27aa430cca16/processed_20240828_173155-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out We begin our descent down from Nibley Knoll through more shady woodland and field edges before coming out to an open area with more great views across to Wotton-under-Edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/303b620c-8151-4a14-9d8e-ec08032ab30d/processed_20240828_173326-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Ahead of us on Wotton Hill is a small copse of trees enclosed by a wall, which has an extensive history! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/52cfd977-6527-42fa-831c-77e676cee7e9/processed_20240828_173427-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Great views across surrounding countryside and a plaque explaining the copse of trees significance. Originally planted in 1815 to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo those trees were subsequently used for a bonfire, more trees were planted in 1887 to celebrate the Jubilee of the late Queen Victoria and the current trees were interplanted in 1952, the plaque itself was renewed on the Queens Jubilee in 2022. Talk about getting your moneys worth! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6d547237-457d-4af1-bfca-be35e62c2463/processed_20240828_182424-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Continuing downhill towards Wotton-under-Edge. We reach the B4060, taking a left we carefully cross the road to reach Bradley Street and walk on down into Wotton-under-Edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/23165883-d204-46fd-97ee-b75e40dd4701/processed_20240828_173659-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out The historic town of Wotton-under-Edge sits within the Cotswolds Area of Natural Beauty, in the undiscovered south Cotswolds. The ‘edge’ refers to the Cotswold escarpment, under which the town nestles, overlooking the Severn valley. The Cotswold Way winds its way through the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/194ef8d4-0c1b-462a-a428-f53b703b9014/processed_20240828_173830-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Norbert finds himself some friends in a shop window, there's some interesting individual shops here, beautiful Cotswold buildings and stunning hanging baskets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/103dec7e-824c-4416-883d-41433414e6bb/processed_20240828_174013-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Perry and Dawes Almshouses and Chapel. The oldest parts of these Almshouses, fronting Church Street and the Chapel were built in 1638. Funded by a legacy in the will of Hugh Perry (1630), an Alderman and Mercer of the City of London who died in 1634. Another local benefactor, Thomas Dawes, left property for the benefit of the poor of the town which, following agreement and confirmation by a decree in Chancery in 1722, was sold and used to lease a site, ‘for a hospital for six poor people or families.’ The buildings have been extensively refurbished and renovated over the years and now provide nine apartments over Ground and First Floors, mainly for single occupation. They are unfurnished dwellings which have been designed with the needs of older people. The Trustees give preference to those applicants living in the Parish and who have family nearby to give support in an emergency. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2f46c805-0139-4360-99bd-3467dddbb0c5/processed_20240828_174124-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out We continue on Church street to reach the church of St Mary the Virgin and pass through the well kept grounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bc683a0d-3231-4cd9-9f33-6c18968e16ad/processed_20240828_174224-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out We paused here by a handy bench for a snack and that pause enabled an appreciation of the beautiful surroundings including the elaborate clock on the side of the church and a short time to lap up the warm sunshine. One of the oldest churches in this area, St Mary's was consecrated on 19 August 1283 by Bishop of Worcester, Godfrey Giffard. It is believed that most of the church as it is today was completed in 1325. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/83c3ee80-7078-441c-8c15-a5f9f6052ef4/processed_20240828_174254-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Leaving the church grounds we turn right and follow the road until we shortly turn right onto Valley Road, following the footpath we then take the left fork to walk alongside a small stream, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/91f45220-c3d7-40c4-a4c8-df26860cbf3e/processed_20240828_174333-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out We pass a picnic area and immediately turn right onto a lane quickly turning left onto another path, here we continue on paths and lanes which climb quite steeply, this comes out onto another lane where we turn right to continue climbing up Blackquarries Hill. The Cotswold Way path then turns sharp right along a track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f9c7cd81-b389-463d-bde4-56ef7683e6f5/processed_20240828_174402-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Views across Blackquarries Hill where we decide to stop for our lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3ca608be-f49d-4c7d-b74a-ce563ee95a05/processed_20240828_174450-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out A well-earned rest before setting off again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4b0537f9-deaa-45c1-a6b3-9bec5692237e/processed_20240828_174518-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out We continue around the hill top and then begin to descend down a wide stony track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e3474e57-9e4f-49e8-90c4-be9fb7372ed5/processed_20240828_174604-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out This turns into a much narrower, steeper rocky path which looks like a river runs through and down it in the winter months! Tricky to navigate in some places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4cdc72c0-20b9-4862-8800-ec5cbd0c1a02/processed_20240828_174715-COLLAGE.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Walking down Wortley Hill where the banks are really steep, we're not sure what the trees are rooted to! The path eventually widens out and we can see our cars ready and waiting for us, by Elmtree Farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9cba5b30-cc8b-4357-a8c1-d9deab02c87f/processed_PXL_20240818_123610894.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 12 - Make it stand out Happy Nordic Walkers at the finish for today! Fantastic day. Only 4 more legs to go now! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-11 monthly 0.5 2024-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5dccc717-2216-4009-8f4c-82abaed3f2e3/Screenshot_20240723_130000_OS+Maps.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Our route today. Our route today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/13523f44-b258-40ff-9222-5d781638f435/processed_20240728_092737.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out A select Cotswold Way crew and Norbert at Cam Peak car park, our starting point today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c8588ef9-0dee-46f9-86b8-0c3746f2c22c/processed_20240730_151830.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/83da617f-ebb3-4218-b3ab-8b0bb72b6d4a/processed_20240730_151919.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Shortly after we turned right and went through a gate to continue along the side of a field, passing Chestal House with its impressive chimneys! Taking another right hand turn and we descend down a lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/401bc247-3c3a-41cf-beff-4567e58a6289/processed_20240728_094824.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 Passing some of the specimen trees nearby Chestal House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1337584d-d829-474c-9a76-73086e1b60a2/processed_20240730_152022.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out The large Jacobean Country Chestal House, built in 1848 for James Phelps, Grade II listed. Limestone with a Welsh slate roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d47fcc8f-0903-4cf2-a15d-b3662bac4e90/processed_20240728_100017.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out At the bottom of the lane we pass this impressive lodge house, gives us an insight into the grand nature of the Chestal estate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4090c579-b519-4aab-93a4-ca18d0ade2c4/processed_20240730_152139.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out We turned left into Long Street and pass another Grade II listed building - The Priory was formerly the headquarters of R.A. Lister who made agricultural implements amongst other things. We walk along to the centre of Dursley and cross the road opposite the market house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f4c533ae-f500-4493-923c-ce49d35e34ad/processed_20240730_152357.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Dursley is an ancient parish and market town in Gloucestershire, it sits at the base of the steep Stinchcombe Hill. The market house was built about the year 1738; and has, at its east end, a statue of Queen Anne. The church is later English, beautifully decorated; has a handsome modern Gothic tower at the west end; and includes a chantry-chapel erected, in the time of Henry VI. Towns like Dursley always have interesting buildings and some have grandiose roots! Always look up, you never know what you might see! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2145a8f0-70b1-4832-b128-27851760be76/processed_20240730_152519.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out I love these famous paintings that have been painted onto the glass window and frames! We continue through Dursley town centre on Parsonage Street and turn left onto May Lane, passing a very modern Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/29449371-37e1-42e2-9ab6-06659c4c3889/processed_20240730_152634.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out These green metal objects are from the Lister manufacturing company and the high street is littered with various shaped objects to remember the heritage of engineering in the town. The library on May Lane was built in 2006 and replaced the original one built in 1936. We stop for a comfort break at the very clean public toilets in the corner of the May Lane car park before attempting the start of the climb up Stinchcombe Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fe79981a-b981-4568-81ff-c15e9b16ce97/processed_20240730_152748.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out The very aptly named Hill Road is the real start of the incline up the road and then climbing further on a shady path through a beech woodland. Pauses to get our breath back were needed before we reached the golf club at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9e1132bc-cf2c-4d4d-893b-c47f4cd053d1/processed_20240730_152815.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out We took the long route that goes around the fringes of Stinchcombe Golf Club as I remember the stunning views from a previous walk! The paths weave in and out of the woodland and a close eye on those acorns is needed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8454f159-da0b-488d-8f63-908e6abe01af/processed_20240728_105953.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Stunning views across to the Severn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8ca6f41e-663e-4b0a-bb95-b418284b82e0/processed_20240730_153149.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out This shelter was erected in memory of Sir Stanley Tubbs who gifted the land on Stinchcombe Hill to the public for ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4ae82fd5-cee2-4fdc-948d-2eebd65f57a1/processed_20240728_113044.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Pausing to admire the views from the shelter, we could see both Severn crossing bridges and we think we can see the Sugar Loaf in Wales in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/26791e96-97c7-4333-a620-11e7268a1844/processed_20240730_153329.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Still going around the golf club we come to a trig point and of course Norbert couldn’t resist some time in the spotlight! You can just about see the Tyndale monument in the distance. There’s also a nice clear topograph slightly further on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cc25bbee-24cc-477d-86da-75a41291234f/processed_20240730_153403.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out We reach another memorial to Stanley Tubbs, this time it’s a lovely bench! This is Drakestone Point which has amazing views across the Severn Vale. Here the Cotswold Way takes a sharp left and heads slightly downhill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f434d078-a491-4782-b890-8390536e79bc/processed_20240730_153432.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out A memorial bench to Dr Nicholas Reynolds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/db938239-64d1-4c28-b988-506846013a9e/processed_20240730_153513.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Cinnabar moths were prolific along this part of Stinchcombe Hill. We reach a junction and allow a large group of ramblers to pass us before turning right into the trees and a path that descends steeply. I think this is the first purple Cotswold Way marker we have seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e6965624-07dd-40fe-8946-084f314d1fab/processed_20240730_153538.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out The path turns left and crosses a lovely wooden bridge, over the bridge there’s a lot of sheep bleating loudly which is followed by a man shouting and waving what looks like a tree branch at something, We could only see glimpses through the trees, but he wasn’t a happy man! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bf27b8b0-c455-4f5e-8927-a8d175fcc5d4/processed_20240730_153813.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Shortly afterwards we go through a gate and emerge from the trees to a traditional English pastoral scene. The house in the distance is Stancombe Park, a 19th century country estate. I always take lots of photos and usually take a couple of different shots of the same scene to see what looks best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ac9ad4af-d942-4e41-8b50-e30e38b424db/processed_20240730_153830.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out The field is quite exposed and we can feel the warmth of the sun as we walk along the slightly uncomfortable camber of this footpath. The Tyndale monument looms in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/421f17b2-3988-4a09-babe-f154b188b4ff/processed_20240730_153946.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out We turn left down Park Lane and soon turn right through a much more lush green field heading descending downhill slowly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ca708c0b-2670-45f7-8cc7-7dd0272183b6/processed_20240730_154054.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Going through a gate we reach another lane and turn right, here there is a house where they have kindly put out a water tap for passing walkers. This is very much appreciated on this warm day! We follow the lane past some more houses and reach a junction with the B4060. Crossing the road we continue you uphill on a gravelly track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b552dc07-23bb-4f75-8544-349b846eb64f/processed_20240730_154127.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Thankfully this track is in between trees and there is relief from the sunshine. We pass an old Dryads Saddle Fungi and a heart shaped tree stump which it looks like someone has drawn a face on! Stopping to wait by a gate where some pretty cattle were soaking up attention from another couple of walkers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/19e88476-67d0-46fe-93c9-3cb752a08df6/processed_20240730_154254.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out We reach the top of the track and come out onto a road passing an interesting (private) post box. The Tyndale Monument dominates the skyline above us here. At the end of this road we turn left and head down into North Nibley’s centre. There’s a garden here abundant with beautifully scented sweetpeas. I can’t resist a sniff! We soon reach The Black Horse Inn our destination for today, sweaty, hot and ready to go home! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fc07fd98-d258-48ef-b847-5484ef032d1b/processed_20240728_125230.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 11 - Make it stand out Norbert and the gang at the finish. https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-10 monthly 0.5 2024-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/47e7d7a3-6414-4545-856b-1d0f12870acb/Screenshot_20240615_113132_OS+Maps.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Our route today Our route today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a1e1c35a-b92e-4a93-b2ad-d0fd026a832d/processed_20240623_102637.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4067487c-051c-4739-a546-ed037b1115bf/processed_20240626_152329.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out It’s going to be a good year for blackberries, the bramble bushes are highly adorned with blooms and burgeoning fruit and promises of deliciousness come Autumn! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/db910766-e6e2-44d1-b9fe-aa65454fbee1/processed_20240626_152354.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out After the initial hill we are walking on field edges and paths that are beautifully solid with gentle undulations and views of the surrounding hills until we reach Middleyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3023adaf-6d84-4306-8468-74922b54b348/processed_20240626_152422.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a9e83fea-a6fd-469e-bf94-6f9e3711077b/processed_20240626_152501.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d249e32a-c920-454d-b309-2ce197eabaa9/processed_20240626_152538.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/46b565b2-d409-48fe-a6d3-c962ff3b0d5b/processed_20240626_152557.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1be09638-af82-4876-9591-fe52385a1b3e/processed_20240626_152636.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/19967a74-81f7-4337-bd91-a1242b33500a/processed_20240626_152656.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1cc077aa-8c0a-49d3-8f3f-bb684349ff49/processed_20240626_152746.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f8118ea3-c8b6-472d-8cc2-30e98b9a1dd1/processed_20240626_152834.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Tash is on the hunt to spot a Bee Orchid this year, but no such luck here although we did spot plenty of Pyramidal Orchids, Ox-Eye Daisies, Buttercups, Yellow Rattle, Birds Trefoil, Dandelions and a new one to all of us – Sainfoin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1e71fda8-2274-4984-8ad8-7c4364ceeb88/processed_20240626_152856.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1c7c5fd5-a25b-4ace-94ac-e85c93a9ae8b/processed_20240626_152925.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/68f8c293-5f27-4030-bbfe-281cde94ae79/processed_20240626_153010.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/445ed874-6564-4974-883b-0857d415c496/processed_20240626_153042.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2baeb43a-13d9-49aa-8898-c85fc7c1761b/processed_20240626_153104.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8328c1af-d75e-4a2f-9df9-89e560cc2fc7/processed_20240626_153137.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f733ccea-d2fd-4294-a28c-0a9b1d2e368f/processed_20240626_153208.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d770c0b1-c1cb-411d-afcd-f437fb3dd986/processed_20240623_133812.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out The Severn River in the distance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4cec6156-ed2b-4361-8d4e-b4ccf73dc7f3/processed_20240623_132501.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out There are brief glimpses of the view outside the woodland in the gaps between the trees including one which looks like it should have a cable car attached to it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cf5de21c-b8e0-4078-bde2-8035624abe25/processed_20240626_153236.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 This stretch of the woodland has some really gorgeous glossy green Hart’s-tongue ferns along the paths looking their best as well as other native ferns and at times we’ve been able to grab a faint scent of the last remaining wild garlic leaves before they rot completely away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1878e8b0-d919-419d-a4bd-eb724caef849/processed_20240623_135327.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Cam Long Down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1fa1302d-b11b-44ca-bba9-01723f290c6c/processed_20240626_153325.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Yep folks, we are going up there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/96d17e3f-bf9d-4625-ae91-a51d389dbd3b/processed_20240626_153356.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2f68c98c-a457-4871-a6f5-dd3229ee718a/processed_20240626_153417.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Once at the top we are greeted by a magnificent sight of wildflowers, loads of Pyramidal Orchids and 360-degree views all around! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2ebd69f8-399e-4ee0-8228-7ae772a4c824/processed_20240626_153507.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Cam Long Down was originally part of the Cotswold Escarpment, but due to erosion became detached, but retains its long narrow shape due to a capping of lower inferior oolitic limestone. Interestingly Cam Long Down is owned by the people of Stroud district and voluntarily managed by a local group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c0ce6384-da74-41c8-bd55-8212c5530122/processed_20240623_143621.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Views! views https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3e593489-3d46-4c0e-bd46-6de3b516558f/processed_20240626_153547.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Norbert decides to have a closer look at the Pyramidal Orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c3cc7f48-2e96-4cc9-b7a0-ab313206c7b4/processed_20240623_144553.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out We spend a while enjoying the stunning views and having a closer look at the flora around us whilst slowly making our way along the grassy top and decide to have our end photo up here with our new Nordic Nomads flag, many thanks to the kind passing dog walker who offered to take a photo of all of us (no dodgy selfie today) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d3db9b8e-c60a-4a39-9aea-63ccf2587c5b/processed_20240623_144210.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 Views from Cam Long Down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9805eb18-bfb2-41e9-a918-5718a7ae8cc4/processed_20240626_153618.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out Continuing our way towards Cam Peak we leave the Cotswold Way path to return to the car park. Opening our cars up to release all the built-up heat of the day we stand in the car park to complete our post walk stretch routine and reflect on a good days walking! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/12661677-6382-48fe-8ba0-2986ddf664df/processed_20240626_153629.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 10 - Make it stand out More of Cam Peak in the next Leg! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-9 monthly 0.5 2024-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d931023b-670d-4508-a2dc-e55de9719f71/processed_20240525_221739.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out The map of our route from The Edgemoor Inn to Stanley Mills along The Cotswold Way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b068a379-91df-4f78-ba86-b0f676e363c6/processed_20240526_102237.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Five lovely Nordic Walkers (and Norbert of course) ready to set off on our adventure together! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/21e6afdf-48fd-462a-b76b-799a2d95c22b/processed_20240527_145241.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out We’re soon onto the Rudge Hill National Nature Reserve, which is grazed by cattle to allow the growth of rare orchids and other diverse flora and butterflies. We pass a way marker for a friendship trail twinned with one in Ontario, Canada, this 6 mile circular route is described as “A stile free walk that leads you along peaceful woodland tracks and out onto windswept hillsides with breath-taking views. A true jewel in the Cotswolds crown.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/161cee6a-a71e-4d69-b735-ef64182d15db/processed_20240527_145312.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out We spot several areas with Birds Foot Trefoil, Heath-Spotted Orchids and Common-Spotted Orchids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ed095c53-99b6-45ea-83a6-8060fa293a1f/processed_20240527_145454.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out The limestone grassland of Rudge Hill (or Edgemoor common as it was once known) positively encourages wild flowers and this area is known to host at least 25 different species at peak season. The common rock rose (top right) was a new one to me! After briefly admiring the views we descended down some craggy steps which needed careful navigating! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d04070c4-5733-462d-8d7c-bdc6f6a2c882/processed_20240527_145538.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Once down the steps safely we have to cross the fast A4173 and then we head into Maitland Wood which is owned by the National Trust, a beautiful Beech wood (My favourite) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8051ea80-5a44-4427-954e-6dd8ec58ea88/processed_20240527_145801.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out The path takes us through Stockend Wood (also NT) and Holiday’s Wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8e82b458-b699-4863-a8b4-5d2ba5deb739/processed_20240527_145717.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Through this section of woodland we spot what we ponder to be an opening to a possible cave? On closer inspection of the OS map it is where there are some disused pits, probably fenced off to keep curious folk safe from exploring them! As we slowly start to climb uphill there are opportunities to glimpse at glorious views through gaps in the vegetation! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/49257ad6-6873-42c0-bcae-ed204a5f6c4d/processed_20240527_145932.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out We emerge from the woodland and descend on a path beside a lane, after a few minutes we cross the road and turn up a path, passing this well, which upon further investigation is Cliff Well. Built in 1807 this impressive Victorian well house situated over a now capped well, is right on the Cotswold Way. One side has a trough, the other side is open. Old graffiti and carvings can be seen. Inside the wellhouse there is a new, waxing moon with "Cave Adest Nox" (Take Care that The Night is Here), and a sunburst with "Instat Dies Transiit Nox" (The Day Passed into Night). The inscription reads: +DEO GRATIAS Who'er the Bucketfull upwindeth, Let him bless God who Water findeth: Yet Water here but small availeth, Go seek that Well which never faileth. John c.4 v 14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/50326dd7-8317-42b0-827f-509c307f13d7/processed_20240527_150014.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out At the top of one climb we stumble across three slabs of stone under yew trees and unfortunately any inscription is now illegible. The guide book tells us it is the Cromwell Stone and on further investigation I find this information “This three-part stone memorial, beside the Cotswold Way through Cliff Wood, Haresfield, commemorates the lifting of the Siege of Gloucester on 5th September 1643. The original inscription has worn away but records show 'Siege of Gloucester, raised 5th September 1645'. There is an immediate contradiction in the date here and passers by may wonder 'why here on this quiet path miles from the city'. It started on 10th August 1643 and ended when Royalist forces lifted the siege, driven off in spite of their overwhelming numbers when Parliamentarian reinforcements were on their way from London.” There is an abundance of ferns throughout the woodland today! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1098f110-c5d7-401a-a5de-0950476ee291/processed_20240527_150122.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out This freaky doll awaits you as you come out of the woodland and turn left up a steep road! A short uphill on the road leads to more wild flower abundance as we climb to reach the entrance to the Haresfield Beacon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3ea2ac22-009b-418e-9bf7-f20ec8c17c04/processed_20240527_150325.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Reaching the Trig point on top of the Haresfield Beacon, it is busy up here as it is a Bank Holiday weekend! We manage to get Norbert’s portrait on one of his favourite objects, but he has to be held tight as it is so windy up here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6bed8dc0-17c9-4262-ae59-141d6eb1800e/processed_20240526_113609.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Gorgeous scenes at the top of Haresfield Beacon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/aa62c55c-10c1-4d8e-8b25-d0707d840845/processed_20240526_113834.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Gentle undulating scenery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3f9fd8ca-ecb8-44b5-ad85-02b1e8c2f634/processed_20240526_120709.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out The Cotswold Way path continues right along the edge of a beautiful ridge until it reaches this topograph map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9014bc11-e680-489e-9bf9-3d76851e84ec/processed_20240527_151527.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Nordic Walking on Haresfeld Beacon "Occupying a prominent position on three spurs on the Cotswold escarpment, there are views across the Severn estuary towards the Forest of Dean and Brecon Beacons. With its dramatic topography, intimate woodlands, extensive grasslands and exposed and wild promontory hill fort the estate offers a variety of contrasting experiences.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fcfd6cff-176c-4cac-b252-757f636d9fe2/processed_20240527_151841.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out From the topgraph map we don’t follow the ‘daisy path’ (top left) instead we take the path to the right that leads us past some very chilled cattle and on to Shortwood car park where there is a coffee van and lots of people enjoying their Bank Holiday Sunday! We walk through the car park and turn right through a gap in the wall leading into Standish Wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5c03253f-e478-4585-874e-2662674dc715/processed_20240527_151938.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Standish Wood (NT) has cycle tracks, many paths and Dragons apparently! It also has a lot of signs! “The wood has a long history as it originally formed part of the wood owned by Gloucester Abbey as far back as 1297 and in 1515 was recorded as providing 12 cartloads of beechwood a year. In 1842, records show it was owned by the lord of the manor with the National Trust buying it, plus Harefield Beacon, in 1931. Trees in the wood were cut down in 1914 to be turned into pit props for the UK’s army’s mining operations on the Front of World War One.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/32fc3c1e-2fdb-4c14-bf1e-56839082ff03/processed_20240527_152141.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out We came upon a tree trunk with coins hammered into it, this is known as a wish tree. These particular ones are known as 'coin trees' and can be found all over Britain. People hammer coins in and make a wish, usually for the end of an illness. The trees may be stumps or fallen, or sometimes living. Apparently the metal toxins may sometimes even be concentrated enough to kill the living trees. It seems to be a surprisingly recent phenomenon, the first examples of these being recorded in the early eighteenth century. I have seen them before and there’s another one we will pass on the next leg! We come across an area with a few options for a good lunch stop, a fallen tree trunk (without coins this time!) in the sunshine! So we decide to pause a while to replenish ourselves! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/35d54c05-8a17-493c-8601-aa62795d5158/processed_20240526_122155.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Looking down towards the Severn Estuary, we could just about make out one of the Severn Crossing bridges! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1565c4a3-608b-4a61-950a-e74788e1090f/processed_20240527_152303.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out After leaving our lunch spot we continue briefly through the woodland before emerging onto a lane and taking the marked path to the right. This leads us down to a beautiful stone stile and down some steps to a track. Brooding clouds in the distance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/65ffb961-f00f-4883-af74-4008062d36af/processed_20240527_152406.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Where we emerge onto a lane and almost immediately turn left over a stile, which takes us through this recently planted field of what looks like maize. Reaching another road we turn right ignoring the first footpath thanks to this handy sign and then turning left into another stunning landscape! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/051f1caa-b7fb-4763-b694-1171025d8a04/processed_20240527_152636.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out We’re heading downhill towards Stroud and the path passes this ancient oak which has a massive hole right through its trunk! It’s marked as a Faerie Tree on Google maps! The path leads us into a vineyard which is owned by Woodchester Valley Wines. We walk through the vineyard stepping through many iron squeeze-stiles which are hard to get the hang of, especially when encumbered with a rucksack! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/33999716-e4b7-442a-b6b8-2880c9263f25/processed_20240526_134645.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Traversing well-trodden paths through fields and past cattle who barely notice we were there. The skies were really threatening by this point! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4f4b22d5-4bcb-43ab-a62b-b41c0565f29e/processed_20240527_152806.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out We eventually descend to a bridge across the railway tracks, where it starts to spit with rain, we cross over and walk alongside some playing fields and then come to the B4008 near Stonehouse. Here the rain has become heavier and more persistent so we stop to don our waterproof coats, continuing we walk along the roadside until we get to a small roundabout. There we cross over to take the lane that leads to the Stroudwater Navigation Canal, crossing over the bridge and keeping straight ahead until we then reach the A419 and have to wait for the crossing to light up green. We pass some other walkers with massive rucksacks! We then head up Ryeford Road South, passing the burger van in the lay-by and up past Stanley Mills to return to our cars. Stretches are completed and some of us decide to head to a recommended local cafe for a post-walk brew! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/384a78cf-3c69-409b-9bf7-bf22bc79b6e7/processed_20240526_142203.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - Make it stand out Finished Leg 9! Still smiling despite the shower! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/471f010a-5401-42af-a2eb-270d2837dfbd/processed_20240526_151607.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 9 - By the time we reach The Rest, the sun is back out! Highly recommended as it welcomes walkers and has a big car park! Also the cakes are lush! You can find it at: The Rest, Court Farm, Broad Street, King’s Stanley, Stonehouse, GL10 3QN https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/r72lzpa3j1wuvf71q01gdnsmjp8tbt monthly 0.5 2024-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dbbb3f0f-a351-4fae-9223-022f37a2875d/20240427_172516.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Our route today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/aa763efc-8747-4755-a975-cb6424cdfc1a/processed_20240428_102823.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Starting at the bottom of Cheese Roll Hill on Cooper’s Hill, Gloucestershire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c41fb2ee-5115-42ed-a518-c6b5602de9ee/processed_20240430_142356.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Imagine throwing yourself down this hill chasing a cheese! It was a lot steeper than it looks in the photo! We all needed a bit of a breather to recover from the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6368060c-a86e-4b93-87eb-2ce63002ae7b/processed_20240430_142445.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Nice view despite the murky weather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c5767ef2-a024-4c4d-af28-f08ee4269d01/processed_20240430_142611.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Nordic Walking through beautiful beech woods with a carpet of bluebells and wild garlic scenting the air, good for the soul! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4ff64366-f283-4209-8375-8febeadf0b21/processed_20240430_142531.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Most of the first part of the route today is on undulating paths through beautiful scenery, beech woodland features highly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4242ded3-4899-445f-aa04-a947c86cd421/processed_20240430_142652.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Wood Melick in Buckholt Wood (top left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b767c977-e191-48dc-a55b-a3c894bc3280/processed_20240430_142743.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out After crossing the A46 we pause for a snack and discover a fungi fairy ring! Moving on to more undulating paths through the bright green leafy canopy of the emerging beech trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2587e78e-4048-4074-b365-f9abd30a2395/processed_20240430_142934.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Finally the paths flatten out and we find ourselves walking through Painswick golf course on the Painswick Beacon. Painswick Beacon is a rare grassland rich with many species of rare herbs and flowers, beetles and butterflies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0ecf1357-0e6f-4406-88b6-60954858e734/processed_20240430_142832.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out After the inclement weather at the start we spot some blue skies whilst walking through the golf course! If you want to know more about the history of this interesting golf course and the Painswick Beacon visit this website. www.painswickgolf.com/history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2a006d02-9d5c-4c75-8c32-13c136c4dcde/processed_20240430_143001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Some of the early purple orchids (just one of three orchid species to be found on Painswick Beacon) and cowslip on the Painswick Beacon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d67b0415-614b-4438-a592-40713a685a9f/processed_20240430_143035.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out The path then leads from the golf course past the disused Catbrain Quarry, which now houses the Meister Stone Masonry company. Stone from quarries on the Painswick Beacon was used to build Gloucester Cathedral! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b1df1e9b-0626-4837-9dff-31cf6c36e2ae/processed_20240430_143111.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Just above the golf course bar we decide to stop and have our lunch with a view of the surrounding hills! The rain at the start didn’t really come to much and it’s dry enough to sit a while. The footpath then continues on down into Painswick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/72aa96d0-a17d-4a94-95e2-c2592d21d313/processed_20240430_143204.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out The Cotswold Way passes the rather beautiful Bell Yard which is a Grade ll listed entrance, the houses in Painswick are mostly made from locally quarried stone. Painswick might need a revisit at a later date to have a proper explore! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3842a34a-b7c6-4fab-8bb8-65a47c228dad/processed_20240430_143305.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Originally the town grew from the wool trade, but is now better known for the Parish Church’s yew trees and the local Rococo Garden. Painswicks yew trees are from the late 18th century and are kept clipped. Local legend suggests that there are just 99 yew trees growing in Painswick churchyard and that the devil would destroy the hundredth if it were ever planted. “In the year 2000 Painswick church was faced with a dilemma. Every parish in the Diocese of Gloucester was given a yew tree to plant to mark the millennium. Painswick was chosen to host a special service when all the young yew trees were blessed and given out. Parish officials bravely planted the 100th yew on the north side of the church near the bus stop. Contrary to legend it is doing well.” from The Beacon Benefice. Whichever direction you approach Painswick you will be able to see the tall, beautiful spire of St Mary’s Church with its weathercock standing 639 feet above sea level. The gold lamp post was erected in 1904 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Jubilee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9ed26e2b-6750-4540-8242-192e5d8625c6/processed_20240428_130355.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out The grade ll listed Lych Gate at Painswick, a Lych-gate marks the division between consecrated and un-consecrated ground where coffin bearers would shelter waiting for the Vicar to lead the procession before the burial. This was built in 1901 using timbers from the old belfry. It looks much older! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fcffc0c0-5faa-4c21-a880-b39b510f7b57/processed_20240430_143624.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Heading out of Painswick we pass this rather lovely memorial and we have Tony to thank for the paths opening up before us! We meet a couple who are walking the Cotswold Way South to North in one go, sleeping in B&B’s along the way. Their rucksacks look much heavier than ours! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/36dbe1f3-1a37-4297-8259-68c428a55f0e/processed_20240428_133333.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Norbert celebrates passing the halfway Cotswold Way Marker!! 55 miles to go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/87a5754b-36e8-436d-878b-e282f61a95ff/processed_20240430_144019.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out More undulating paths to bring us back up to the Edgemoor Inn, gorgeous countryside scenery! Brooding cloudscapes, but the rain stays away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/98fdddb0-9231-4e51-a8cd-9da1384c7d27/processed_20240430_143746.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Ferns, bluebells, beautiful back gardens to wander past, mossy posts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/73f0f4c8-6087-4310-b6c6-52679d9410e8/processed_20240430_143917.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Who wouldn’t be cheered up walking through scenes like these? Springtime on the Cotswold Way! So pretty! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e990e602-ef05-4d70-91c1-49a21d823563/processed_20240428_124720.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out White bluebells - supposedly rare. Only 1 in 10,000 are albino! Spanish or English? I think Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7ceb9df1-05a0-49f6-9e17-11096c2b3fc1/processed_20240428_135021.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Our finish line today, after a steep hill or two more we make it back to the Edgemoor Inn. They are still smiling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a0ac45f0-d8e4-41cf-ae6a-17458ad9719e/processed_20240428_140734.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 8 - Make it stand out Views back across the hills where we’ve come from! We treated ourselves to a drink in the Edgemoor Inn before heading home. https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-7 monthly 0.5 2024-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8d05513c-522c-42eb-a745-d9184a0e314c/processed_20240324_174253.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Today we met in the tiny car park at the bottom of Cheese Roll Hill, a location famous for the crazy Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling race held annually on the Spring Bank Holiday within the Coopers Hill Nature Reserve. The wheel of Double Gloucester Cheese weighs 3.6kg and is thrown down the 100m hill with an average gradient of 45 degrees and chased by participants. The winner is the first person to cross the finish line at the bottom of the hill! There have been broken bones and concussions! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c52cc2ee-b8b7-4d52-aa96-10c52479a7c5/processed_20240324_103520.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out After a short 11 minute drive we reconvene at the start by the café at the top of Crickley Hill. There are six of us today braving the blustery, freezing winds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/72f29422-7ec0-42f2-a65d-f03faa1c503b/processed_20240324_103910_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out There is evidence of settlements on Crickley Hill for over 5000 years, and the hill fort is considered to be of international importance, with long running periods of excavation to discover what the story of its history entails. There are posts in the ground showing where the buildings shown on this information board would have been. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cb2822f5-53b7-41ff-8ee0-699149270554/processed_20240324_195229.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Views from the top of Crickley Hill were clear today and a nice dry stone wall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3a2370c4-26fa-46a3-955f-2d3c7637e256/processed_20240324_195412.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out The first part of the walk on Crickley Hill is on open land showing evidence of quarrying with undulating grassy pockets, this passes into a small wooded area gently sloping downhill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c6c3e5dd-200a-48be-99c7-f71a6b2f051e/processed_20240324_195519.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out The beech wood eventually turns into a field which draws alongside the current A417 road and pops out at the old Air Balloon roundabout joining with the A436. It’s a bit hairy crossing the road here as the cars are quite fast moving and coming around a corner. This road is in the process of being redeveloped, the so called ‘missing link’ works are extensive and we’re left wondering how they will cross the Cotswold Way over the new road. After a bit of research it looks like there will be a special Cotswold Way bridge to take walkers across from Crickley Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/22a192d2-a29c-4f8e-85d9-e78e856f63d3/Screenshot_20240324_223510_Chrome.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 This is a screen shot of the proposed footbridge across what will be a 5 lane A road at this point! There will also be a footbridge for walkers using the Gloucestershire Way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f72b5d3f-a65d-44df-980a-3cf5bee60930/processed_20240324_195552.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Walking alongside the busy A436 passing a phone box with no books or defibrillator, but an actual working payphone! (I checked!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/258528d7-9277-4235-a90e-af81f4c8e8a9/processed_20240324_195636.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out The path goes along the edge of the escarpment and exposes us to the biting winds again (just after I’ve removed gloves, buff and a soft-shell jacket) More fabulous views and passing the Barrow Wake viewpoint, the grassland is undulating with equal up and down in elevation. I imagine this stone is a waymarker for something, but there’s no writing or numbers on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8455cf5b-3eb0-4f6f-abab-95892b59b48d/processed_20240324_111255.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 Gloucester in the distance, you can just make out the cathedral bathed in sunshine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b1497400-a41c-48a2-b247-6d0670cd39cb/processed_20240324_195826.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out “Into the woods I go to lose my mind and find my soul” John Muir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6b5f46d1-7dcd-4e60-8669-79cb38680175/processed_20240324_195939.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out We then head into some gorgeous beech woodland and out of the blowy wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f5391989-0a0e-4a8a-a713-49aa7ee3c516/processed_20240324_113001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - We pass a few of these shelter structures along the way in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cfec21d1-b4f3-4d3d-8362-aefe0eee41e1/processed_20240324_200045.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Following the Acorn National Trail way markers into the sunshine! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fe704eab-95ad-40ee-9ca4-62226ae21715/processed_20240324_200147.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Norbert the Nordic Walking Gonk needed a snack and a breather, so we all paused by this fungi-ridden tree-stump in the dappled sunshine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/260344f1-41fd-4a82-a338-c21ed26928a4/processed_20240324_200427.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out “Never miss an opportunity of noticing anything of beauty” Ralph Waldo Emerson Spring is very much in evidence on todays walk. Vast swathes of wild garlic, primroses, wood anemones, dainty violets, buttercup yellow celandine and even our first flowering bluebell of 2024!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e9861a86-3349-481b-8b1c-80d93a42748b/processed_20240324_200312.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Wild garlic (Ramsons) in abundance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f92419d6-2824-4990-b0bb-37d6b0226f92/processed_20240324_200539.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out After crossing the B4070 we enter Witcombe Wood and we soon come across mud-splattered cyclists taking part in the Cotswold Cross Sportive (35, 55 or 75km routes) and we enthusiastically pass on our encouragement as each rider passes. We may even have done a mexican wave for one group of riders! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/193665ba-5470-4622-bfe0-c1cb66b011e9/processed_20240324_200647.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Mossy walls and Gemma spotted a King Alfred’s Cake fungus - Daldina Concentrica https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7c200fc4-2fb2-4deb-8312-9a690fa62090/processed_20240324_200857.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out We’re thoroughly enjoying this route today and then sun keeps appearing too. More Scarlet Elf Cup fungi - Sarcoscpha Coccinea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/98a5a721-3d9e-458e-a7e5-4b21b1711efa/processed_20240324_201039.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out We cross a small stream trickling under our feet in the hillside and find a suitable fallen log to stop for lunch. Kirsty even finds a backrest! We enjoy the sunshine and a rest before setting off for the last stretch of todays leg. We also pass a sign for the remains of a 3rd century roman villa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8a373eb1-6f8d-44f9-9164-34eeab9d4c9d/processed_20240324_201001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Witcombe reservoirs in the distance and a carpet of Wild Garlic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1fa72421-b0d5-4137-9219-33582a0b06b9/processed_20240324_121736.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out My favourite photo from todays walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fa8419df-8137-40b1-8735-2e0eabab76f3/processed_20240324_201130.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Pausing to take in the view, amazing exposed tree roots and more beech woodland as we head up to Coopers Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ba983a05-35d1-449d-9565-0de08a1aae30/processed_20240324_201221.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Finally we pop out into the small hamlet atop Coopers Hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/843f75b5-df4a-465c-b50a-0d46d2cffe6f/processed_20240324_133830.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 Such a well-marked trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ec3cf164-1220-4aa1-9b7d-21fc2f821c56/processed_20240324_133809.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 Lovely Cluckers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d52ae622-5a29-4d35-90f7-c43b3973ac13/processed_20240324_201318.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Our finish line today, The Cheese Roll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/eb3d1e42-4f19-40e8-b674-5f3068d43dfb/processed_20240324_134251.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 7 - Make it stand out Finished! The sun came out from behind a cloud just at the wrong time! What a gorgeous walk! I thoroughly enjoyed everything about todays walk, the company, the views, the terrain, the sunshine, but especially those stunning beech woodlands! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-six monthly 0.5 2024-02-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cb91cb65-36a0-424e-b983-b1a4bcf3faca/Screenshot_20240228_152821_OS+Maps.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six A slightly longer route today due to lack of places to park at the suggested end point. Crickley Hill has good amenities and a big car park! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fe1f46b3-b90e-4869-9c37-dabe7c1c069d/processed_20240225_102232.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Five explorers and Norbert start the challenge of whatever Leg Six will bring us. The sun is peeking out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4a271325-c19f-4b37-9af5-4deaa7a2bcf3/processed_20240228_142352.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Our walk today resumes at the top of Lineover Woods and takes us along the Northern side of the Wistley Plantation. Underfoot it’s quite muddy, so we start with a bit of resistance training! Those with poles are very glad of the propulsion they give through the mud! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1f663fab-3404-4d30-9bce-ccd322fe6198/processed_20240228_142716.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out The first part is relatively flat with some steps down and through woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/243575dc-6ad4-4522-8478-54f63d48e9a3/processed_20240225_104134.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out There are some great views from here of Cheltenham in the distance. It’s good to see the blue skies for a change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/12899a89-9360-4ac7-a81c-7907e805db36/processed_20240225_104948_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Stopping to soak up the extensive views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/52b4a897-4f72-4b19-a4d9-6d3401853cf7/processed_20240225_104614_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - These acorn signs are what we look for en route, the sign of a National Trail! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d448764d-626f-4f75-9f1e-2a738d8b94d2/processed_20240225_105020_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out More views with some beautiful flowering Gorse in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b9af4587-111d-4ac3-9300-d5ec81ffb002/processed_20240228_143624.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Probably the worst of the mud and it wasn’t that bad, we all remained upright today! Some sections of this first part were quite exposed and the wind was whipping an Easterly round our faces! The route follows well-marked field edges before heading through another little grove of trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f66cdd6f-70e1-4acb-ad39-0386d802cf1d/processed_20240228_143811.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Not too much uphill yet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7d237532-7f1e-417b-a1a3-c165beff7ca3/processed_20240228_144022.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Wistley Grove had some lovely Beech trees and in a few weeks will be adorned with a carpet of Bluebells. It has beautiful moss skirting the bottom of some trees! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/124bcf82-5fbc-4ebe-8dc4-beb53968e9c4/processed_20240228_144135.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Beyond Wistley Grove the path runs parallel to the busy A436, but we have a big old hedge between us and the road! Parts of it are blossoming, Spring is on the way! We reach the road at Seven Springs and the path turns right up a lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/89ee18f6-6703-4c32-8541-7d5357d2b8e8/processed_20240228_144343.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out We pass a caravan park and the odd house and the lane turns into a track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7778c2bc-b960-48db-89ef-7a89c4f0d30f/processed_20240228_144528.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out As we enter Charlton Kings Common the Voluntary Cotswolds Wardens have done a great job at laying a fantastic new hardcore path! Throughout our route today, poisonous Dogs Mercury is emerging all over - one to watch out for when picking Wild Garlic! There’s a bit of a climb up to the top of Hartley Hill, but we’re then rewarded with more superb views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d2438aeb-9417-458e-be8e-ae2bc5a0c892/processed_20240228_144825.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Along the top of the hill there are many benches with memorial plaques, but this one caught our eye. The plaque on the ground we presume is for the wife and the bench looking out is for her husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6af3c277-168a-43d2-874a-6ba516762615/processed_20240225_114822.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out The views were extensive! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9a03fa48-dfae-4c30-a6e2-54b8175ca90a/processed_20240228_144739.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out We were wondering when we’ll stop seeing views of Cheltenham though! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3ecbd8d0-0f85-4fa9-8674-416cb5bf471b/processed_20240228_145133.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c0ed3e56-43cc-4368-a632-bc6acc7e645e/processed_20240228_145226.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Charlton Kings Common has a herd of Galloways grazing all year round, they wear GPS collars so their movements can be monitored. They are clearly not bothered by humans! Galloways are a hardy, short-legged native breed with a thick fur coat which enables them to stay outside all year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b34e8eb8-e323-4a21-bdec-0b7e926e9b13/processed_20240228_145546.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out We soon reach Leckhampton Hill, I love to read the history of these places on the information boards! An Iron age hillfort inhabited by the Dubonii tribe more than 2000 years ago. Then extensively quarried resulting in the famous Devil’s Chimney, which we didn’t actually see! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/aa22cce4-78aa-4a8c-bf00-a4c054c76d32/processed_20240225_120813.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Another Trig point bagged by us and Norbert! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1da12ce1-fc2c-4d5a-98ab-b3f2bb74e2c0/processed_20240228_145745.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Then a freezing cold blast of a walk to the Topograph in the distance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b057ab44-03cc-4374-af48-95e8830ea823/processed_20240228_150029.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Further views across Cheltenham and the old quarries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8bf385c3-c18a-4653-894e-1a6038f99639/processed_20240228_150154.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out We continue along the edge of the hill, then picking up another hardcore path alongside a relatively new-looking dry stone wall. One area has flat slabs in the wall and a couple of memorials including one to Queen Elizabeth ll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2ecb67bd-7b6b-4ab6-aa24-efcc64867a27/processed_20240225_122100.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Further along the wall is maybe a clue to it’s origin. On further research and presuming I have the correct drystone wall I discover that this wall has been in the process of being rebuilt or restored since 2018 by the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens, it’s overall length is 0.4 miles. Not sure who John is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2b339caa-c7f7-424d-bff2-9638c3770e29/processed_20240228_150728.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Leaving the hill we descend briefly and turn left onto a lane and then follow a track passing beautiful mossy walls, some decaying Turkey Tail fungi and tree stumps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f80a80fe-e0dd-4ab7-b690-4764f551b77a/processed_20240228_150831.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out The track becomes uneven and descends slightly passing the Cotswolds Hills Golf Club. This track eventually comes out onto a road and we pass the National Star College (which has a Bistro, open to the public during the week) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d9890518-bdbd-4ce6-b6b7-9f91bab3340a/processed_20240228_150917.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out The Cotswold Way reaches another road and crosses it leading up a narrower lane with drystone walling and hedging flanking it. Some way up the lane we decide to pause for some lunch as the hunger pangs in our bellies are growling louder by the minute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2f4af541-a135-46a8-85be-910dba2b6237/processed_20240228_150955.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out The lane comes to an end and we turn left onto a path, the Cotswold Way runs parallel to a Bridleway here, so we ensure we’re on the correct path! Slightly uphill and we’re back in the Crickley Hill Country Park, a lovely area with a beech copse. We follow the lovely wide paths back to the visitor centre, café and toilets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3cfb8d42-2f13-47df-9096-9cc48207e703/processed_20240225_134719.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Yay! We made it back to the car park and another leg is completed! What a great walk - highly recommend this leg! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/888af5f0-d038-4106-be8c-7bfcc05cd397/processed_20240225_134758.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Six - Make it stand out Spotted this on our way to the café! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-5 monthly 0.5 2024-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/922bb18f-275f-422a-a89a-2c008a614e2d/processed_20240130_151558.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - First time the whole route has fitted on one map! First time the whole route has fitted on one map! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/90888d25-c80d-4b54-b847-189fe8071b86/processed_20240128_103836_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Ready for the off at the top of Cleeve Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/270bf825-4edf-4265-aed8-e5f80eeb3574/processed_20240130_170044.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Views on Cleeve Common, apparently it’s easy to get lost and miss where the National Trail goes across the common! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/71a120ac-5ec6-4420-8468-a3ef00686282/processed_20240128_104222_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Looking out across to Bishop’s Cleeve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d043c100-d598-4c65-ba76-2fd5881e042d/processed_20240130_170129.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out The path heads across the golf course, not many players today! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e4beea91-9f9b-41cc-a730-e56f3c84833a/processed_20240128_111549_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Views across to Cheltenham Race Course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/18068767-fb1c-4a00-b4dc-390fd98b43ec/processed_20240130_205919.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out At the viewpoint and bagging a Trig with Norbert the Nordic Nomads mascot making his first appearance! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a8fbf16e-1a79-481c-891e-e993b58c846a/processed_20240130_210024.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Still walking through Cleeve Common, with Winchcombe Way in the distance. The path undulates through the edge of the common and eventually we reach Prestbury Hill Nature Reserve https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4c1089db-53ea-4b81-ae71-18d8f3186601/processed_20240130_210123.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Through small strips of woodland and past Prestbury Hill Nature Reserve. Shortly after, we decide to stop for a snack break in a more sheltered wooded area, it’s a relief to be out of that noisy wind! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fa0cce93-ffae-4312-a28a-806fcd7ece25/processed_20240128_114211_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five Norbert enjoying a quick snack break in a wooded area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/556df633-ff08-45f8-956d-aaceb75a54c5/processed_20240130_210404.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Flowering gorse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a94269e0-1f27-4b62-b2d7-ea7de0b37bf0/processed_20240130_210445.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Tree lined roads and gorgeous stone walls, I love a good wall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/439741c0-5e98-4b87-9a38-49f6a09c472b/processed_20240130_210525.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out We pass a post as we go through a gate that has had its top carved, we think it looks like hares ears! We’re near Colgate Farm on the outskirts of Charlton Kings. Here the trail follows well-defined and maintained paths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dbd1b0f9-3929-408c-a696-0c7fbf8f239d/processed_20240128_124804.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Sheep sheep https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f0ce6ff1-b396-4d96-869f-db20c399d74c/processed_20240130_210617.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Debating the suitability of a potential lunch stop at the top entrance from the Cotswold Way into Dowdeswell Wood and Reservoir Nature Reserve. As you can see from the photos it was approved and some fallen trees provide seating for the duration of our packed lunches. Suitably replenished and before we got cold, we set off again continuing to follow the trail along the edge of the reserve. When we get to the bottom end of the reserve we pass and cross-over a cutting-like concrete structure with water in one side, but not the other It turns out it’s where they store excess water run-off from the River Chelt during flooding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/993fc736-4b3b-493c-bd8c-f307d35cf37b/processed_20240130_210744.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Here we cross over the A40 near the Koloshi Indian Restaurant and enjoy the last stretch of downhill! We enter Lineover Wood, which is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust and has well-maintained paths up the next hill! Lineover Wood is a 20.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. Here The Cotswold Way trail skirts the edge of the woodland and along the way we spot Scarlet Elf Cups (our second fungi spot of the day, we spotted King Alfreds Cakes earlier) This is a hill that just keeps on giving! Narrow paths, round corners and opening up into more open areas, it just keeps on going up! The great thing about Nordic Walking poles is fantastic support uphill! Selecting hill-gear and with a few breaks to bring our heart-rates down we soon reach what appears initially to be the top, actually nope, it’s not! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4da3eb02-8a44-4eba-9c01-be99bdadf389/processed_20240128_135917.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five Up, up and more up! Just keep moving, just keep moving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f4a23d1e-04a8-4b3a-abcd-e58556eb1ea5/processed_20240128_141730.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Finally at the top? Err, no! A little more effort required and we get there! Post walk stretches are completed by everyone in the sunshine, in the field before we reach the lay-by. What an awesome day we have had! Sunshine makes all the difference, especially in January! We set off from the lay-by with some walkers heading straight home and some drivers being returned to Cleeve Hill to find their cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/859830ea-7e60-4e2a-883b-cb475185c652/processed_20240128_142634.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Five - Make it stand out Finally at the top of the hill! Happy walkers! Looking forward to the next leg! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-four monthly 0.5 2024-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3f04124f-6d0c-4129-9300-608e79f0790b/processed_20231231_131015_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out 8 Cotswold Way explorers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/395e3320-4a64-4d2d-97f7-476e9bdb4182/processed_20231231_211912.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Winchcombe and getting started on the Cotswold Way in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8cfc196e-498f-4e95-9851-ded9e70ee996/processed_20231231_212016.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out There’s a massive puddle beyond the stile we need to cross, with no way around it and so some creative ways of getting over the fence without getting our feet wet were needed! Some choose throwing themselves over the fence in a mounting a horse style and others choose carefully stepping along the bottom run of the fence around the stile! Hands were there to help hold poles and rucksacks and give words of encouragement. Then the first hill began! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/640614f7-1d98-4665-bc98-e5b6cad096e7/processed_20231231_110351_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out The view back down towards the stile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/96a96135-4142-4a86-b198-b0e5de03dc22/processed_20231231_212126.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Up, Up and up again. This hill was the gift that kept on giving! Pretty good views at the top, though probably stunning on a clearer day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f211ab1d-0f90-4d7c-b6a9-cf35ef343c82/processed_20231231_212231.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Once at the top we reach a minor road and cross it to continue to climb up through a small wooded area. Once out of the wood the path continues around the field edge, but many people go right and continue straight up across the field and cut the corner off despite a sign asking walkers to stay on the official path! The weather at this point was very blustery and raining so going the long way round was an extra ask, but we stuck to the official path! It was also uphill! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bf58d8b6-95b9-4e5e-9690-46ddd64746e6/processed_20231231_212342.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Keeping to the official path! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d6b30279-4e15-4fd3-b783-ad70d6c078b1/processed_20231231_212621.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out At the top of the hill, we find ourselves on a slightly more sheltered path and following a mossy dry stone wall until we reach Belas Knap Long Barrow. We‘re also following the Winchcombe Way (a 42 miles figure of eight trail centred on Winchcombe) and the Gustav Holst Way (a medium distance Ramblers route from Cranham to Wyck Rissington celebrating places that have some association with the English Composer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a26e544f-2298-41a1-bbd5-40bb0f821dc1/processed_20231231_212902.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Belas Knap is a Neolithic long barrow burial mound, probably built around 3000 BCE. One of the finest examples in the UK, it has been restored with a false entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d9cae7af-0ea2-401d-a21e-ee5b7c14f5fd/processed_20231231_213057.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out It was lovely and warm sheltered in the side of the long barrow. We stopped here for a quick snack before continuing on our way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/29a62153-8e55-4f5f-8368-f44f0ad38b57/processed_20231231_213212.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Continuing on the flat field edges alongside old dry stone walls, the rain seemed to be easing a little. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6d75f0a2-2ec4-4131-9502-db744abb8d87/processed_20231231_213301.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Here the path turned left onto a track and then right across a field, the rain has started again… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ee21a5cc-f6f0-49e4-814c-b2b3808a99ab/processed_20231231_213340.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Here we begin our descent through a field into woodland, the path winds down and round and down again into Breakheart Plantation. The rain has eased off and we find a spot with fallen log we can perch on to stop for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a550c95e-4b1f-4c35-af80-371801f3e5aa/processed_20231231_122611_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Any ideas?? This was hanging off the end of quite a thin branch, any ideas?? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ed585db5-70b8-4141-9228-68ce3821d777/processed_20231231_213424.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out The woods were full of interesting fungi finds! Bracket Fungus and Jelly Ears! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/96d027ed-5a0e-45b7-8d5c-5d411fed32bd/processed_20231231_122948_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out There were also some ancient tree roots, which I find weirdly beautiful. History right there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6ec7ae3a-9d95-4d43-890f-755fbd52c46f/processed_20231231_213913.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out There was a pretty little stream running along the valley floor alongside the wood, which we could just about hear as our woodland soundtrack as the rain had now stopped! The fallen red beech leaves were a much needed touch of colour in the woodland carpet below all the trees. After our lunch stop, and before we all got cold, we headed out of the woodland uphill reaching the end of a minor road, the path turned left here and descended through another stretch of woodland before reaching a wooden footbridge, where we stopped to capture a photo! The skies are clearing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3f04124f-6d0c-4129-9300-608e79f0790b/processed_20231231_131015_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Eight happy walkers! After the footbridge the path headed uphill again to a gate reaching a farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6811f390-e756-4b42-8c42-ebc3c56e1aaf/processed_20231231_214103.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out We continued through the first part of the farm uphill, past several barns of cattle and a massive bull! There is a permissive path that takes us around the main part of the farm and we reach Postlip B&B before heading down hill towards the impressive looking Postlip Hall. Note the blue skies!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9863bd8e-79f1-4bbd-86f8-e2471cbe82fe/processed_20231231_132205.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Heading down towards Postlip Hall, Cleeve Common behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d764ef41-78e7-4f63-bf9a-11aee3c8f25d/processed_20231231_214319.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out The path takes us around the side and behind the hall, passing horses - who took no notice of us at all! There was also a really good use of a natural spring in the hill! We had brief glimpses of the Hall as we passed behind it, including an impressive tree house! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/88188282-2b7b-4e2b-92a8-12b5411ca190/processed_20231231_214449.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out The path climbs up away from Postlip Hall and towards Cleeve Common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/97a4779f-339f-4e15-8ac5-516ddf109c95/processed_20231231_214644.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Cleeve Common is located high on the Cotswold Escarpment and boasts the highest point in the Cotswolds. (330m) The lumpy topography and high location have ensured that it has remained one of the largest areas of unimproved limestone grassland in the region. Cleeve Common is a SSSI (site of special scientific interest) and managed by a charitable trust. The common supports a wide variety of mammals, reptiles, butterflies and birds as well as using grazing cattle and sheep to manage the gorse, hawthorn and grasses that would otherwise overwhelm it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7b24903e-604c-4eed-882d-b88d92cc397c/processed_20231231_214858.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out There’s a really interesting variety of terrains across the common, but the Cotswold Way skirts around the edge on a well maintained wide path, so our last stretch is relatively easy to traverse, although it is a final uphill stint before we reach the car park near the golf club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/653c81e1-e1e4-4f7b-ae1f-8fd933bd15e2/processed_20231231_134730_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Shame they have to make common sense so explicit to some folk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e82a0f36-8fa5-4df3-912b-74b81052ed9b/processed_20231231_214948.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out The skies remained blue, but the blustery wind had not abated! Our post-walk stretches completed in the gusty wind and we have sadly discovered The Cotswold Way Cafe is already closed, so it’s time to jump in our cars parked here and head back to Winchcombe to pick up the other cars and return home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6212d339-b2a1-4639-ace2-0199584e2746/processed_20231231_135322_001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Why couldn’t it have been this gorgeous weather throughout our walk! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b3add352-3a04-40df-a8ee-14c67f7839fe/processed_20231231_140028.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way Leg Four - Make it stand out Sunny selfie at the end of the Fourth Leg of our Cotswold Way Challenge. https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-3 monthly 0.5 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3bbdf55b-3f70-4e67-9314-fb84507a7126/processed_20231126_102757.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out 8 Cotswold Way Explorers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/81d71a38-1e70-4842-8019-9b99678b8022/processed_20231126_103149.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/195634dd-5df7-4536-92ea-0d070068027f/processed_20231212_155524.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fa5ca9c1-dad5-4b7d-b33f-833652d87358/processed_20231126_104255.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - This is the way! Show us the way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2d0927a4-ebce-4114-9bf0-ff5fb2be0661/processed_20231212_155839.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Wood Stanway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f6d329ae-a158-4bc8-97b6-d2ee9671e87f/processed_20231212_160045.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Sue was particularly happy once we were through the gate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0bba2cbf-542a-4990-bb28-ffbc53824a6b/processed_20231212_160328.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Handy steps up the hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0091eab9-89b9-47ae-b651-23a4a84c4795/processed_20231212_161328.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Rest stop near the top, admiring the view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ee5468da-3ce9-476a-bea0-7de8b273c5cb/processed_20231126_111507.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out The plaque on the bench reads “ In Loving memory of Pinky Dickins who lived here for 26 happy years with her horses, dogs and family.” I imagine it’s a great comfort to many walkers reaching the top of the hill! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/224067d4-94dc-4a5f-a743-23950a33c687/processed_20231212_161957.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Interesting Bridleway sign…are they all in km’s? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/679c1ec3-f814-4dad-ab6a-edba529aed5f/processed_20231126_115306.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Beckbury Camp Hill-fort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d29e01e9-f73b-4c83-84e9-7ce762cf06c4/processed_20231212_162235.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Cromwell’s Seat with lots of grafitti https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bbafafee-5ff1-4a5b-9bfb-5e960a6d89ca/processed_20231126_115500.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 Descent from Cromwell’s Clump https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4a33c7a0-0c1d-4ef2-9a0a-779b3e5620e7/processed_20231212_162713.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Beautiful Beech trees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6fae34e0-f249-419c-982d-1635bb6a0bf5/processed_20231212_162755.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Making our way downhill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/eb1e5125-cb48-407a-a95f-7b1fecfc8a2d/processed_20231212_162934.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b1ffe25f-886e-469a-bfb8-2f25c3056402/processed_20231212_163346.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1e8da47b-0d13-4b1e-897f-4eba705439f3/processed_20231212_205927.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Medieval wall paintings, encaustic tiles by the altar and stained glass from The Abbey at Hailes church or ‘chapel’ as it’s known. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7b8959a9-7aab-46ad-bef0-2c6ed184a175/processed_20231212_163433.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Hailes Chapel and some pretty Cotswoldy houses further down the path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d4b2a9e5-402e-4d2f-8427-10188902bacf/processed_20231126_122715.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out The ruins of Hailes Abbey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/057becce-497f-436a-96f6-87111ea43869/processed_20231212_163450.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Stream running along the gardens and back onto the off-road path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/735bd3b1-ecdb-4127-ba80-8a8bbe35a174/processed_20231212_163836.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out mud, mud, glorious mud https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/83f6685b-f196-4c60-9852-e0bcd995cf96/processed_20231126_132149.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 We cross the brow of a hill, descend carefully down a muddy hill and reach a bridge across the muddiest section where a few very small streams cross each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dbb5be5a-98fa-415a-9440-610723e72ec2/processed_20231126_132808.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 After the bridge we continued carefully downhill to a stile and a track beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/684829a7-080a-4292-b8de-75a3c94b5fab/processed_20231212_164046.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Curved Willow tree and other interesting shapes along Puck Pit Lane. Any ideas what the brick structure is or was? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4bf8d48e-50ea-4505-8508-2f4eaecfb86e/processed_20231212_164135.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Puck Pit Lane, Winchcombe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/791f6a5b-c01a-4226-91bd-6bc1ad251872/processed_20231212_164213.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out The gently curving main street of Winchcombe and the Abbots House with it’s interesting angel -always look up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4be5ca68-1d08-4847-899f-315a97032148/processed_20231126_135538.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg 3 - Make it stand out Eight Leg 3 finishers! I need to get better at selfies! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/the-cotswold-way-leg-two monthly 0.5 2023-11-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fe5b00a1-e384-43d3-8b91-cda85af08ca4/processed_20231022_103829.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out 8 walkers at the start in Broadway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/eb7edf4a-5ab3-48aa-8901-03181a24ee2e/processed_20231025_212539.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Broadway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0598a26d-3d45-4b8b-ad42-fda03fcb9e95/processed_20231025_212919.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4432f3f6-9e6e-4d97-801b-8ee02d5df59d/processed_20231022_110021.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out View back towards Broadway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/05a05e4e-36d4-4955-8f02-f474ed505fde/processed_20231025_213342.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Once through the Coppice the path heads out across farmland on a farm track which is muddy in places, but nowhere near as muddy as we had feared! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0428c457-39fc-449a-8e59-a549bc7393e0/processed_20231025_213535.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Heading through Broadway Coppice with it’s beautiful Beech Trees. Spotted a benchmark on a Cotswold stone pillar! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c76bf3db-3524-4bcb-8ec7-706f057ed55e/processed_20231025_213633.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/96c8a49e-17f0-4d30-8600-7fbf2df82e64/processed_20231025_214037.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out This area provided wide, flat firm tracks - perfect for Nordic Walking! The weather was clear and provided excellent opportunities for beautiful views across to the Malvern Hills in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/add10c50-24cd-4771-a82e-84524e608a50/processed_20231025_214102.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6eff5199-9221-4dec-8e28-663557d9bc3e/processed_20231025_214152.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/32b015c4-9296-4e83-9bc8-aa45e311a120/processed_20231025_214227.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out The weather was glorious by this point and layers were being discarded! The horses were definitely enjoying the sunshine! We’re heading into the village of Stanton and civilisation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d2e4f647-a018-4751-81d9-92394b562614/processed_20231025_214347.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/845cbce1-9eb1-4980-996f-02bfb2b45271/processed_20231022_124004.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Polite sign in Stanton! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/924fb18e-e609-49f7-b45e-db9204c54e71/processed_20231025_214904.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out After walking through the picturesque village of Stanton we continue through land belonging to the Stanway Estate. We walked through a field still showing the ancient practice of ridge and furrow farming - the grass looking like corduroy! (top left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/223ba5e1-2b35-4269-975d-0ec46bcba32d/processed_20231025_215815.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out What a stunning old oak tree, one of several majestic trees we passed walking through the estate and not something you see everyday - a thatched cricket pavilion! This was a gift from the author JM Barrie who stayed at Stanway House in the 1920’s, it’s built on staddle stones. Such a beautiful day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1d8d672f-82fb-49ee-a9e3-e89fa6fbed5f/processed_20231025_220001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out We soon reach the village of Stanway, dominated by the impressive Stanway House, a Jacobean manor house, which has the single highest gravity-fed fountain in its grounds (300 feet if you’re curious). I rather liked the gateway! Stanway also has a fully restored 13th Century Watermill, I feel a return trip in the Summer when both the house and watermill are open to visitors might be necessary! St Peter’s Church in Stanway is primarily 12th century, late Norman style, it has lovely Yew trees surrounding it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4ea234c2-8f8d-4031-88a3-47b85a3fe802/processed_20231025_220132.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out Walking up past the watermill towards the main road, lovely mossy old dry stone wall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f8c96dd9-b63a-407e-a712-66f5579e17fa/processed_20231022_134727.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg Two - Make it stand out We happily finished this section of our Cotswold Challenge here at the Stanway WW1 memorial. There is a bronze sculpture of St George and the Dragon mounted on a stone column and plinth. The sculpture was created by Alexander Fisher. What a lovely few hours spent exploring this section of the Cotswold Way! https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-cotswold-way-challenge/legone monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/49f58e4a-d8f7-4dfe-b73d-563ea1c4b538/processed_20230924_121621.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/541f052b-870c-4b53-a5da-4f558f431388/processed_20230924_103310.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - The is a beautiful Way marker stone (made by artist Iain Cotton) on the ground by the Market Place. This marker stone was unveiled in 2014 and is made from limestone with a brass acorn in the centre (the National Trail symbol) it has a quotation from TS Eliot and place names from along the route. The TS Eliot quote is from the second poem of his Four Quartets “Now the light falls across the open field, leaving the deep lane shuttered with branches, dark in the afternoon” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/add27cbf-fb43-44dd-9912-69340ab48095/processed_20230926_211532.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Starting our walk in Chipping Campden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a0cddbd1-547f-4839-8453-b3a7bdfcd0a6/processed_20230926_211651.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out St Catherine’s Church, mist views and Graham Greene’s old house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4c4367fc-d3d8-488a-afa2-5b8d35a1c178/processed_20230926_211745.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Trig point!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6a13ebbb-1924-4533-b023-0dce4cbe4996/processed_20230926_211914.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Dover’s Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b10f808d-01d9-4769-bd0e-49cc7a41145d/processed_20230926_211949.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Buckwheat, Martin’s Copse, stone stile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/be6c861e-de7d-46a7-9fc7-213f8afd0666/processed_20230924_115647.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - The trail now takes us onto The Mile Drive according to the OS Map. Here we pass several American walkers all apologising for “walking on the wrong side of the path” We chat to a couple of dog walkers as some of us shed our waterproof coats, regretting it a few minutes later when the weather takes a turn for the worse! The wind picks up and the rain lashes at us as we cross a more exposed area. The trail then takes us through some quite claggy looking fields, but we all decide we’ve walked through much stickier ones on other occasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/943780a0-ee06-429b-914c-8e0ffa9742f7/IMG-20230924-WA0001.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out The Mile Drive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c4c969b9-fc5f-4a33-8987-8f912c43a534/processed_20230926_212347.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - We cross a road and then arrive at an area called Fish Hill, there are public conveniences and picnic benches here and we stop to take a comfort break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ea566218-1ec5-44c3-a821-755b3edd7e98/processed_20230926_220216.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out woodland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/974282ea-8c2a-4e08-8e2a-cd696c509adc/processed_20230926_212519.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Walking towards the tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7c9ac6fd-01d2-43b1-8a36-fd2908c6be65/processed_20230926_212636.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Broadway Tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9655dc6f-2598-470b-80f4-6208f66250b2/processed_20230926_212740.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out views from the tower, finally clearing up! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fad6cbc2-6f22-4926-bf12-e5db9ee03db3/processed_20230926_212959.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Broadway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/da125df8-4dd3-4743-a356-d60522c13843/processed_20230924_134611.jpg The Cotswold Way Challenge - The Cotswold Way: Leg One - Make it stand out Leg One finished! We seem to have lost a walker! https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk daily 0.75 2024-09-22 https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-2024-day-ten monthly 0.5 2024-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1d5999f1-0ce1-40ce-bbca-c65d4a8c9846/Screenshot_20240922-121639%7E2.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. Todays route part one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6326fe6f-6b67-4e31-babb-8234105ea73e/Screenshot_20240922-121651%7E3.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. The second part of todays route to the finish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/561e7072-5be4-487e-99d7-52ec1f6c1827/processed_20240922_092440-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out I'm back at the Sea-Life Centre near Scalby Mills on the edge of North Bay in Scarborough, I'm a little late starting today as we've had to pack up camp before setting off, I'm so exhausted from yesterday that I'm not in hurry to start anyway! However the first three miles are relatively flat as I'm about to walk around Scarborough's North and South Bays. The guide book tells me there is no official route through Scarborough which I find weird, no waymarkers or signposts, it even suggests you could get a bus! I opt for a Nordic walk along Royal Albert Drive and then Marine Drive. There's quite a few folk already taking advantage of the easy walking as well as pushchairs and mobility scooters. It's entirely possible the distance I cover will be greater weaving around human obstacles this morning! There's a distinctive row of rainbow coloured beach huts along here which cheers up an otherwise dreary scene, some of them are two storey ones you can stay overnight in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/64f2b6e6-768c-46f5-ac45-0ee73046f8e7/processed_20240922_092518-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out The tide is out this morning revealing a large expanse of beach and I can see the castle in the distance overlooking the bay. I love the Yorkshire sense of humour, this 'Gerrit in't bin' sign is on all the bins down here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8a77e336-a444-4488-a5d2-1eef9901227c/processed_20240922_092600-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Made from weathering steel, this sculpture depicts Freddie Gilroy, a former soldier who participated in the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, sitting on a bench in his old age. Gilroy was a friend of the sculptor and Lonsdale made the piece partly as a tribute to him, but also as a wider war and Holocaust memorial. Originally intended to sit on the seafront as a 4-week loan in 2011, a local resident donated money to purchase the sculpture for the town. Gilroy and the bench are sculpted at twice lifescale, making the figure almost 3.5 metres (11 ft) in length.The sculpture, fabricated of weathering Corten steel, took artist Lonsdale three months to make. Gilroy, a South Hetton brickmaker and colliery worker, served with the Royal Artillery during the Second World War and became one of the first Allied troops to help liberate Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. One of his duties was to guard the camp physician Fritz Klein. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/681da065-b823-4796-96fc-6180aa141044/processed_20240922_092755-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Surf's up! Surf lesson tale place here in North Bay and the bottom edge of the sea wall here is decorated with waves, the castle looms closer, Steve is visiting the castle while I'm walking this morning. I continue to make my way around the bottom of the castle cliff on my way to the harbour. Bronze age settlers are said to have been the first to fortify the headland here. The Romans operated a signal station on a line of sight linked with other coastal signal stations at Ravenscar and Filey Brigg. In the 12th century Scarborough Castle was built on the headland. The remaining ruins can be visited, they're looked after by English Heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e3009ace-34b3-4f64-9b5e-8e20f09968b0/processed_20240922_092916-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Looking back across North Bay before it disappears from view, the harbour at Scarborough. There's been a harbour in Scarborough since 1225 and it still has commercial fisheries and the fishing fleet is of mixed vessels, it certainly smelt fishy as I walked through! The anchor outside the fish and chip restaurant of the same name was raised from the seabed in 1987, it represents Scarborough's maritime history. The building behind is called Herring Girls House, a rentable holiday home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/df3c52d6-1eec-477f-9c7c-8c220acb4e3f/processed_20240922_093054-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Stained glass windows above the doors of Herring Girls House, Scarborough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dabaed52-7208-4cc7-8119-b930c37d6e24/processed_20240922_093145-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out These are some old buildings around the harbourside and on Foreshore Road as I walked through. The Newcastle Packet is Grade II listed and is one of the oldest pubs in Scarborough. I think the other building is a fishery, I just love old buildings. The top pic is South Bay beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cfa81c9a-bb81-4c5a-a6cc-703101a3bf9b/processed_20240922_093233-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out After following the busy promenade and coming through round the harbour South Bay beach opens up and is much sandier than North Bay it's overlooked by the imposing Grand Hotel. "The Grand Hotel Scarborough was first devised in the early 1860s, when a group of Yorkshire businessmen saw potential in building a lavish hotel in the up and coming seaside town of Scarborough. In 1863, building began, after funding issues it finally opened on July 24, 1867 as ‘the largest and handsomest hotel in Europe’. Along with its vast size, The Grand Hotel, Scarborough was built in unusual V-shaped style in honour of Queen Victoria (the head of the monarchy at the time). What also made this building so interesting was the unique motif: four towers to represent the seasons, twelve floors for the months of the year, fifty-two chimneys for the weeks of the year and 365 bedrooms to represent the days in the year. Another intriguing selling point of the hotel was that it offered extra taps that let its customers bathe in salt water as well as fresh water. These quirks, coupled with the high standards of service and clientele, made The Grand Hotel a favourite among holidaymakers. The additional taps in the hotel’s spa were particularly popular, and many guests chose to stay at the Grand for this reason specifically. At this time, The Grand Hotel was also named as the largest hotel and the largest brick structure in Europe." From Britannia Hotels Fin the fish encourages recycling on the beachfront! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8c2f4a3f-750c-4db1-bfde-d6c1ea3bcca7/processed_20240922_093406-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out In 1826 the Cliff Bridge Company set about building a new footbridge that would link the centre of town with the new south side attractions. A bridge was seen as a necessary addition due to the steep ravine which separated St Nicholas Cliff from the Spa making access for a large numbers of visitors problematic. Cliff Bridge is constructed of iron, it rests on four imposing pillars and is 414 feet long and 75 feet high. The wide expanse of sandy beach at South Bay exposed by the receding tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2a7c3b79-ef36-4955-936a-ed03ce229edf/processed_20240922_093511-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Continuing round South Bay I come towards the Spa complex at the end of the road on South Bay and I make my best way through with no way markers to navigate the complex paths around and through the South Cliff Gardens up steps , down slopes and even having to make a u-turn at a dead end I'm thankful the tide is out as the guide book says the sea can break the sea wall here and you might need to divert. Why are there no waymarkers??? "Eventually I find my way following the sea wall and across the beach at the end (hard going). It was in the early seventeenth century that natural mineral waters were discovered in Scarborough. A Mrs Farrow or Farrer is said to have been the person who discovered that the waters could have medicinal properties. Within decades, Scarborough was well established as somewhere nice to 'take the waters'. By the early 1700s a spa house had been built to sell the waters to eager visitors to the town, who were determined to improve their health. As a spa town, Scarborough enjoyed considerable growth in the 18th century, leading to the town's claim of being England's first true seaside resort. Apart from taking the waters visitors could enjoy boating, horse racing on the beach and bathing in the sea." The BBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0f6869dc-11c4-48a1-8bc7-1aefe99b0369/processed_20240922_093742-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out "The company who built the footbridge also turned their attentions to the Spa buildings as well. A 'gothic' saloon, designed by Henry Wyatt, was opened in 1839. It included a concert hall that could seat 500 people, gardens and a promenade. There was also an outside area where orchestras could entertain the visitors. By the time the new buildings were opened though, they were considered too small for the hordes of visitors that Victorian Scarborough was attracting. Sir Joseph Paxton was called in to redesign the buildings. Sir Joseph had worked on the grounds of Chatsworth in Derbyshire and the famous Crystal Palace. His building, which opened in 1858, consisted of a central assembly hall with adjoining galleries, that could seat 2000 people. Outside, the sea wall was extended to include a double promenade with a carriage road, a colonnade with shops and an open air bandstand. The waters had changed over the centuries and by the 1960s public consumption of the waters ceased altogether. Unfortunately, the remains of the wells are no longer open to the public due to health and safety regulations. Despite alterations over the years, the Spa complex today, which consists of the Spa Theatre, the Grand Hall for concerts, the Ocean Room, Promenade Lounge, Sun Court, bar areas, cafes and other rooms, still owes a great deal to the architecture of the 1880s." From The BBC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0ece66cd-9b7a-483e-9787-52e6d9010454/processed_20240922_093917-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Pretty flowers alongside the path before going through the tunnel under the funicular. Scarborough was the first town to have a funicular railway and at one time it had five, the two in North Bay have been demolished and only two in South Bay are currently in use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4c0014da-11bb-4a93-929a-3ba18e490a9e/processed_20240922_094125-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Climbing up from the beach and finally there's a signpost for the Cleveland Way! It's quite a climb up to the top and the path turns off left before reaching a car park. There's a lot of college students lurking around with lanyards on around here, must be lunchtime! The path comes out on the edge of South Cliff Golf Course and runs between the course and the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d506a2ee-c890-4af1-982a-dae6369825dd/processed_20240922_094317-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out The path goes down some stone steps before turning right up a track, I follow a grassy path on the edge of woodland until reaching houses where the path goes along the back of the houses on a very narrow path which comes out onto a road. Spotted some Sea Buckthorn bushes along the edge of the woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0075d484-1f8e-4d6f-8a52-c5a022b4c0c1/processed_20240922_094407-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Farmers here are still hard at work harvesting and gathering. The road leads to Osgodby and a footpath down into woodland on Tennant's Cliff with over 100 steps down and virtually no markers in the woods, a German couple coming the other way are looking perplexed at a junction and we help each other onto the right track! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e1ae124b-3396-40a1-9336-d00f08f6046f/processed_20240922_094453-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Steps, steps and more steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dccdd791-47d8-4b02-8630-d0a8acb9530d/processed_20240922_094556-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Cayton Bay looks lovely, wish the sun was shining though. There are second world war pillboxes on the beach here that used to be on the clifftop! Then I'm climbing up steep uneven steps AGAIN...turning left at the top to go down a grassy slope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3d5f8b20-5ba1-4e6a-b10e-187a0ae8ebd6/processed_20240922_094637-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Crossing a beach access road a small climb and I can see Clara in the car park on the cliff top near a surf shop (not open) I'm so glad to be stopping, it feels like it's been a very long morning. My feet are aching, but from here there is just 5 miles left to walk. I stop for lunch with Steve, it's chilly on the clifftop, but stopping, taking off my socks and shoes having a cuppa and some food energises me for the last push. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d7d260da-201f-452f-aa43-3c4503a28a80/processed_20240922_094721-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out After lunch looking back over Cayton Bay, shame about the weather. I plug into an audio book as I could do with the distraction, I'm listening to the latest Robert Galbraith book, The Running Grave (it's a bit harrowing if I'm honest) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/999c181f-4420-4e40-a04f-166bf0a0fae0/processed_20240922_094842-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out The path climbs steadily to Lebberston Cliff and there are good views back towards Scarborough. I pass a thick wooden post that has these two lions head on it, no idea why! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5d8de6c2-e028-4b35-b403-dcdf5a07899a/processed_20240922_094929-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Once again moving uphill along Gristhorpe Cliff the path passes right in front of some static caravans on a holiday park, the path has been diverted here as a stretch of cliff path collapsed in 2023 on Cunstone Nab. There's quite a few dog walkers around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c6a9b704-257a-438e-b92e-a30606dfa899/processed_20240922_095005-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out The grassy path continues around Newbiggin Cliff and reaches North Cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ac872f79-bca5-4870-9099-aafa7c685bb5/processed_20240922_095102-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out At North Cliff there is another rocket post, this time a restored one, but without the crows nest of others I have seen along the route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8724ce37-b133-4c5d-ae07-5b9827004221/processed_20240922_095221-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out I pass the last Cleveland Way signpost which is pointing back to Helmsley 109 miles, I've done it, I've walked the whole of the Cleveland Way, grinning like a cheshire cat, with my uncontrollable hair going everywhere(thanks wind) I then take the last few steps down a grassy path to reach the official stone marker. Steve is sitting on the stone waiting for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/447bf7c6-a352-414b-9d75-459a8f9a4ff9/processed_20240922_095315-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out Norbert (and my Nordic walking poles) has ably accompanied me these past 10 days so he gets his moment in the spotlight too, there's a thru-walker who finished just before me and I joke to him we could carry onto the Yorkshire Wolds Way now! The official marker stone has all the names of the stage towns carved into it and a lovely acorn at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/12147d1f-81f9-467b-a07c-3f64e9002fab/processed_20240922_095522-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out At the start of the Cleveland Way in Helmsley and 109 miles (120.7 miles according to Strava) later at the finish in Filey Brigg. Tired, but happy and feeling accomplished. Steve bought us celebratory Tesco's finest chocolate eclairs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d5e12e8d-f320-4e39-9789-c18ba4e06839/Screenshot_20240922-230307%7E2.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Ten, the final day. - Make it stand out The route of The Cleveland Way - I Nordic walked it all! https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-2024-day-nine monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/91383866-7a8e-40c2-a2af-0838fd49806a/Screenshot_20240921-175712.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine The route today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9d6b85b2-a5a5-4a59-a650-24f9e6c22e95/processed_20240921_161841-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Today is my penultimate day on The Cleveland Way and I'm walking into Robin Hood's Bay from the campsite Middlewood Farm where we've been staying the last couple of nights. It's a 15 minute walk, which is obviously well used with a good path all the way. Back in Robin Hood's bay the path brings me right to the National Trail path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f3162831-9889-4c60-b7e0-60f3c71ffda6/processed_20240921_161924-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out However before heading onto the path, I pop down to the seashore by the Bay Hotel as the tide is out. I also might have popped into a gift shop that was shut yesterday! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e7dc6ed3-0344-4dcb-96ea-f4142d282f73/processed_20240921_162015-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Norbert wanted his photo taken before we got too far today! Not far from there was this very old worn stone with a plaque giving the worn-out inscription. (little did I know there was sufferance to come!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4ce17021-dc5d-4dc2-bb15-bbc74edb4f51/processed_20240921_162149-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Walking up the steep Flagstaff Steps I turn right to climb up 100 more wooden steps. The path from here is paved in places and has obviously been suffering from landslips as there are some slabs hanging in mid-air! I look back over the beach and village behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e4937f94-c08e-47a3-ada9-fe82125f3821/processed_PXL_20240918_093116698.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine My new friend Gary! I pass a field with several donkeys quietly grazing and make friends with one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/66bd3d5f-b840-4b30-92bc-91b9e530de86/processed_20240921_162426-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Eventually the easy path turns down steps into a wooded valley leading over a footbridge to Boggle Hole, a small cove where a stunning Youth Hostel sits (originally a corn mill). As I approach (looking for the loo) a guy says to me "you're Nordic Walking the Cleveland Way aren't you, you're putting some good stuff out on social media" fame at last! They were about to set off on one of their Festival of Walking social walks. There's also a cafe here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c2825889-a18b-417d-bca9-020b6127891c/processed_20240921_162521-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Leaving Boggle Hole the path crosses a road and then goes up 100 steep steps to go along a lower cliff path before going back down, crossing a footbridge over Stoupe Beck. This then turns into a narrower track up yet more steps to a road beside a car park alongside Stoupe Bank Farm. I called this tree - last tree standing! Turning left I pick up the cliff path again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/31fae451-0bdf-466b-a41f-7b7374e81cb0/processed_20240921_162615-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out There are views from here back to Robin Hood's Bay and the path is grassy again - I'm relieved for its flatter gradients! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/14a9211c-f7f2-4d2d-a412-fc3917cd7bea/processed_20240921_162756-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Beautiful Gorse flowers on the way to Ravenscar. Gates and footbridges are the theme along this stretch which now heads inland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8d25c8e6-b725-412e-94dd-a91d09e9e446/processed_20240921_162910-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Robin's Pincushion Gall on a Dogwood Rose, caused by wasps. The footbridges eventually lead past the Peak Alum Works. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b42747a7-3016-42f5-8ef2-0221bdc4d6f5/processed_20240921_163031-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Owned by The National Trust. the remains of Peak Alum Works are well preserved and give a good idea of the processes which took place. I can hear the famous Seal colony down on the beach below, but can't see them! "Incredibly, there are over 300 seals in the colony living on the rocky beach at the foot of Ravenscar. The majority of the grey seal colony can be spotted further out on the large flat rock furthest away from the beach. If you take a pair of binoculars you can get a good look and watch them in their natural habitat – what a wonderful thing to see. Some of the seals will lounge on the beach right where the below route brings you out and you may spot some in the sea too. Both grey and common seals are found here, common seals are actually the less numerous of the two resident UK seal species. In Yorkshire, you are lucky enough to get to see both species." from the Whitby Guide The 'castle' in the distance is Raven Hall. "Raven Hall was originally built by Captain William Childs of London. A Captain in the King's Regiment of light Dragoons, he first came to Yorkshire with the army. In 1763 Captain Childs became the owner of the Alum Works at Ravenscar and we assume that it is this commercial interest - combined with the breath-taking beauty of the area, which led him to build his family holiday home here. Until Raven Hall (which was formerly known as Peak Hall) was built in 1774, Ravenscar was a scattered hamlet of farm buildings. Staintondale was the main community in the area. However, there was in 1540 a large farm known as Peak house on the site of the 5th-century Roman fort, owned by a Mr John Beswick and his family. Nothing remains of the old fort except the foundations which were rediscovered during the building of Raven Hall." From Raven Hall Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/380dd9bd-4797-44f6-9d8f-a9af45e08c64/processed_20240921_163115-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Here the path goes further inland rising through woodland and out on a track studded with locally made bricks until it reaches a road junction by the Raven Hall Country House Hotel. There's also a National Trust tearoom and coastal visitor centre here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/47e7cab7-8baa-443e-b56a-79ca95851db6/processed_20240921_163211-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Cycling is popular in this area! Continuing along the main road past Raven Hall, the path is signposted left down a wide and very stony track to re-join the cliff top path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c5b4cf24-1440-4c92-9d1e-54147a1d7705/processed_20240921_163253-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out The path continues on a grassy path undulating past fields and rugged cliff faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/95ecd430-1ad7-4973-afb6-eb2d3e52fdf3/processed_20240921_163405-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out The path passes the remains of the local coastal defence radar system for the protection of the UK during the Second World War. It was one of a chain of stations built along the east coast during 1941 to detect approaching aircraft. There are four buildings. The site operated with about thirty RAF personnel on duty in shifts. All the buildings and the remains of the barracks are a Scheduled Monument. There is also a coast guard lookout. This was built in 1935 for the Auxiliary Coast Guard Watch but during the war, it was taken over as a War Watch Station which was connected by telephone to the radar station. It ceased to be used by the Coast Guard in 1972. I went up into this, but decided it looked to precarious to actually look out at the view! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7c5fba01-86af-47e1-b543-640e01f60f13/processed_20240921_163519-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out At War Dike Gate there is a permissive path that I take as it enables me to meet Steve with Clara for lunch. It's the first up and over step stile I've seen on this walk, there were loads of them when I walked Hadrians Wall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0a7b1afc-2cee-48d3-a7a7-e0cb81cbd891/processed_20240921_163616-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out After lunch I continue to follow the regularly undulating path with good views of the headlands to come. At Hayburn Wyke the path descends steeply into a wooded valley using uneven stone steps and several flights of wooden steps which need to be navigated carefully, I also come across the only really bad stretch of muddy path on the whole 109 mile walk! Now crossing two footbridges bring me out at the top of the very bouldery beach and I make my way down to consider if I should swim there. There is also a waterfall that spouts out into a small pool on the beach, but the boulders are slippery, the tide is coming in and the waterfall pool looks dodgy, so I decide to carry on walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/909eb250-79af-4a23-9b6c-272ae1563523/processed_20240921_163734-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Boulders at Hayburn Wyke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/181fd4db-d163-4cbe-8181-94967008086e/processed_20240921_163949-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out The tide is coming in over the slippery boulders and the slim waterfall at Hayburn Wyke, there wasn't great access to that pool either! These are the start of the stone steps that take you out of Hayburn Wyke and there are several twists and turns and more steps to reach the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7be39ea6-68df-4f48-a1a5-a79e65a729ce/processed_20240921_164051-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out A lovely tribute bench and small garden where I sat for a snack and to rest a while before continuing the relatively arduous rollercoaster of path between here and Scalby. The mileage on the signposts didn't decrease quickly enough and I was really feeling it in my legs - they had no va, va, voom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7fa27c15-008b-4f26-951b-4998c17cd5fd/processed_20240921_164126-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Don't get me wrong this part was beautiful, it was just my body was struggling. I'm not sure if being able to see just how much farther you have to go helps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c9ed8ac6-26fd-4623-8456-c68cf2b53009/processed_20240921_164208-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Steps, steps ans yet more steps. It's the regular ups and downs that zap your energy, you have to concentrate on where your feet are going, also trying to make sure you're engaging your glutes for maximum help up each step! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/92cb5541-551b-4765-bd59-4cc470162b6b/processed_20240921_164323-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out It was nice to have a distraction every so often and something to read! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/730216fc-2144-4e9e-b8d4-16a46ff45ea2/processed_20240921_164403-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out This bench was built by the North York Moors Rangers as a tribute to a colleague. Just 3 miles to go...'just' Oh look more steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/22cda7ab-f299-4658-8609-b84bcfc54343/processed_20240921_164450-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out Ahead I can see just how far away Scarborough appears to be, but in reality I don't really know just how many more flights of steps I will need to walk up and down or how many more fields I will pass. So I just have to dig deep and find my resilience. I stop and have another snack and a couple of jelly babies. There's lots of horsetail plants along here! It may be overcast, but it is quite warm and muggy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/035ef3d3-64b2-4b92-b12c-11a4b5b9f9c3/processed_20240921_164610-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out I pass a signpost indicating the start of the Tabular Hills Walk which is a 48 mile walk that will take you back to Helmsley to make a circular route (another time maybe) for now I'd just like to get to Scarborough so I can stop for the day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/530edfa0-08fe-4ad5-b86a-14c46669871a/processed_20240921_164702-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Nine - Make it stand out A walk around the final headland leads to 75 steps down to a bushy slope and then I can see Clara parked across the water at the Sealife Centre! Crossing the footbridge past the Old Scalby Mills Pub and I can stop! That was a hard day, I'm very relieved to see Steve and after stretching my stiff and tired body we head back to the campsite. The river meets the sea here by the Old Scalby Mills Pub, further down where the sea crashes in it's not so still! https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/th-cleveland-way-2024-day-eight monthly 0.5 2024-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/19c02a36-12ca-4118-8c36-20f7f445b844/Screenshot_20240920-191236.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight The first part of todays route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6734277f-78f7-4f80-bf8d-100ff2a9a056/Screenshot_20240920-191317.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight The second half of today’s route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a9e37997-5c14-4bf6-a8bc-d643e1883e06/processed_20240920_114924-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out The sunshine and blue skies are back this morning and Steve drops me off on the cliff-top at Sandsend. The Cleveland Way follows the main A174 road gently uphill all the way along to the Whitby Golf Club before turning left just beyond it. There is an big caravan site opposite - I've never seen so many caravans! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e923306e-da54-410b-9e10-c6b22a99aa72/processed_20240920_115144-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out The road leads down to Upgang beach and goes underneath a footbridge that transports golfers to the other part of the golf course, although it looks a little precarious so I'm not actually sure it is used anymore. The path goes across a slope back up to the cliff top and follows the beach all the way to Whitby itself, it's at this point I wish I had read the guidebook more closely as I could have walked all the way along the beach as the tide was out. It would have been much nicer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f4d7acf4-f34b-421b-a249-b5cf09643670/processed_20240920_115522-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out It's a beautiful beach at Whitby, wishing I was down there! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a797a92c-d10c-4b46-9346-7451d82feb97/processed_20240920_115613-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out The Cleveland way is easily followed at this point as there is good signage, there are A LOT of benches along this cliff top, perfect for people watching! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c8f54303-326b-4a8b-837c-9d568f22082d/processed_20240920_115707-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out There's a crescent of beautiful Georgian town houses just before the town, which is The Royal Crescent built in the 1850's. The crowning glory of George Hudson's development plans for the West Cliff was to be a Crescent that "would equal if not out-rival that of Bath". Sadly, only half of the Crescent had been built when Hudson's creditors foreclosed - and the Crescent was never completed. Opposite is a sculpture of a crow's nest that is part of a history trail in the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cb785901-48ac-43dc-b6f1-b21754b9d7c2/processed_20240920_115838-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out I reach the famous whalebone arch and cam see Whitby Abbey in the distance. This arch is made up real whale bones (the bones come from a bowhead whale) and is a reminder of Whitby’s history as a whaling town. In the17th century large-scale commercial whaling began in Whitby. The hunting whales helped the town develop into a thriving hub of the industry. The town’s location on the Yorkshire coast made it the perfect place to process and ship whale products to the rest of the world. Whales would be brought back to Whitby and processed for oil used for lighting, lubrication, and fuel, while whalebone was used to make a variety of products such as corsets and umbrella ribs. There is also a statue to Captain Cook here as he moved to Whitby after living in Staithes and became a trainee with a local shipping firm. Later, he joined the Royal Navy and was rapidly promoted to a command. It is as Captain Cook that the world still knows him – the man who charted the coast of New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia and who was one of the greatest surveyors as well as one of the finest sailors and explorers of all time. He learned his craft in Whitby vessels trading to the Baltic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9ca80140-1c10-4392-a50c-f69e73542b88/processed_20240920_115938-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out I walk through the whalebone arch and along the steps down the steep slope to the harbour area. After paying 50p to have a comfort break where the automatic hand wash machines don't work properly..grrr. I have a wander around past another sculpture. The Herring Girls. One of 9 sculptures which make up the Whitby Heritage Sculpture Trail by local artist Emma Stothard. This captures an image you would have seen in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. A fishing fleet followed the shoals of herrings along this coast and the ‘Herring Lasses' followed by train, they would be there ready and waiting to gut and pack the day’s catch. This sculpture represents the fiercely strong and independent women who would work in small teams of two's and three's. Two girls would gut and salt the herrings and the third would pack the fish into barrels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f031bab4-49f1-4feb-91b9-15ed809c7bc0/processed_20240920_120037-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out I wander down the road past St John's Church and St Hilda's Church and some back streets before emerging back on the harbourside by the authentic replica of HMS Endeavour - which was sailed by Captain James Cook during his scientific expedition of 1768 - has been traditionally built by Whitby craftsmen and stands in the water some 40% of the ships original size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8b9c796e-5635-40b8-81b9-666c096b7248/processed_20240920_120133-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out I head over to the very busy swing bridge which crosses the tidal mouth of the river Esk and spend some time wandering the narrow streets seeing what I can spot! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/461141a4-4702-49f3-a81b-da003a869e2c/processed_20240920_120333-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out The old town hall was built in 1788 (top left pic) and the narrow, cobbled streets were bustling with visitors. I also spot this gorgeously carved shop sign for The Pantry Door. Always look up! I then make my way round to the famous 199 stone steps up towards St Mary's Church and Whitby Abbey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/028ad84a-2caa-49eb-ba32-6fd7052a219c/processed_20240920_120413-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out I pause at the top of the steps to look back and take this photo of Whitby looking gorgeous in the sunshine. There is a cross is in the graveyard of St Mary's Church, it is Caedmon's Cross. a late Victorian-style Celtic cross that commemorates the famous 7th century Anglo-Saxon poet, Caedmon. He lived for most of his life at St Hilda’s monastic community of Streonaeshalch (Whitby), as a laybrother and herdsman. The cross is richly decorated on all four sides is almost 20 feet high and stands upon a solid stone-base. It was made from a hard type of sandstone quarried close by Hadrian’s Wall. Then there is Whitby Abbey itself, we visited the Abbey in 2020, so didn't feel it necessary to revisit it. If you'd like to read more about Whitby Abbey you can always read Steve's blog from our Clara and the Cathedrals trip. https://claraandthecathedrals.wordpress.com/2020/09/19/whitby-abbey/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9974e5d7-794c-4b0b-abb5-589b33526bf8/processed_20240920_120502-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out Whitby Abbey was a 7th-century Christian monastery that later became a Benedictine Abbey. The first monastery was founded in 657 AD by the Anglo-Saxon era King of Northumbria, Oswy (Oswiu). He appointed Lady Hilda, Abbess of Hartlepool Abbey as founding abbess. The first incarnation of the Abbey under St Hilda lasted 200 years. At this time the North-East of England was invaded by the Danes. The invasion of the Danes wrought great destruction across the region and led to the fall of the Abbey. For the next 200 years, the Abbey was derelict, deserted, and destroyed by the ravages of time. The next incarnation of the Abbey was in the 11th century shortly after the Norman Conquest. It is these ruins that remain today. On the 14th December 1539, Henry VIII ordered Whitby Abbey to close. Upon closure, Whitby Abbey was stripped of all the fixtures and fittings of value; glass from the windows, lead from the roof and left to decay. The roof of the great church and the central tower all eventually fell. The Cleveland Way continues opposite the abbey and now shares the same path as the King Charles III England Coast Path. The path here looks to have been renewed recently, great for a bit of speedy Nordic Walking to make up too much time spent wandering in Whitby! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4d20f30a-c749-4476-a615-5af1440e1786/processed_20240920_120603-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out I continue following the cliff path on towards Saltwick Bay and enjoy the great coastal scenery. I meet Steve just past the Whitby Holiday Village where there is some parking bays, you can access the beach here. The weather is still glorious and my lunch is consumed soaking up the sun on a picnic blanket outside the van. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/96f8d2d5-f97f-4e6d-97e4-ec86bebdc10b/processed_20240920_120654-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out Backtracking slightly to the clifftop path I pass fields of purple flowers which turn out to be a green manure plant called Phacelia, there are a few other plants including the odd sunflower! I took this photo of the beach at Saltwick from further around the path - looks to be a nice beach! There is evidence of coastal erosion and also of the extensive Alum shale quarrying that happened all along this coastline. This sea stack is called Black Nab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/514e9642-6087-42d7-b210-7d205643d8d5/processed_20240920_120750-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out Top pic is a fine example of how the landslips caused by excessive rain have literally left the path hanging in places. Here the path continues to follow the cliffs going through fields and passing this foghorn and a lighthouse. Whitby's Foghorns were sounded through a pair of ‘Rayleigh Trumpets,’ locally known as the ‘Hawsker Bull,’ It was operational from 1903 and remained in use until 1987. The equipment was updated in 1955. Each trumpet, 20 feet long and 8 feet high, was mounted on the engine room’s roof and set about 120º apart. Two horizontal 25-horsepower oil engines compressed the air needed to activate the horns. The siren blasted four times every ninety seconds and you could hear it up to 10 miles away. The Whitby High Lighthouse, constructed in 1858, has safeguarded sailors for over a century. The Whitby High Lighthouse is the remaining half of a pair of towers initially positioned in a North-South alignment. They were collectively referred to as the twin lights of Whitby. Each lighthouse was furnished with paraffin lamps, and a pair of single-story keeper’s cottages were connected to each tower. The South Lighthouse is the only one that remains. The North lighthouse was demolished, and the foghorns took its place. Whitby High lighthouse was electrified in 1976 and the light was automated in 1992. The keeper’s cottages still stand and are available to rent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f9608e7e-3c8c-43bb-84c4-40aace24326b/processed_20240920_120916-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out Here the path climbs higher and then rolls gently up and down, sometimes with steps! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7505daaf-5318-4c44-b650-b0bffe438904/processed_20240920_121012-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out Boardwalks are also used in particularly wet or boggy areas. Near Hawkser the Coast to Coast path joins the Cleveland Way. I think the sign in the bottom pic might have been tampered with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dea39672-9d35-4a9b-af52-a68cc0c032c7/processed_20240920_121240-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out The National Trust is responsible for a lot of the coastal land along here and when the path isn't going through steep-sided wooded valleys the path is broad and grassy! "Two of the last two remaining rocket posts along our coastline were situated at Ravenscar and Robin Hoods Bay but eventually succumbed to age and the weather. Until very recently the only evidence still on the ground was the name of the field just north of Bay village where the National Trust sign announces Rocket Post Field. Firing a line from the cliff or shore in foul weather took a great deal of skill and in order to perfect this art the coastguard set up practice posts close to the coastal villages where they stored their apparatus. These 'rocket posts' were once a common feature along our cliff tops. Usually set in a field a short distance back from the cliff the post was topped by a metal crow's nest reached by simple step holds up the post. During practice sessions a coastguard would man the crow's nest to act as a mariner on a stranded vessel. The rescue team would then fire a line from 2 to 300 yards away to which was attached a heavier rope. If the shot was successful, the heavy rope was hauled in and secured and a breeches buoy attached. In a real life situation this would then be used to haul the crew, one at a time, to the shore." From geocaching.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6c85cc25-5cb8-4318-8b70-ef8eea9887cb/processed_20240920_121353-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out Walking around Ness Point, Robin Hood's bay is seen in the distance and I walk past the rocket posr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e03fe503-6fa0-4bcb-8ad7-7b48f9a06e91/processed_20240920_121736-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out Here the path turns right and joining The Cinder Track and old railway line that once linked Whitby to Scarborough. It's a 21.7 mile cycle track, but I'm only on it for a short while before turning onto Mount Pleasant North. Here the route has been permanently diverted. I'm meeting Steve in a car park near here and we wander down into Robin Hood's Bay together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/09599799-1fe4-4367-8c31-efdb47a70416/processed_20240920_121918-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - Th Cleveland Way 2024: Day Eight - Make it stand out I've heard of Robin Hood's Bay but never been before, it's a picturesque old fishing village on the coast of the North York Moors. It apparently has a sandy beach, as well as rock pools to explore although the tide was in when we were there. We wandered down through its narrow, twisting cobbled streets and alleyways, it has a wide range of cafes, pubs, restaurants, small shops (most of these were already closed) and places to explore. "The actual origin of the name remains a mystery. There is not a scrap of evidence to suggest that Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest folklore visited the Bay. The name is more likely to have grown from legends with local origin and probably from more than one legend. Robin Hood was the name of an ancient forest spirit similar to Robin Goodfellow and the use of the name for such an elf or spirit was widespread in the country. Many natural features were named after these local folk of legend and, in time, stories crossed over from one legend to another. The traditional anecdotes probably go way back in time but as to their origin - who knows? What we are more certain of is that in the 18th century, Robin Hood’s Bay was reportedly the busiest smuggling community on the Yorkshire coast. Its natural isolation, protected by marshy moorland on three sides, offered a natural aid to this well-organised business which, despite its dangers, must have paid better than fishing. Smuggling at sea was backed up by many on land who were willing to finance and transport contraband. Fisherfolk, farmers clergy and gentry alike were all involved. Fierce battles ensued between smugglers and excise men, both at sea and on land, and Bay wives were known to pour boiling water over excise men from bedroom windows in the narrow alleyways. Hiding places, bolt holes and secret passages abounded. It is said that a bale of silk could pass from the bottom of the village to the top without leaving the houses." from https://www.robin-hoods-bay.co.uk/about-rhb/history We grabbed an ice-cream sundae from the shop with the post-office in on our way back to Clara! https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-2024-day-seven monthly 0.5 2024-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ccd933b3-0e22-47e6-a120-be027f4f7ac5/share_392487040258434199.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - The route today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e4bbef7b-2e72-4286-b558-3c320c7cb494/processed_20240918_230853-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Steve drops me off just beyond Boulby Lodge and I immediately turn right onto the path leading down through fields. Just off the path I pass this sculpture of a miner sitting at a table. "The artwork is called The Miner’s Bait Table, commissioned by ICL Ltd the owners of Boulby Mine to celebrate the history of the mine and its 50 years of existence. The mine originally mined Potash, a potassium rich salt formed in underground deposits from evaporated sea beds from 250 million years ago. It was valuable as a fertiliser and Boulby Mine functioned as a potash mine until 2018 when potash mining stopped. The mine still functions but now solely produced polyhalite another salt used as a fertiliser but one which contains calcium and magnesium as well as potassium. ICL commissioned local artist Katy Ventress to design and produce the piece which she did at her local studio in Hinderwell. Her inspiration for the piece was the “bait tables” where miners would eat their snacks or lunch whilst underground. Each table contained a communications board with phone and they were mobile, being able to be moved around as required. Katie’s sculpture features a life-size miner in galvanised steel sitting at the bench carrying the equipment such as helmet and lamp, they would have done in the early days of the Boulby mine. The piece is functional and walkers can sit down and eat their pack ups and spend a short while taking in the stunning coastal views. The bait table itself is laser cut stainless steel and also contains a map showing how far the mine stretched beneath the ground as well as further information about the history of the mine. The elaborate picnic-style bench took just over three months to produce, after which it was sent to the galvanizer for careful processing. Galvanizing was essential to protect the sculpture from the outside elements and limit need for maintenance bearing in mind its position on the top of the cliffs on the coast. After galvanizing Katie Ventress also applied acid etching to create striking highlight effects " from Tim Barber's blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b9ea87ec-79b0-49b4-b911-973690b64468/processed_20240918_231012-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out After Boulby the path has fallen into the sea in several places and I'm advised to walk further inland on the road, which is barred to traffic (but has been moved further inland itself on several occasions!). This leads to a junction with the road with traffic. I follow this road left down into Staithes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7ea73a52-fbc3-4ea1-88ca-4ec604d9d1c4/processed_20240918_231114-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Staithes main village is reached by a footbridge over the harbour. The narrow alleys and higgledy-piggledy houses have a certain charm and have attracted a creative collective in the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dac93ab9-53d4-47cd-b739-f0e6d7cd0881/processed_20240918_231207-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out The narrow, crooked natural harbour and protective cliff face at Cowbar Nab made Staithes an ideal retreat for fishermen, traders and smugglers in decades past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5674ca95-1ce6-421a-85a1-45a20ea9c329/processed_20240918_231306-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out I bump into this shady looking character on my way through Staithes! Love the seahorse door knocker! After walking through the narrow, cobbled streets the path follows a stone paved path uphill allowing me to get a good look back down the narrow streets below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/546e70b3-55b9-4791-9658-6be4a483a619/processed_20240918_231416-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out At the top of the stone paved path I turn left past a farm and turn left again along a broad, grass track. The path is steadily climbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/12ec8f94-5cf9-4994-9460-7e88479d33a9/processed_20240918_231536-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out On Beacon Hill the path reaches almost to 100m above sea level affording me grand views all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ecf63483-963c-4c00-b34d-a2702478f41b/processed_20240918_231648-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Port Mulgrave is a tiny hamlet and you can access the shale beach and harbour down a number of steps. You can apparently spot the ruins of the harbour at the bottom of the cliff where locally-mined ironstone would once have been exported. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3d02bcb0-8dee-4d71-9b78-18ba065d1d7e/processed_20240918_231734-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Top pic is Port Mulgrave seen from further around the cliffs above. The Cleveland Way goes along the top of the Rosedale Cliffs and I go up and down a flight of steps, passing a pond and then turning right inland to reach the top of Runswick Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/98549c55-0457-4507-92c9-cf831434e2b7/processed_20240918_231811-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Beautiful weather and wide paths making Nordic Walking the Cleveland Way even more enjoyable. This part of the Cleveland Way feel very different to the early days on the North York Moors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f100bcdf-b2ec-418e-acdc-8bc7a93011a8/processed_20240918_231908-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out I continue to walk down the road towards the beach, it's busy with folk enjoying the good weather. I'm meeting Steve here for lunch, but am struggling to locate him, lack of phone signal means WhatsApp hasn't update either of our locations recently and calls aren't getting through either! Eventually we find each other and set off for an area of the beach less inhabited. Runswick Bay is a picture postcard North Yorkshire coastal village, boasting a mile of secluded bay and gorgeous beach and this forms part of the Cleveland Way which runs along it. It is part of the Jurassic coast and famed for its fossils. The beach is sandy and is popular with dog owners, as it is one of the few beaches along this stretch of coast that doesn’t have any restrictions on dogs. Runswick has been popular with holidaymakers for centuries. In more recent times, it has become known for its surf, and the brave and adventurous can be seen frequenting the coldest of its tidal waters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/98828c93-6f63-4443-a2e1-12f3abf0c504/processed_20240918_232008-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Couldn't wait to get my walkng boots off and get in the sea for a dip! Stark contrast to yesterday as it is calm and sunny! Less sand invading stuff! After a dip and lunch (this felt like we were on holiday!), I head off down the beach to find the exit point. Hilariously the guide book says if the tide is high and the beach is blocked, then the best course of action is to wait for it to recede! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0c92e56c-1098-4d63-8264-ed426b0d1522/processed_20240918_232121-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Once I am past the crumbling cliff at Hobb Holes, I find the exit up a river bed cutting through crumbly layers of slippery shale. A guy coming the other way advises me to hold onto the hand rail as he has just slipped and bashed his knee. So I take it very gingerly scrambling up the shale, I don't need a fall! The path incredibly is up that right-hand side where the wooden balustrade is! I can't imagine what it must be like when there is more water running through it! Then there's a climb up 95 steps followed by 160 more up 100m of cliff to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/74542ceb-1ff2-46b1-8d2c-9e24b4d5ffed/processed_20240918_232224-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Excellent views of Runswick Bay from the top of the cliff. I now follow the grassy cliff-top path around Kettle Ness headland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a1ae24be-28d9-4b31-afc4-c2e20102cab1/processed_20240918_232305-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Cattle and signposts around every corner almost! The cattle barely acknowledge my existence! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/953e1b67-b747-485f-a4e0-32d654d7ae10/processed_20240918_232401-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out The farming community are hard at work bringing in the harvest, literally making hay while the sun shines! Norbert finds himself a less risky photo location with the National Trail acorn logo and this handmade sign with distances back to Helmsley and ahead to Filey makes me smile with it's added missing L. 75 miles done, 37 to go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/02b3e289-31e7-4a73-9d63-a4f89c83970e/processed_20240918_232444-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out More farming action (I got a wave from this farmer!) and the path begins it's descent down a wooded slope on steeply-pitched stairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/933adb84-437a-4220-a1cf-41e203846f60/processed_20240918_232703-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Once down all the stairs the route goes along the old trackbed of a disused railway, through a cutting and along an embankment, passing an old Alum workings at Sandsend Ness. After another short wooded section the path takes steps down into a car park below the old station site. I then follow the road into Sandsend passing a cluster of older looking cottages on my right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/47ed6cbf-2144-443b-93c7-cc510c3a5973/processed_20240918_232757-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Seven - Make it stand out Sandsend has some surprisingly characterful properties and a stunning sandy beach, I walk along the A174 looking for Clara in the parking spaces, dump my rucksack and poles and stop at the ice-cream van to buy Magnums on the way to find Steve reading on the beach. Magnums consumed it is time for a second sea dip of the day. This time the sea is a little rougher! Lovely to finish the days walking with a refreshing dip! https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-d monthly 0.5 2024-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/89ae0fce-cae2-4fa4-94bd-2e88af3a89f7/Screenshot_20240918-203718.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six The route today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/80bad419-33b3-45d9-a74f-962c82afb9f0/processed_20240917_234520-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out An overcast morning in Saltburn-by-the-sea sees me setting off a little later as it's only a shorter walk today. There's a few people milling about on the sea front as I stride on through. Today is the first of five days walking along the Yorkshire coast. This route is also designated as the King Charles III England Coast Path! Passing behind The Ship Pub I begin the climb up to Hunt Cliff, reaching a marker stone for the Cleveland Heritage Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b46bfef1-0716-4a8a-9ab1-ed250fb44199/processed_20240917_234641-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out I'm walking along the cliff top in the Hunt Cliff Nature Reserve and all along here at regular intervals there are where the vegetation has been trampled giving nearer access to the cliff. There are also many slates laid on the ground at these points. Hunt Cliff is unfortunately a suicide black spot and the messages of hope are intended to prevent desperate people from jumping. I only took a photo of this one, but there were many as well as signs for the Samaritans suicide helpline. It's a stark reminder of how fragile life is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5237367f-2f12-4b48-923a-dffec905d5e0/processed_20240917_234755-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out "Way of St Hild – St Hilda’s Church, Hartlepool to Whitby Abbey – 47 miles, 5 days. This coastal route is a pilgrimage initiative that has its own smartphone app to bring alive the history around St Hild, faith and spirituality, human life in general 1400 years ago and the landscape and nature. A modern approach to ancient history then, given that the Headland, where you start, is one of the oldest centres of Christianity in England. The Anglo-Saxon monastery of Hartlepool Abbey was founded by St Aidan in 640AD, and St Hild was its second abbess in 647AD. Hild presided here before setting up her double monastery, Whitby Abbey, this route’s destination." British Pilgrimage Trust. I've see a few of these St Hild signs along the way. There's plenty of wildflowers to catch the eye, these harebells were bobbing in the wind! The path runs between the cliffs and a railway line at the bottom of Warsett Hill, this serves a steelworks at Skinningrove and the Boulby Potash Mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/98f8d87f-8178-4d6b-84ed-41ca2b886a14/processed_20240917_234946-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out In the distance I can see the infamous 'giants charm bracelet', and as I approach a couple are sitting on the bench nearby. I take a couple of photos and a selfie and the chap says "of course you know you'll not be the first person to have your photo taken wi' that" Made me smile! The good views stretch out in front of me! "The artworks official name is Circle, but the locals fondly know it as “the Charm bracelet”. The piece was created by Richard Farrington and was commissioned by Common Ground in 1990 as part of a partnership with British Steel and Northern Arts. The fact it is made from steel reflects the historic importance of the local smelting and metal working industries. The inner section of the circle is made from an old mine shaft mast and the outer part from material used to reinforce the hulls of trawlers. Sadly the original sculpture was destroyed one night in 1996 under the cover of darkness. It was a deliberate act using power tools to unfasten the ring from the base, then the sculpture was rolled into the sea. Whilst local rumours as to who did it exist, no one was ever prosecuted. The circle was reclaimed from the sea and some of the charms were also recovered. A new bracelet was produced with a new thicker circle – it was re-installed and much more firmly anchored. New steel charms were created to replace the originals which were lost. The charms include a belemnite (an old Jurassic Squid), a mermaid, a cat, a mermaids purse (fish egg pouch), a bird, a ring and a horse. The charms are all three dimensional and whilst debate continues as to what exactly each one represents, Farrington confirmed that each one represented a story about local culture, folklore or tradition." from Tim Barber's blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/20f7cd30-0209-40a1-b6db-db8178dc7ad9/processed_PXL_20240915_103232538.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out Norbert and I getting a selfie with 'the circle' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/70919d68-cd6c-4343-bb21-54b269b1d1fd/processed_20240917_235113-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out There are plenty of other footpaths off The Cleveland Way making it very accessible. Gradually the path goes down the hill and turns into several flights of steps before becoming a sandy path weaving it's way through dunes covered in sharp, spiky marram grass. I'm almost at the bottom when I look to my left and spy a familiar figure sitting, reading on the beach! I make my way down to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/302f0217-e26a-4fcf-963f-afb4b8a3e6aa/processed_20240917_235254-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out Even though it's overcast we can't resist having a dip (it was refreshing!), but changing afterwards we end up with sand everywhere as it's quite windy today. Sticky sandy feet are not a great combo with walking! Norbert has never seen sand before! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/093571af-7aa8-4a86-938d-eb0d2df3074b/processed_20240917_235351-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out After our swim we head through a gap in a concrete jetty, around past the huge boulders that form sea defences to the small harbour. Pausing at Clara to have a cuppa (in my flask) and a snack - it begins to rain! The Repus was a traditional fishing coble now acting as a memorial to those lost at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/02b7a60f-aab9-4d5c-bf5f-68170abbf15c/processed_20240917_235453-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out Leaving Steve and Clara behind I walk towards the houses and across a bridge, passing a Cleveland Way marker bench (I discover afterwards that this is the official halfway point on The Cleveland Way) and also a intricately detailed metal memorial bench towards a small boatyard. From here to the right is a steep climb up many. many steps (almost 200 apparently) Bottom right pic is looking back down towards Skinningrove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a9b061ee-bfae-4ef2-98dd-826f75cd6b90/processed_20240917_235554-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out I'm now on Hummersea Cliff where the path levels out onto a grassy cliff-top, with views aplenty. The rose bushes are abounding with luscious red rosehips all along here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f6dd3aab-6057-4799-bf22-8a19d2cb1064/processed_20240917_235651-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out The path undulates gently before moving inland, there are a few spaces with benches to take in the views from the cliff tops and I have a little pause at one. The cliffs are craggy with heather and the other side of the path is farming land with dry-stone walls and fields of green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/46608061-1129-4be8-bc75-0282c7aeebd0/processed_20240917_235945-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out The top photo is a beautiful example of how all stiles should look! Also Yorkshire has very aggressive Gorse bushes, my legs though brambles were bad enough! Here I continue to walk between fields and the cliff edge which feels dangerously close at times! I pass the extensive Loftus Alum Quarries and enjoy vast views ahead along the coastal path. The quarries of Loftus Alum Works were in operation from the late 1650s until the 1860s. They occupy an area on the cliff-edge approximately 1km in length and form 5 distinct areas, each of which displays 2 or 3 levels of shale extraction. Some have large spoil heaps associated with them. Alum is not found in a natural state in Britain but can be manufactured from some types of shale. "Making alum was a complicated process. The aim was to transform alum shales into alum crystals. The first stage in this process was to quarry the shale out of the ground. This work was done by hand with picks, shovels and wheelbarrows. To produce one ton of finished alum you would need up to 100 tons of shale. Once quarried the next stage was to burn the shale in large piles called clamps. These clamps could be up to 100 metres long and 30 metres tall and would be burnt for as long as twelve months. The burning would usually take place on the quarry floor. After burning in the clamp the shale was steeped in freshwater to draw out all the useful chemicals. The waste shale was then disposed of – usually by throwing it off the nearest cliff. The liquid was then transported to the alum house – this is where the transformation happened. In the alum house some water was evaporated off in large tanks heated by coal fires. A second chemical was added to the concentrated mixture in the form of human urine – shipped in from major cities like Hull, London and Newcastle. Burnt seaweed ashes were also used. This liquid was then cooled and allowed to crystallise. Once all the alum had crystallised all the remaining liquid was drained off and the pure alum could be washed and packed into cases for final crystallisation and shipment." from Tees Valley Wildlife Trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6842f651-918c-4e35-9207-537f5c69a77d/processed_20240918_000046-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out Here the route climbs onto the highest part of the cliffs, around 200m above sea level. The path is descending, the bees are loving the ragwort - every clump has loads of bees on it. I come across this poem inscribed on a precarious bit of cliff. "Pauline, in Spring I saw you, your eyes shone like dew, in Summer we shared a love we had so true, in Autumn they told us there is nothing we can do, it became Winter when you left, Ted." On further investigation this hand-carved (taking him over 64 days) poem was penned by 64 year old Ted, form East Cleveland when he lost his partner of 16 years. "I wanted to do something different and I couldn’t build her the Taj Mahal.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/755ce432-0687-43da-be0a-00a8e4511876/processed_20240918_000204-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out Looks like the weather is rapidly changing ahead and so I'm glad to be nearing the end of todays walk. I pass a row of former alum workers' cottages and walk down a narrow road and can see Clara ahead! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/aee7edad-ab5a-4ed4-96dc-702e2e65178e/processed_20240918_000403-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Six - Make it stand out Looking ahead to views of what is to come on the Cleveland Way and weather shaped trees making tunnels of paths. There's also a lot of cow parsley heads silhouetted against the sea along this stretch! One of my favourites! https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-2024-day-five monthly 0.5 2024-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/47f4ca09-3b28-4328-9a59-fb197569ba9d/Screenshot_20240917-203639.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five My revised route for today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/aae56a76-7348-47ca-82b5-38d6e7e724ad/processed_20240916_232757-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Steve dropped me back at Gribdale Gate and I started walking around 10.20am. A nice climb first thing to warm the bones! I did look back from near the top and we waved at each other before he set off on his own adventure. The stone steps are uneven and you really have to concentrate where you are putting your pole tips! I reach Great Ayton Moor and the hill flattens out slightly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f1f27e80-5fc4-4f2f-9e7b-fe79ccb3b20b/processed_20240916_232924-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out As I'm walking along I spot this beautiful Fox moth caterpillar crossing over the path, later I also spotted a snake crossing the path, but wasn't quick enough with my phone to snap it! Along the path here there is a substantial wall and a small birch woodland to the left with open moorland on my right. I follow the track around following the wall, passing a York Moors boundary stone. The wall turns a corner abruptly and I go through a gate on Newton Moor to access Roseberry Topping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/41d48be9-c25b-4317-a079-1c6addb32515/processed_20240916_233020-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Views of Roseberry Topping from the path belie its true height! to climb or not to climb, that is the question. The climb to the summit is considered part of the Cleveland Way and I decide it would annoy me in days to come if I didn't climb it! Dubbed as the 'Yorkshire Matterhorn' I hope it brings me a mountain-top experience! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/358091bf-35b6-42bf-b9ed-998e4be79533/processed_20240916_233101-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out I go through a gate and drop down onto a relatively steep paved path reaching a grassy flat path, before climbing up another steep stone path as it winds itself around the peak. I stop to chat to another solo female walker and she tells me I'm brave to walk alone. We have a discussion about perceived threats and she tells me she only does shorter out and back walks since she lost her husband last year, they were both keen walkers. Our chat gives my heart rate time to settle and I climb the last few turns of the path. Roseberry Topping has a programme of repair works in progress. "Roseberry Topping, a hill on the edge of the North York Moors, has seen "significant path erosion" with its 10 trails in "dire need of repair", the British Mountaineering Council said. About 100 tonnes of pathway stones will be used during the repair work which is expected to take between two and three years. The project is being run by the National Trust and North York Moors National Park." from the BBC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/151a4b5d-3bd6-4191-958d-e7caf95c5812/processed_20240916_233200-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Just before the top it looks like there is no-one else up there, turns out that was a false summit and when I reach the true summit, it is full of people! Norbert gets to bag another Trig point and I enjoy the 360 degree views, whilst trying not to fall over anyone. You can see the distant Pennines, Industrial Teesmouth and all across the nearby North York Moors. The American group from day one are here too. The top pic is the view back down from where I came. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9e08fe87-f6c6-4938-9625-47fe61add680/processed_20240916_233327-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Middle right pic is the false summit. I was disappointed to find so many people at the summit. A lady I spoke to said "it's the Instagram generation looking to post their mountain-top pics, they just park as close as possible and it looks like they've done a hard hike to get here" There was a woman putting her dog on the trig point for a selfie...I'll just keep quiet about Norbert for now. I have to admit though no-one up there looked particularly like they were bothered about Instagram! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/71382658-6973-476b-bc46-8c33db15861d/processed_20240916_233506-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out I retrace my steps both back down the steep, unevenly paved stone steps and back up the other side to reach the gate I came through. Following a gravel path which cuts straight across the heather moorland I pass this memorial post to John Storey who apparently loved Hutton Moor and his family have funded the path works in his memory, much improving the conditions of the path on this stretch of the Cleveland Way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/339ee5a3-9e8c-4127-afdf-9120426a8ba0/processed_20240916_233641-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out I go through a small gate and turn right to follow a track through mixed forest and along a fence, passing a gate at a junction and turn right through another gate to leave the forest. Here I re-encounter the solo lady walker from Roseberry Topping, I've caught her up, we walk together for a bit, chatting as we go, her name is Gillian. We're following a track up a moorland slope and then onto a stone-paved path, the slab in the photo is one half of a broken 1961 dedication stone from Holy Trinity School, Halifax. I wonder how that came to be part of this path? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2a964458-8b48-4a8f-b1a2-e6c68ada1e08/processed_20240916_233827-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Passing through a couple of kissing gates we continue walking together down another path, passing beech trees. Turning right and following the signpost across a track we then turn right to climb up a stone path that climbs alongside an old quarry on Highcliff Nab (top pic) we then turn along the top edge of the quarry and admire the view over the local town of Guisborough. Not long after this Gilllian announces she has come as far as she's going today and needs to turn back to Gribdale where she set off from this morning. We stand chatting for a bit and then go our separate ways. I spot this beautiful Shaggy Inkcap fungi on the side of the path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ebb5f933-18db-4fa3-bd1e-50d9b131a7aa/processed_20240916_233912-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out I follow a track through the forest, stopping by a bench to eat my roll. The path through Guisborough Woods undulates and twists and turns (you could easily get lost) and I spot my first Fly Agaric fungi!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/18e0d78d-fa2e-4631-a1ed-8317e16204c3/processed_20240916_233952-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Eventually the path reaches a gate to exit the forest and I turn left to head downhill on a concrete road through trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dc272070-9fda-45cf-b9a3-64f82ddceece/processed_20240916_234026-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out I turn right crossing a cattle grid and walk along the bottom edge of another stretch of woodland, keeping to the narrower path rather than the alum-shale wide tracks used by the local trials motorbike club. I have to keep a close eye on the path markers here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3edfa9f5-c022-445f-accf-1e5bca297c96/processed_20240916_234212-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out The path leaves the serene wooded area and follows alongside the A171 for a bit crossing at the Chase Cafe Fox and Hound. Here the path heads between nearby cottages and rises on steps (almost 200 steps) up to an old quarry. Alongside the path are many gorse bushes and an abundance of broom (Cytisus). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c54e923b-9295-46ed-a39a-087c6ad2fbbd/processed_20240916_234253-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out As I'm walking I keep hearing popping sounds (akin to the sound of pinecones crackling open in the top of pine trees in the south of France on a hot August day) and it's not until something hits me in the face from a nearby broom shrub that I work out what is going on. Cytisus plants disperse their seeds ballistically from the pod with an audible pop, a ripe black seed pod had popped as I walked by. At the top of the hill, I come across Pippa and her owners eating a late lunch and we stand a chat for a bit. I leave them and continue straight uphill and then turn right to continue between a beech wood and a field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3d0fcc28-e853-4b6b-9d96-6340070065c7/processed_20240916_234358-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Bottom left pic is the track that runs all the way down past Airy Hill Farm and into Skelton Green where Steve and Clara are waiting for me, I'm not stopping, just off-loading some stuff for the final part of todays journey. Originally I was going to finish here, but the weather is too nice and Sundays forecast is not that great. Steve hands me a very welcome cold can of Coke Zero. As I leave Steve behind I come across Pippa and her owners again and they suggest we could walk the next section into Saltburn-by-the-sea together. From Skelton Green we follow a tarmac path fenced through fields, down a narrow road before turning right and then left down a flight of steps into Skelton, We cross the High Street and the route takes us on a magical mystery tour of the streets of Skelton winding its way through to a new housing estate (where we lose the actual Cleveland Way despite three of us looking out for waymarkers) We pick up the path further on and end up in a quiet wooded area with the path taking us down the hill on wide steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6e7e1992-4eab-45d5-8c3c-507d92985ca3/processed_20240916_234608-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out Turning right we reach Skelton Beck and the path goes alongside for a bit, crossing over a footbridge and beneath the towering arches of the brick built Saltburn Viaduct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4d586e70-cb61-4249-9a81-e174e6e01f4e/processed_PXL_20240913_143729694.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out "The Saltburn Viaduct started being built in 1865 by the North Eastern Railway Company and was completed in 1872 – in which the purpose of the railway viaduct was to help with transportation to and from Skinningrove Limestone Mine. The Grade II listed viaduct was closed to passengers in 1958 – however, it is still in operation today, as it helps to operate goods to and from the Boulby Potash mine." from saltburn.org.uk The viaduct has 10 red brick piers and 11 arches that stretch over Skelton Beck and Mill Fields, it stands 180 metres tall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/130ae6a3-c9f8-4486-b10b-468ef76a9cf0/processed_20240916_234701-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out The path runs through Saltburn Valley Gardens with some interesting bench furniture. The quote says: "So close, no matter how far, couldn't be much more from the heart, forever trust in who we are, and nothing else matters." It's from a Metallica song ( I had to do quite a bit of research to find that one out!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7755bcc8-15e7-42b2-9895-82774286dab5/processed_20240916_234751-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out We pass the nearest to half way signpost and catch up with another couple of walkers we have bumped into a few times. They are finishing their walk in Saltburn-by-the-sea and so we say goodbye. We go up a few steps onto Albion Terrace where there are some big beautiful buildings and this wire sculpture in front of the bandstand. We follow this road down towards the sea where I say goodbye to Pippa and her owners as I won't see them again as I'm taking a day off the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d5127e26-72bf-4854-b920-e5b769c22da7/processed_20240916_234853-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out I continue on down the road towards the sea, finding Steve waiting in the car park round the corner. He has literally just paid for parking, so we decide to head to the seafront and treat ourselves to an ice cream! Top pic is a hurriedly taken, slightly blurry image of Saltburn Scar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/96694db1-ffc0-4cb8-bf1f-f2c5939ae443/processed_20240916_234933-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Five - Make it stand out End of day ice-creams and the pier at Saltburn-by-the-sea. https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-day-four monthly 0.5 2024-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0139f340-a80c-4238-b86f-26ad7ab2397d/Screenshot_20240916-201637%7E2.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - This was my planned route for today, but ended up pushing on past Captain Cooks Monument to Gribdale Gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b7da3083-2221-4ffc-baf6-13d05bcfade2/Screenshot_20240916-201903.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four Roughly 3 extra miles to Gribdale Gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9d15428a-5647-4931-80c2-4a879b5cf040/processed_20240915_215336-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out Leaving Steve at the bottom by the B1257, my walk today starts with a steep climb alongside a wall on yet more stone slabs (my favourite, not) I pass a lady and a dog and then go through a gate where the path turns to grass and becomes gentler in nature. I am rewarded for my efforts by a stunning field full of Belted Galloway cattle (my second favourite cattle), they stand out so much against this terrain. This crest is named Carr Ridge and stands some 380m tall. There are great views of where I have already walked and the patchwork of fields at the foot is looking colourful in the sunshine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/253ed796-4e07-4d88-b4f0-8c5767aca8de/processed_20240915_215523-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out Although this is a remote and exposed section of the Cleveland Way, it has become gentler, even softer than the previous section. Most of the paths are now gravelly and are flanked by heather, grass and sometimes bilberry bushes. There are standing stones (moorland marker stones, 18th century) whose purpose it is to guide the walker during bad weather and there are also plenty of acorns and signposts to keep me on track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3b863cac-9ee7-4f38-b0ac-90fb562e5f0a/processed_20240915_215722-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out Norbert gets to bag a trig, but a couple and their dog, Pippa are having a coffee at what we believe is the highest point on the Cleveland Way (454m) and on the North York Moors. This trig point sits atop a burial mound on Round Hill and the chap (I forget his name, even though we kept crossing paths for the next few days on the way) offered to take a photo of us both. I'm not sure what some people make of me carrying around Norbert, but hey, who cares! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/38f20ccd-9ab7-4d14-8e41-a71335d5e8f9/processed_20240915_215817-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out The paths continue to be great for Nordic Walking and I'm enjoying a speedier pace today. I passed this moorland pond covered in waterlilies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/83ea5bc6-94a3-467b-955c-dd4c156c1955/processed_20240915_220625-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out The route runs down a moorland slope and after a short climb then picks up the old trackbed of the Roseldale Railway. This railway operated between 1861 and 1929 transporting iron ore from Rosedale to County Durham to be smelted. At Bloworth Crossing the path takes a sharp turn left and gently climbs again on a broad, but stony path. There are fantastic views across these moors! I pass a couple of groups of walkers going in the other direction who are keen to know my destination for the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/989b9bb2-3f71-4191-a77f-a5113a24b620/processed_20240916_203744-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out Top picture is looking back to the peaks of yesterdays walk. The path passes these two standing stones, the taller one is dated 1888 and is a boundary stone between moorland estates, but the shorter one is considerably older and is known as Jenny Bradley's Cross, not the name of a person, but derived from 'Broad Ley' or a broad trackway. I saw a lot of these wierd stone edged pits and later learnt they are Grouse Butts. Grouse are ‘driven’, where birds are flushed by a line of beaters and fly over the people shooting (the ‘Guns’), who are stationary in a line. On grouse moors they typically stand in a line of ‘butts’ – specially constructed shooting positions often built out of wood, stone and turf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c57937b8-5ffa-498c-92d6-093084427a9a/processed_20240915_220803-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out When I see the sign for Kildale and it is 2 miles away, it's only 12.20pm, which means I have covered 7.5 miles in the last 2.5 hours, but Steve is not expecting me at Kildale until at least 3pm...I decide to let him know I may be earlier than expected! I keep seeing patches of burnt heather and I know burning is one of the methods used to control it. Globally, heather moorland is rare. It is virtually confined to Britain and Ireland, where in the main it is maintained through cutting, grazing and/or managed burning. I've crossed Ingleby Moor and Battersby Moor (love the names of moors!) and I come to a gate on the bend of a minor road, so minor it is just a dotted line track on the map! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/835ebb45-263f-48e6-a66b-5612aa042a44/processed_20240915_220935-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out The tarmacked road stretches out to what seems like infinity and my instructions are to follow the road straight ahead crossing a rise on Kildale Moor. The wind has been blowing an absolute hoolie today, it's so tiring! The road goes over a cattle-grid between a dry-stone wall and I decide to stop here as I will get some shelter from the wind. On the opposite side of the road are these, what I presume, bee hives and I note after a bit of research that there is a honey called Kildale Heather Honey! Whilst eating my lunch and watching grouse pop up in the heather I do rather regret taking a seat opposite beehives... didn't get stung, but I was bothered by several bees taking an interest in my leggings! While I was eating lunch I had another look at the map and decide as the weather is set fair and I'm not feeling ready to stop just yet, I will push on past the Captain Cook memorial and let Steve know where to meet me, it's about another 3 miles according to the map. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/936d3d0e-7e62-4378-9528-a24c70c0aefc/processed_20240915_221039-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out The road gently undulates, with a steady downwards trajectory, passing this stone memorial to a crashed aircraft. Round the slopes of Park Nab (bottom pic) A small edge of hard, quick-drying sandstone with face climbing on small edges. There are sheep ont' road here! The road reaches a junction and I turn right to go through the village of Kildale. The top pic is looking back at those climbs form yesterday again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f76d6868-0fc7-4372-86da-08a95df8c438/processed_20240915_221143-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out Kildale is a small, pretty little village where John Wesley (one of the founders of Methodism) is said to have preached (there is a stone commemorating it) I take a turn off to the left signposted The Cleveland Way and that leads under the railway and across a river, the road bends round then climbs quite steeply up past Bankside Farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8d092278-3f6b-467a-9682-e8be459700bf/processed_20240915_221234-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out I then take a left turn at the top of the road to pick up a forest track. This track crosses Coate Moor and I only see a couple of people along here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/608d4673-d436-4ee8-830e-8ae919c72311/processed_20240915_221323-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out It starts as a narrow track and widens as it turns gravelly, then it begins to climb on a stone paved section and through a gap in a wall. Now on Easby Moor, the heather is back and ahead is the rather imposing structure that is Captain Cooks monument. The Captain Cook Monument itself was erected in 1827 and paid for by a Whitby banker named Robert Campion. The monument is 51ft high and can be seen from miles around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9454a794-2c61-42ec-8d90-1131c70b39e7/processed_20240915_221408-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out Views out across the plains from the Captain Cook monument. The bottom photo zooms in on Fletchers Farm, where we are camping! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ae550041-4df5-4d77-a3a3-9577a77309c2/processed_20240915_221611-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out There are quite a group of people when I arrive and so Norbert and I go and look at the view from the edge. Once the group has left, I return to have a closer look. The inscription on the stone reads: "In memory of the celebrated circumnavigator Captain James Cook F.R.S. A man of nautical knowledge inferior to none, in zeal prudence and energy, superior to most. Regardless of danger he opened an intercourse with the Friendly Isles and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere. He was born at Marton Oct. 27th 1728 and massacred at Owythee Feb. 14th 1779 to the inexpressible grief of his countrymen. While the art of navigation shall be cultivated among men, whilst the spirit of enterprise, commerce and philanthropy shall animate the sons of Britain, while it shall be deemed the honour of a Christian Nation to spread civilisation and the blessings of the Christian faith among pagan and savage tribes, so long will the name of Captain Cook stand out amongst the most celebrated and most admired benefactors of the human race". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2f4f77d4-0f50-43e9-b9c6-a758b0a0a34d/processed_20240915_221654-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024, Day Four - Make it stand out Walking away from the monument following a stone-paved path and then a track down a forested slope to the road at Gribdale Gate. Steve is parked on a little lay-by to the left sitting in the sunshine! The bottom picture is looking towards what is to come from the monument. That is Roseberry Topping in the distance! https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-2024-day-three monthly 0.5 2024-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/671dcec3-280b-4bdf-80b8-b7f2ebd89f2d/Screenshot_20240915-175831.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - The route today The guidebook describes this part of The Cleveland Way as ‘remarkably hilly, rather like a monstrous rollercoaster’ so strap in for the ride! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/300641f3-78f2-46d2-a121-9323b85a5b67/processed_20240915_082250-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out The day starts with blue skies and sunshine and I'm able to leave directly from the campsite today, leaving Steve to pack up and move on. It's a climb out of the campsite, but not before I get myself lost trying to locate the footpath out that I can see on the map, turns out it's the actual lane out that happens to have a footpath on it. I re-trace my steps from yesterday and pass the pinfold once more then taking a turn right along Ruebury Lane, signposted The Cleveland Way. The road climbs gently passing a few houses and comes to a fork where a footpath to The Lady Chapel is signposted. I decide to take the detour and along the footpath are stations of the cross, each with a different part of the story of Christ on them. Eventually reaching the top of the wooded hill, I come to a clearing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/de73727b-3d80-4487-b8e6-2ca16adbbcf7/processed_20240915_082350-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out The Lady Chapel is a Roman Catholic Chapel, attached to a house, said to have been built by Catherine of Aragon in 1515 for the recluse Thomas Parkinson. It is believed that a number of miracles have taken place here and the chapel remains a popular site of pilgrimage. I particularly liked the outdoor structure with big stone altar, very Aslan-esque! The chapel itself was small, simple, but pretty. Having taken the detour it was a relief to discover I didn't have to retrace my steps to re-join the path. There was a short path from the other side of the chapel to link back up with The Cleveland Way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2573f532-3ac9-4231-a293-8834bef91337/processed_20240915_082419-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out There are great views from the hillside and the path passes these pretty brown and white cows, too busy munching to take any notice of me saying hello. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5d627002-4fd0-44fc-a187-e9863ad4d331/processed_20240915_082516-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Keeping straight on and through another gate, then the path starts to descend going through a gate into Arncliffe Wood. Here we meet the Coast to Coast Path and share paths for a while. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1afe35a3-ccce-4af6-8c76-0490f1982728/processed_20240915_082548-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out The path continues to undulate gently, then continues along the inside edge of woodland, hugging a beautiful dry-stone wall over the crest of a hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6ce9d79c-5859-45da-8fa4-4156df84c7cc/processed_20240915_082654-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Norbert is sad that he can't get to this Trig point (299m) beause it is behind the dry-stone wall and barbed wire! Coming into view is the British Telecom station on Beacon Hill, it's argued that between the Trig point and here is the official start of The Lyke Wake Walk, which is a challenging 40-mile walk across the North Yorkshire Moors. It's considered one of the UK's oldest walking challenges and was once a popular choice in the 1970s and 1980s. No clue as to what the 6 brick plinths are for, answers on a postcard please. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c158a7ad-972c-4da5-9a52-2d5764a94f8f/processed_20240915_082801-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Once past the BT station the path descends through a couple of gates to reach Scarth Wood Moor where heather grows in abundance. Major Herbert Peake, of Bawtry Hall in Doncaster, gifted the 220 acres or so of Scarth Wood Moor upon the National Trust back in 1935. In the distance the view takes in what is to come on following days on The Cleveland Way. Here the paths for the Coast to Coast and The Lyke Wake Walk all share the same route with The Cleveland Way path. The clear paved path rolls into the distance ahead of me, taking a turn down a much steeper slope heading down to reach a road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ac2b2df3-c9a3-4451-8ffb-3a3510694880/processed_20240915_082924-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out A short walk down the road, crossing a cattle grid I take the next woodland path signposted to Huthwaite Green. Continuing along this path until a left-hand turn brings me to a commemorative stone to Bill Cowley. "Bill was a former Indian Civil Servant, North Yorkshire farmer, local historian, journalist and broadcaster. In August 1955, he wrote an article, published in the Dalesman, suggesting the possibility of walking the 67km expanse of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park in less than 24 hours and The Lyke Wake Walk was born. In the fifty years that followed, it is thought over 160,000 people walked the Lyke Wake Walk - and during the peak of its popularity in the 60's and 70's as many as 15,000 walkers a year were completing the challenge. The volume of walkers however, started to have an impact on the surrounding land, and unfortunate damage started to occur to the delicate and fragile moorland ecology. Gradually over time more challenge walks became available to walkers, and the popularity of the Lyke Wake Walk lessened. Bill Cowley died in 1994, and with the agreement of the family of Bill Cowley and the majority of club members and officials, on the 1st October 2005 a final 'Golden Jubilee Wake' was held and the Lyke Wake Club was laid to rest, at the Raven Hall Hotel - fifty years to the day from where it had all started." from lykewakewalk.co.uk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cd1c3999-6ed1-4844-a9ee-7e9b9d54a199/processed_20240915_083001-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Here the path walks down a flight of steps, it's steeper than it looks and I feel sorry for the mountain biker I meet at the bottom! Then follows a lovely flat, wide track perfect for a good stretch of Nordic walking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bbbef5ee-4b74-448d-9f50-8668d1ab06e1/processed_20240915_083103-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Alongside the woodland path I spy teeny tiny mushrooms popping up and the elderflower trees are dripping with luscious dark purple berries. I also spot this hole in a tree and wonder who lives in there? It's a truly serene part of the walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d563ca10-3fc5-4a16-b474-ed39157dd2cc/processed_20240915_083143-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out The beautiful woodland walk pops out at the top of a grassy hill, gently descending to a track and I cross a wooden footbridge across a stream to continue up to a road, turning left to cross the river in the wooded valley of Scugdale. Here I continue up the road to come to a junction at Huthwaite Green where I am meeting Steve for lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9a6fa46c-64b7-4eb0-bd45-ee0d87d16ee9/processed_20240915_083252-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Norbert and I had a little wait for Steve to arrive and were very glad there was a bench and that it wasn't raining! A few walkers, runners and mountain bikers have passed by, I might have looked a bit weird with my shoes and socks off! After a lovely cuppa and lunch in the sun (mostly) I head off through the gate to the side of the signpost. Up another woodland path and I come across a scene of bleating sheep all following each other hurriedly the hill in the field to my left and a farmer on a quad bike hurtling down the path towards me. It's at this point I notice three sheep beyond the fence to my right, running downhill! Once past me the farmer leaps off the quad and over the fence, presumably they're not meant to be in there! So the group of sheep were rubbernecking their flock-mates on the escape! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0fa203e6-3afb-4869-aae8-5f729b9f5a4b/processed_20240915_094714-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Rubbernecking sheep on an ironstone spoil heap, woodland paths and fine views at the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d8c9be75-cfa0-4e44-8798-4ddba41e5058/processed_20240915_094802-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out The paths continue climbing through the heather less steeply on a stone-paved moorland path and levels out as it crosses the summit of Live Moor (312m). Amazing views across the North York Moors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/759a4356-63d4-4fa6-8e71-84ac54e73fb6/processed_20240915_094927-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Dotted across the North York Moors are various standing stones, cairns, burial mounds, some with explanations others just guiding stones. This sign is how I know about the piles of stones actually being burial mounds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1b318abf-5fc9-4fb1-9533-de607d1d1336/processed_20240915_095011-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out The Cleveland Way paths continue to cross the moors undulating gently (for now) and then climbing up to Holey Moor. The weather is great for taking fantastic pictures showing off the beauty of this landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/802f619c-4f0a-4d98-a870-803997010ec6/processed_20240915_095100-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out I pass another Trig point at 408m on Carlton Moor, but daren't let Norbert have a photo as it is extremely windy, as you can tell from my new hairdo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/444fc8c0-6e3c-44f3-b68c-201beedf9ad4/processed_20240915_095143-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Here the path goes steeply down and the weather takes a turn for the worse and I put my phone away as I can literally see what is coming my way! What I hadn't realised was those rainclouds actually held freezing hailstones! The temperature plummets and I'm regretting the decision to leave my woolly hat and gloves in the van, thankful I have a raincoat, cap and rucksack cover, but I'm already too wet to put my waterproof trousers on! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/573d2c07-04f5-4a45-966a-68d51fdba8a6/processed_20240915_095221-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out I cross a road and pass through a small country park (which is very shut, no sign of the cafe or restaurant mentioned in the guidebook and the toilets are locked, there is also camping and glamping here apparently.) as the weather clears. The memorial stone I pass has me intrigued, I've not heard of The Samaritan Way, but apparently it's "A strenuous high-level route across the North York Moors National Park, crossing Commondale, Great Fryup Dale, Glaisdale and Farndale Moors to return via Westerdale, Baysdale and part of the Cleveland Way National Trail. This walk can be started anywhere but Guisborough is recommended." from the LDWA website. After following a path out of the country park, I go through a gate to reach a paved path that continues alongside a drystone wall, when I get to Cringle End there is a viewpoint with a stone seat dedicated to local rambler Alec Falconer. "Alec Falconer was a founder member in 1912 of the “Middlesbrough and District Countrywide Holidays Association and Holiday Fellowship Rambling Club” which went on to become known as the Middlesbrough Rambling Club. He was also an active campaigner for the rights of walkers under the pseudonym of “The Rambler” and was instrumental in the creation of The Cleveland Way which traverses Cringle Moor. He died a year before the trail was officially opened in 1969." Out and about website https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e6c14e8d-fdde-4c08-83e8-cc6b4a52ada5/processed_20240915_095354-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out The top image is the view from the stone seat previously mentioned. Here the path climbs higher on this fine gravelly path along the northern edge of Cringle Moor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bbda397a-2be1-4dc2-ad32-60f14bfddd12/processed_20240915_095448-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out At least the sun has reappeared! The next section is steep and tricky to navigate with uneven stone steps, but there's brief respite in the form of a grassy path gently climbing. I go through a gate and the path begins to climb more steeply towards another summit on Cold Moor (401m) The weather closes in again, so quickly, but just rain and a freezing cold wind this time. The path drops downhill to another gate and grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a3fd043d-73cc-4b10-880c-9fe0dd068752/processed_PXL_20240911_145128451.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Looking back from where I came. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4c4382b2-f45d-4c53-980e-7cdba3ab5ea7/processed_20240915_095627-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out I go through the gap and see rising before me yet another climb, but this one has jagged rocks at the top. These are known as the Wainstones. Long ago, or so the legend goes, a Danish chieftain met a sticky end amongst these rocky crags now known as the Wainstones, a name supposedly derived from the Old Saxon 'wanian,' meaning to lament. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4b77cf34-43aa-4836-9d4c-ef7dd8f1eca3/processed_20240915_095834-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out It's not until you get closer that you realise you are going to have to scramble up through those jagged rocks to follow the path, literally on my hands and knees at a couple of points! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b5df108a-ec3c-4cf7-ab60-903a446ff53a/processed_20240915_095910-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Top pic: the view back over the Wainstones Bottom pic: the relatively level stone paved path that follows it, flanked by heather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/18d46460-6754-4ba3-9681-f9ed4a732afe/processed_PXL_20240911_152056440.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out Paved stones glinting in the post-downpour sunshine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4734a591-74fe-4c5b-a23b-05a2f91da732/processed_20240915_095935-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out These paved paths are running along a moorland edge on Hasty Bank (390m), where these delightful Belted Galloway cattle are peacefully grazing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a4dffd23-0c32-4b5b-9671-cae16d2bcb64/processed_20240915_100118-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out What follows is a hideously steep descent down a narrow uneven stone path (apparently 60 steps), wet and tricky to navigate means a slow descent. They lead to the B1257 at Clay Bank where I am grateful Steve is waiting to collect me from a lay-by. I complete my usual post-walk stretches as especially today I have been up and down like a yo-yo and my quads have been like jelly on a few occasions. I reckon that was the toughest walk I have ever done. We drive to Little Ayton to find our campsite on Fletchers Farm and as we arrive there is a full double rainbow hanging over the hill ahead of us. Photo was taken through Clara's windscreen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2dae04ff-b6f1-40f0-9775-cafacced0be1/processed_PXL_20240911_182044170.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Three - Make it stand out A beautiful sunset to end the day. https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/the-cleveland-way-2024-day-two monthly 0.5 2024-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0702783d-8113-43a8-bec3-c8e1f70b750f/Screenshot_20240914-211242.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two The Route today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c739d7a2-290e-41a3-bbf3-5835c37e0dcc/processed_20240914_203439-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out It's an overcast day and when the wind blows it's cold! I'll admit it is a pretty good view, shame about the sun not shining! I pass a group of three American walkers here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e83946c4-ffa6-46a8-82d1-ad7474dc2688/processed_20240914_203616-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out The path wanders through patches of sparse woodland (Garbutt Wood) and only occasionally do you get to see a view over the 300m high cliff. Here you can see Gormire Lake, this is at the foot of Whitestone Cliff surrounded by woodland. Beyond is a beautiful patchwork of farmland, woods and hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3373ccde-eedf-4186-91fc-ba06958ce05b/processed_20240914_203711-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out It's a bit drizzly, but only light, the cap is more for the wind! The rowan trees are full of bright red berries along here. I'm following the narrow path along the cliff edge which starts to descend slowly towards Boltby Scar and the landscape surrounding me changes more to grasses, Bilberry bushes and single trees. This was the site of an Iron Age Hill Fort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f45442b8-6683-4f65-96a9-1555a87b531b/processed_PXL_20240910_101123541.MP.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - It’s a bit blowy up here! I didn’t dare let Norbert sit on anything for a photo today! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2d4093af-b734-4892-a82a-9ddd36e9c88d/processed_20240914_203758-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out The drystone wall adds a bit of protection from the gusty wind, but soon I'm thrown back out into the wind on an exposed hillside, passing the now derelict High Barn which sat in between two small areas of woodland. It had great views! Continuing across more exposed grassy hillside, I reach a gate and cross a road (nearly got run over, as it's on a blind bend!) This is Sneck Yate Bank. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/cd4d141d-3fdd-48c5-a4d9-681c81504b1f/processed_20240914_203912-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out The path now takes a lovely wander through some native woodland before emerging onto a minor road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/52d01800-aa3e-4091-aa45-d8e4f23b34f6/processed_20240914_203947-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out Following the road up to the right it leads up through High Paradise Farm, this is a well-known spot to walkers with its accommodation, campsite and café (sadly not open today). Imagine if you are a through-walker who is carrying a tent, it would be lovely to have a picnic bench, your own fire-pit and some protection from the weather on your pitch. It looks like there are other communal facilities for guests too. I loved the mossy wall! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3da2f31a-f832-471a-8711-970343f4f0bb/processed_20240914_204030-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out After High Paradise Farm the path turns left onto the Hambleton Drove Road - an ancient upland thoroughfare with a long history. Here there is not only the Cleveland Way Path (narrow in places), but also a parallel cycle path called the Paradise Trail. From this path you can also access Boltby Forest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5a0d191b-1545-4425-b517-79faf9571503/processed_20240914_204140-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out After the forest-y section the path changes to run through more open moorland (Little Moor) with more stretches of heather and a drystone wall to give a bit more protection from the buffeting wind! It's along this stretch that I see Clara (campervan) in the distance, which means it's lunchtime! Steve has found his way up through some gates! The kettle is on and I get some relief from the wind by sitting down in the sun by the drystone wall to eat my lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4c5f9514-3e11-49e6-8986-99515c6e8305/IMG-20240914-WA0011.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Our official 30th Wedding Anniversary selfie! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/589521e5-187e-4b33-8107-5044b192a773/processed_20240914_204213-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out Five miles to Osmotherley! Over halfway on todays walk. Gorgeous scenery stretching away in front of me, with clearly marked paths (love the little reassuring acorns along the route) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7572e4ef-75f6-433f-a873-83f89827163c/processed_20240914_204303-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out Views, views, views! Apparently on a good clear day you can see across to the distant Pennines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1897c08e-fd67-4b79-81bf-d601362e7cf8/processed_20240914_204332-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out It turns out that this pile of rocks is more than likely the site of an old burial mound as I discover from my guidebook on a later section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0858ebc9-4b75-4bdc-9edc-6a4d0d939575/processed_20240914_204409-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out Sheep are an ever present feature, along with the heather. Getting closer to todays destination. I think this is Thimbleby Moor, just before Square Corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5480e0aa-fcf3-4061-b9a3-9aaa6150f0c6/processed_20240914_204500-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out The path turns left after Square Corner and goes through bracken, it also becomes a narrow stone-paved path, which is tricky to navigate with poles especially as it descends, I'm so glad the weather is dry. Reaching a wooded dale I cross over a small stream on a footbridge. This leads past a reservoir (no swimming, again) and uphill past a house called Oak Dale where there are many game birds and feeding stations dotted around. Crossing another bridge the path continues uphill through woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a26400e7-a32b-4836-9aa9-434cf3bbed4a/processed_20240914_204545-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out Once out of the woods, I turn left down a minor road (past some houses with interesting brick built walls (wish I had taken a photo) and the path turns right up a track. Then I have to literally squeeze me and my rucksack through a fairly tall squeeze stile leading down towards Whitehouse Farm and then down towards another footbridge. After the stream there is a wooded slope to be climbed with the aid of many, many steps (I didn't count) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0f5df518-cc47-4b90-8d60-47d7bcd452d4/processed_20240914_204652-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out The many steps lead to a beautifully paved path between fences before squeezing myself through another stile. Following the path between houses and a narrow alleyway and I find myself in the village of Osmotherley! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c75dd09c-2345-49ef-a300-833f11e1797b/processed_20240914_204750-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day Two - Make it stand out We are camping in a campsite on the edge of the village and so I still have to walk to there, past the market cross and up past the Village Store. I also pass this sign about a pinfold (never heard of it) It's apparently a square enclosure with a single narrow entrance which is a relic of medieval village administration, it was designed to hold stray animals until their owners paid a fine for their release. The one in Osmotherley is by all accounts a fine example, well preserved and Grade II listed! I loved this memorial bench, which I passed on the way to the campsite. https://www.nordicnomads.net/theclevelandwaynordicwalk/dayone monthly 0.5 2024-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/79036316-91ef-4b0d-96c4-294230048e4b/Screenshot_20240914-210517.png The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One The route today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f801cb02-a4fe-45b0-bc21-3cda0e59a0ef/PXL_20240909_095405078.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1acbfdcf-9d4f-4b2e-b291-1cbf968da8ff/processed_20240912_163844-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Tyre issues and a misty, murky morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9dfd6086-9511-4db3-ab69-9cdb76bdbf7f/processed_20240912_164013-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Setting off for Helmsley we started to travel down the A170 and kept coming across ‘Road Closed’ signs with ‘follow diversion’ signs, however the diversion never seemed to appear, until we got to the actual road closure and the guy in the blue van in front of us leapt out of his van and came to chat to us about the non-existent diversion! Taking a small road deemed ‘local traffic only’ with grass growing up the middle we made our own diversion, with the blue van following us (he wasn’t local either) We eventually got to Helmsley only 30 minutes after our initial start time plan, so not too much time lost. Helmsley is a market town in North Yorkshire and looks a bit Cotswoldy! The start of The Cleveland Way is from the Market Cross in the Market Place and I started Strava at 10.38am. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/72e852a5-2c22-48ac-aad0-c88ef8954e3a/processed_20240912_164131-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Norbert is with me for this adventure! The stone sculpture is for The Cleveland Way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/aaa90db7-d3e7-4d2f-8d0f-e36cc4690963/processed_20240912_164328-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Good paths so far https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/72c24594-6742-4f2e-9916-216e0ef8dfa8/processed_20240912_164910-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out hmmm...not so sure about those stone steps up and down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/19f651a9-feba-400d-af01-cf3f70620bc4/processed_20240912_165016-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Very clear signage leads the way easily https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bc8a76bc-189d-400d-8085-379fd46ff40c/processed_20240912_165110-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out There’s a pretty bridge across the river here and a small path leads off the road and runs alongside the river which I follow for a bit, the river is fairly shallow, but moving swiftly none-the-less. I pass the sign for Rievaulx village and spy the Abbey in the distance. I meet Steve in the car park and although I hadn’t really intended on visiting the Abbey ruins, Steve decides to join us up for an English Heritage membership, so I might as well use the opportunity! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7e9b31a5-2a0f-47a5-b702-2f96b345b689/processed_20240912_165200-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Approach to Rievaulx https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/df684d73-2fee-4180-9a50-e8df8c83f76e/processed_20240912_165327-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Rievaulx Abbey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b10891ba-59c5-4dd3-b365-428c14d1355a/processed_20240912_165503-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Rievaulx Abbey is probably one of the most intact Abbey ruins I have visited and gives a really good idea of what it would have looked like before the reformation. It is huge! It has some spectacular architectural features too. It was the first Cistercian abbey to be established in the North of England and was founded in 1132. Under its most famous abbot, Aelred in the 1160’s it housed a 650-strong community. It was one of the most powerful and spiritually renowned centres of monasticism in Britain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f17f77ca-19b0-49c4-911c-f703c6596091/processed_20240912_165648-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out After a wander and some photographs I leave Steve to his more in-depth visit and re-trace my steps back to the junction at the bridge this time turning right in the direction of Scawton. It begins to spit with rain and by the time I reach the next road junction it’s properly raining. Another couple of walkers ahead of me have stopped to don their waterproofs and so I follow their lead and add the raincover to my rucksack at the same time. I continue to follow the road gently uphill until a gravel track on the right can be seen and turn off onto it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ebb72f15-d6bc-4f62-b8e4-0d8131d7ca15/processed_20240912_170040-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out leaving Rievaulx. The Saint Aelred's Pilgrimage is launched on Saturday 14th September and its 41 mile route visits 9 churches along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6d8f81eb-3d55-4aa4-b73c-99a94a59cd43/processed_20240912_170120-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Hunting lodge in the distance, rugged stony uphill path! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8ef9be36-eae0-40c9-ad2a-067e0c025278/processed_20240912_170206-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out This eventually comes out onto a much nicer gently sloping field through sheep and plenty of fodder for the shoot. Not sure exactly what game birds they are, possibly partridge as well as pheasant. Anyway they run ahead of me like headless chooks whilst the sheep calmly ignore my presence. After the fields this turns into another gravely track where I come upon some guys in UTV type vehicles who quite possibly are waiting for the ‘shoot’ to begin -no hearty lunch for them! The track goes uphill and passes farm buildings before popping out in the village of Cold Kirby (is there a Warm or Hot Kirby?) Steve is here already making me a brew and some lunch in Clara. We eat lunch together on a bench at the other end of the village green? The sun is intermittent and it’s a bit chilly when it goes behind a cloud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f3e51eaf-b47b-4cb4-b56a-089de3a32a4b/processed_20240912_170242-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Cold Kirby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bed5867c-d04f-437d-af71-19a7f30d89be/processed_20240912_170323-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Feet rested and lunch eaten, I make my way through the village (doesn’t take long) and head of left down a track through fields full of sheep with some great views across them too. Eventually after following the clearly marked signposts I end up alongside a forest and then I reach a farm access road near Hambleton House and pass gallops where they train racehorses. Records dating back to the 17th Century show that many good horses were trained out of Hambleton House! Following the farm road down to the eerily quiet A170 (road is closed) I turn right passing the now closed and run-down Hambleton Inn. Crossing the road at the junction for the Yorkshire Gliding Club I take the path off to the right through woodland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f4c1aff5-82cb-4a85-aad2-8b88ade3c914/processed_20240912_170405-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Paths are a little bit muddy in places here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5500f86a-8022-44f2-8b1b-52e1757eaf3e/processed_20240912_171231-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out This eventually comes out on a new looking gravelly path on a junction where you can choose to take a detour and turn left and visit the Kilburn White Horse or go right to head straight to the visitor centre at Sutton Bank. I choose to turn left and head along the path that runs between the Yorkshire Gliding Club airfield and the cliffs of Roulston Scar. When I eventually reach the Kilburn White Horse Steve is sat on a bench waiting for me with a nice cold can of Coke Zero! The views from here are amazing and it’s a clear day too. Steve recalls we have been here before and looking down past the White Horse it does look familiar! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8bafcb54-c462-4f1b-91df-676c18a3826a/processed_20240912_171318-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out The Kilburn White Horse was inspired by our very own Wiltshire white horses, only these cliffs aren’t naturally chalky and so the Kilburn White Horse has to be given occasional coats of whitewash to cover the more natural oolitic limestone found here. It was cut in 1857 and measures 96m by 69m. Perhaps we came during our Clara and the Cathedrals trip in 2020? Norbert gets his first shot at fame on this walk as a passer-by calls him cute! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/981fd413-ff96-4814-958d-aea1ec6c82d1/processed_20240912_171409-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Norbert agrees the views are awesome from up here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/90991800-514b-4fc1-8efb-d9262a0c9fb3/processed_20240912_171436-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/07fab568-f08a-4a5a-beeb-af3a781ad5bb/processed_20240912_171510-COLLAGE.jpg The Cleveland Way - my 2024 solo Nordic Walk - The Cleveland Way 2024: Day One - Make it stand out I leave Steve and double back past the junction and pass a couple of memorial stones – one to The Battle of Byland and one to aircrew of all allied nations who lost their lives in the surrounding countryside. I then cross the A170 to reach the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre (which has already closed) Steve is waiting for me in the car park and we then drive the 40 minutes diversion (thanks A170 closure) back to the campsite at Osmotherly. https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-thames-path daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-thames-path/nordic-walking-the-thames-path-the-last-leg-the-cutty-sark-to-woolwich-foot-tunnel monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5c6e8588-d04c-49e9-b0f5-582eec5e7713/Screenshot_20250921-150041.png The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel - Make it stand out Leg Fifteen: The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel When: Saturday 20th September 2025 Miles Walked: 6.52 Steps Taken: 13,910 Moving Time: 2:05:38 Elevation Gain: 43 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ea4df040-58c9-4816-a25a-921ff2bf2f42/processed_PXL_20250920_121759054.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/224d6d71-05d2-47bd-9f53-3f815163e33f/processed_PXL_20250920_122048121.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/16f4566c-b5af-4038-9566-420dbf15a200/processed_PXL_20250920_122636427.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/20d91ce8-ab5a-47ee-8aa3-958f19ebc1c0/processed_PXL_20250920_122648561.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ea2c4145-b3ed-47f5-ba37-3eb404afeef1/processed_PXL_20250920_123018911.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1eaf0008-8c26-41ee-a1b2-845e972ea751/processed_PXL_20250920_122524016.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1c8a9001-4c47-4d2a-b3e6-821a3e794f55/processed_PXL_20250920_123054164.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/efa346fe-44fb-4848-bd52-a20fcff46f19/processed_PXL_20250920_123225467.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9f1facec-65f0-41e4-bbf6-b2525dfdf59b/processed_PXL_20250920_123400912.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/02127fbe-9a3f-413e-877b-0f7e94d5bc28/processed_PXL_20250920_123508303.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/77b0e086-1921-44e9-bb9b-fae18ede0b9a/processed_PXL_20250920_123511317.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4255d942-7ce4-4e3c-b4dc-d5481d31659b/processed_PXL_20250920_123616553.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6876d455-0425-4862-83e9-5a574af3fdc0/IMG-20250920-WA0003.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path: The Last Leg - The Cutty Sark to Woolwich Foot Tunnel - Make it stand out Just around the corner someone hollers at me out of The River Gardens Café, it is my brother who is grabbing a coffee & pastry after his morning ride! After a little catch-up and a selfie we part ways and Steve heads back to Greenwich. 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Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Eleven: Windsor to Chertsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1b7b2072-737e-45ec-9c4f-ac7f74861192/processed_PXL_20250915_160629400.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Eleven: Windsor to Chertsey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ea23bd63-6611-49ca-a37e-4aa995bf8ee4/processed_PXL_20250915_160736040.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Eleven: Windsor to Chertsey https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-thames-path/nordic-walking-the-thames-path-leg-10-marlow-to-windsor monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/94322d23-c6e1-4194-a887-ca78814d736a/Screenshot_20250914-205212.png The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor When: Sunday 14th September, 10am Miles walked: 14.98 miles Steps taken: 30,712 Moving time: 4:25:22 Elevation gain: 741 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8b426f29-82fd-482c-9e30-92a20b5c5811/processed_PXL_20250914_095900324.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/94483e56-f47a-43d5-a97c-aff198998ac5/processed_PXL_20250914_100355282.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/66d594ff-8ba0-4577-83f5-b53bfe58681e/processed_PXL_20250914_100440054.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f0addef4-bffb-414a-b5b9-f38cc14b4ee2/processed_PXL_20250914_100919170.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fbbf7cf9-c887-4065-ab73-7217b70a1aef/processed_PXL_20250914_101811380.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/420b946f-4df9-45ca-aff8-fee422c2b722/processed_PXL_20250914_102430387.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2839e2ea-a4a4-4de6-8291-8ed1bb3c0962/processed_PXL_20250914_102434635.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bd341469-4972-4393-bba1-15cb9fcf00fa/processed_PXL_20250914_103333615.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ba321c9b-ffaa-467f-9e42-9d349f89dc70/processed_PXL_20250914_103432312.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c8f7fa17-ba5f-42f0-8064-e5fe7bfb4ced/processed_PXL_20250914_103523478.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e9ac8615-fe9c-45e7-b671-777742445b07/processed_PXL_20250914_103713206.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b8296163-ed7b-4194-9344-5f77d1438d62/processed_PXL_20250914_103852897.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/192fcada-71fc-4ed9-a7c3-aa57bc1286c0/processed_PXL_20250914_104029214.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/47de921f-3af0-47d6-826e-2ea41ae17ec8/processed_PXL_20250914_104329839.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c2d17740-e1f7-4c7d-8f7e-cddf4899bc12/processed_PXL_20250914_104406668.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/56411815-6e32-4073-a1b3-b33a3a1b3b78/processed_PXL_20250914_104411399.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/abd79451-f0e5-4493-b9cc-bb2affa40834/processed_PXL_20250914_105526199.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c0587ef2-28eb-4187-8b53-9e4f52b02a4b/processed_PXL_20250914_105849178.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9de2987e-7ef9-4295-9240-dd05d8a0230a/processed_PXL_20250914_110133424.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/679945d3-ffa5-430c-9e31-f3245f37c727/processed_PXL_20250914_110534746.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/815c1afe-1f4f-418a-ab02-a7d3baf322ef/processed_PXL_20250914_110724348.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/169c473b-5e52-47b1-9946-06b7e9bfaf40/processed_PXL_20250914_110909744.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0fe3a554-0e05-4650-91de-c1a26f8e3dac/processed_PXL_20250914_111152934.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5cabae8e-430f-4ca3-a091-e4bca89119f8/processed_PXL_20250914_111502866.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fe4cd482-8dbf-45d7-aa1a-2e3bd6d6bfb0/processed_PXL_20250914_112033571.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/046384a4-62b9-46b4-9735-d35d2b53a7df/processed_PXL_20250914_112755868.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/577af4a9-0f56-4110-a3ea-f5c37821dd34/processed_PXL_20250914_113355816.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b82828cc-0f6f-444a-895f-a1e8169f48d4/processed_PXL_20250914_114807512.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d5d4621a-f103-4dc0-b2ad-c7a27e267ab2/processed_PXL_20250914_115019975.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d0fdc496-b3ba-4fd5-b345-a277b2d7e586/processed_PXL_20250914_115223538.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/711960d2-194f-4f4f-8ab9-97af8dfcbcac/processed_PXL_20250914_115309297.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bd6bbf2d-b700-4ea2-b129-8aeb80027d0a/processed_PXL_20250914_115419342.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/114f2352-c96b-4821-b9a0-c10c3a575fef/processed_PXL_20250914_115537733.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6fff8cdc-e6e8-42fb-8148-4dc311f3418c/processed_PXL_20250914_115914885.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1f3c386a-9c2e-46f0-a144-e2843499b003/processed_PXL_20250914_115919590.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8126a3fd-8b08-41a9-be5a-b240a00dc89e/processed_PXL_20250914_115926055.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/dc8388ad-c843-42a7-b5c7-5143691457cf/processed_PXL_20250914_120120471.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1fa9b261-3eb5-4fbb-a6b7-21796bbaacc2/processed_PXL_20250914_120304528.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1f560002-fa85-4a88-8b0c-bd9e0efff66a/processed_PXL_20250914_120851742.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/953f15c9-e5df-43a5-b2d9-a9c589f3f482/processed_PXL_20250914_130323533.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/97759d39-8c84-4756-ba53-75dd12524598/processed_PXL_20250914_130532145.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ad997753-702c-4c80-b386-7c7d4c66483d/processed_PXL_20250914_130639405.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e2b2ef14-6333-4022-8114-52a54fa052e5/processed_PXL_20250914_131024414.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ae794a41-5b11-4ba2-9944-0e6a3cc87bc1/processed_PXL_20250914_131102702.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f2122cda-4df3-4fe0-b29c-d12afa1c2574/processed_PXL_20250914_131305660.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/08d8647f-0003-45ba-b008-019d57bf18ed/processed_PXL_20250914_131624772.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ed363a44-9977-41e5-8b5b-48b3b86fbc0a/processed_PXL_20250914_131719257.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/09120d0f-db42-4931-8b6d-860870e7d893/processed_PXL_20250914_132019165.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/08a539c1-7f39-443f-a8a9-6545b17511a0/processed_PXL_20250914_132359055.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fba6d4d6-4be5-4325-9f23-2fc4759d2932/processed_PXL_20250914_133337934.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d189aea6-8f41-4583-8937-46c3d1c9238f/processed_PXL_20250914_133500065.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/781c7e7d-d75c-4acc-bb7a-4381d9c58643/processed_PXL_20250914_133851302.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f2fd39ac-3257-447c-bd95-f3e438062b23/processed_PXL_20250914_134621966.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8f48b3b2-9029-4311-8773-90a87540e08e/processed_PXL_20250914_135535149.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6d8cc85a-40d0-47ee-93a2-32a8118d3a6a/processed_PXL_20250914_135549504.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/36e39949-a42e-4e6d-a38c-96567878f0d9/processed_PXL_20250914_140521571.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/840462d8-1c10-4131-b33f-ec42198c6fb0/processed_PXL_20250914_140743550.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/970f8579-1de8-4fc2-be08-14365e370ddb/processed_PXL_20250914_141302259.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2bacf220-cfff-4d2f-8c9c-e43c06ea191a/processed_PXL_20250914_141507288.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c69c4671-a46e-4307-993a-984b9ec73295/processed_PXL_20250914_142252668.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/68227042-07ea-4cf7-b5cf-7394c895331b/processed_PXL_20250914_142957349.jpg The Thames Path - 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Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b4b05026-3898-445a-b171-77248c92164a/processed_PXL_20250914_144724906.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/63e898d7-4974-43f4-9d7e-71c96024cef9/processed_PXL_20250914_145338092.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6f446713-76f9-4f20-97d9-4034f1e718af/processed_PXL_20250914_145451434.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2b3cee6a-a085-4ac0-9ee0-eb970d8082f9/processed_PXL_20250914_150248950.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c90a219f-30b1-4f4e-8748-c3aef486e47a/processed_PXL_20250914_151015929.jpg The Thames Path - 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Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3e74d733-3363-4b03-9ca3-c19731a8f2d9/processed_PXL_20250914_152216662.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b5848e07-77a3-42ec-8492-88d65f0430f1/processed_PXL_20250914_152542915.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7df6e628-f855-4d06-a2c0-31515a93e450/processed_PXL_20250914_152745837.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Ten: Marlow to Windsor https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-thames-path/nordic-walking-the-thames-path-leg-nine monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/39fa12c1-84ba-4ad7-9176-83da6102871b/Screenshot_20250913-184954.png The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Nine: Henley to Marlow Leg Nine: Henley-on-Thames to Marlow When: Saturday 13th September 2025 Miles Walked: 12.55 Steps Taken: 27,046 Moving Time: 3:58:02 Elevation Gain: 93 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ea9bbc8a-2780-4016-bb5f-b00456b70633/processed_PXL_20250913_090952114.jpg The Thames Path - 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Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Nine: Henley to Marlow https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-thames-path/nordic-walking-the-thames-leg-eight monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9859b852-8d5e-46c9-9c34-e36a2c873a06/Screenshot_20250912-182039.png The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Leg Eight: Pangbourne to Lower Shiplake - Pangbourne to Lower Shiplake (map part one) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/31faf862-b9fc-4d1e-8618-05d54296f2a1/Screenshot_20250912-182140.png The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Leg Eight: Pangbourne to Lower Shiplake Map Part Two Leg Eight: Pangbourne to Lower Shiplake When: Thursday 11th September 2025 Miles Walked: 16.09 Steps Taken: 30,184 Moving Time: 4:32:48 Elevation Gain: 163 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b89db27b-73dd-4c80-b4dc-69751b9edd4b/processed_PXL_20250911_092309821.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Leg Eight: Pangbourne to Lower Shiplake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/7de5cc58-5e66-4be8-8062-c60de70dbba4/processed_PXL_20250911_093752908.jpg The Thames Path - 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Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Six: Abingdon to Wallingford https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-thames-path/nordic-walking-the-thames-path-leg-5 monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/69b10f14-626b-408a-893a-8db4b10ef5a6/Screenshot_20250912-154122.png The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Five: Oxford to Abingdon Leg Five: Oxford to Abingdon When: Monday 8h September, 11am Miles walked: 11.61 miles Steps taken: 23,646 Moving time: 3:29:33 Elevation gain: 50 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8016b570-30bd-4fe4-acf0-b0ce941555a3/processed_PXL_20250908_101213149.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Five: Oxford to Abingdon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/406ce44f-c8f7-4f93-956c-ffe129b453f2/processed_PXL_20250908_101546795.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking The Thames Path Leg Five: Oxford to Abingdon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bc400d8a-ab43-4080-99c2-c2e5b48c3243/processed_PXL_20250908_101406578.jpg The Thames Path - 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Nordic Walking the Thames Path Leg Three, part one: Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge Leg Three Part One: Lechlade on Thames to Tadpole Bridge When: Saturday 9th August, 9am Miles walked: 11.85 miles Steps taken: 25,136 Moving time: 3:51:11 Elevation gain: 22 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4719a752-f618-4ea1-89da-d3ee5eda9349/processed_PXL_20250809_082703817.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking the Thames Path Leg Three, part one: Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/fca22b68-9710-4a1b-9aae-af830ee01af9/processed_PXL_20250809_083839525.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking the Thames Path Leg Three, part one: Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0afede7e-0271-4b16-a254-8d83bac91c49/processed_PXL_20250809_083035212.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking the Thames Path Leg Three, part one: Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e1049f21-e064-4cd2-ab52-9f610f0b180e/processed_PXL_20250809_082958798.jpg The Thames Path - 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Nordic Walking the Thames Path Leg Three, part one: Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/81cf08fa-03f4-43f5-bc67-e9ed5f1c24d8/processed_PXL_20250809_134220051.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic Walking the Thames Path Leg Three, part one: Lechlade to Tadpole Bridge https://www.nordicnomads.net/the-thames-path/blog-post-title-two-p2pg4 monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a64a9ceb-340b-44a4-993a-09a5e7f273ca/Screenshot_20250729-212540.png The Thames Path - Nordic walking The Thames Path Leg Two: Cricklade to Lechlade Leg Two: Cricklade to Lechlade on Thames When: Saturday 19th July, 8am Miles walked: 11.75 miles Steps taken: 25,236 Moving time: 3:53:34 Elevation gain: 64 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9b548917-8087-41ce-bdcd-c2fe55d379fb/processed_PXL_20250719_075825546.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic walking The Thames Path Leg Two: Cricklade to Lechlade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/bf6dcaf2-1d50-48b0-b89f-ca1c95049b44/processed_PXL_20250719_080004688.MP.jpg The Thames Path - 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Nordic walking The Thames Path Leg One: Source to Cricklade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/c464abf0-0564-4f7b-8a38-1b0bdac738c6/processed_PXL_20250713_124301488.MP.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic walking The Thames Path Leg One: Source to Cricklade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/337577eb-9a63-4a91-adf2-3d9f05bd8ddb/processed_PXL_20250713_124822078.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic walking The Thames Path Leg One: Source to Cricklade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/3f01f285-532e-485f-a8b2-15797b3a16d2/processed_PXL_20250713_130131940.jpg The Thames Path - Nordic walking The Thames Path Leg One: Source to Cricklade - Soleros in the shade! https://www.nordicnomads.net/memberships daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/8f4f7fda-c467-4204-a1c3-6bc3634ef411/IMG-20220319-WA0003.jpg Memberships Monthly Subscriptions We have three options for our Monthly Subscribers. WANDERER - Unlimited access to all standard Nordic Walk Classes throughout the month £45 per month EXPLORER - Unlimited access to all standard Nordic Walk Classes plus 1 Freedom Walk each month. £55 per month TRAILBLAZER - Unlimited access to all standard Nordic Walk Classes plus 1 Freedom Walk and 1 Explorer Walk each month. £60 per month https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f48e13b7-faeb-4b9d-b4a1-8ebc894c936b/IMG-20220403-WA0005+-+Copy.jpg Memberships https://www.nordicnomads.net/instructorsandwalkleaders daily 0.75 2025-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d794e5dd-bcb1-4267-aab0-607a67ee11d8/processed_PXL_20241031_133249043%7E2.jpg Instructors and Walk Leaders - Tash is a qualified INWA British Nordic Walking Instructor and a trained Outdoor First Aider. She has a passion for all things outdoor and a desire to see others fall in love with being out in nature and improving their health. A former runner, injury brought her to Nordic Walking and she hasn’t looked back! She loves to complete long-distance walks and explore new local areas. Other passions include Open Water Swimming and Paddleboarding. She firmly believes that Nordic Walking is suitable for all ages and every body and there are huge physical and mental benefits to be had from regular Nordic Walking. Tash Wilkinson, Owner and Instructor at Nordic Nomads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/05c22a10-4aac-4787-b7a7-b697a1ecae77/IMG-20250314-WA0002.jpg Instructors and Walk Leaders - “I have lived in a village near Malmesbury since the 1990s and until fairly recently, was working too hard, full time, with two daughters at university. Being made redundant was the opportunity I needed to redress the balance and to look at what was really important to me and my family. I had been curious about Nordic Walking for a while and took the opportunity to sign up to a Beginners Nordic Walking course in Feb 24 from which I haven’t looked back. Since then I have really felt the benefit and joy both of the exercise and the Nordic Nomads group, so much that I felt comfortable to embark on the Nordic Walk Leader role, Helen Mistry Nordic Walk Leader https://www.nordicnomads.net/classes daily 0.75 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/15956f1c-19c9-40a2-8459-7f96faab5498/processed_PXL_20241202_183903508.NIGHT.jpg Classes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/6d7d3141-f7b2-4a84-80c6-ef4d16816f3d/20200608_145554.jpg Classes - Wednesday Evening Nordic Walks 7pm TBA 75 min £8.50 PAYG Various locations All Abilities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ebd3b902-138f-4f10-abb8-abe984391436/processed_PXL_20241022_085640051.MP.jpg Classes - Westonbirt Wednesday & Tuesdays 10am 75 min £9 PAYG Westonbirt Arboretum, Tetbury All Abilities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/a4fa069c-7e00-45c0-9015-c0e9329f5342/processed_PXL_20241004_104120714.MP.jpg Classes - Tetbury Nordic Walk 9.30am 75 mins £8.50 PAYG Fridays Tetbury Goods Shed All Abilities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d1adc914-ac72-4567-b629-bdc9ff982b1f/processed_PXL_20241024_062251748.jpg Classes - Make it stand out Earlybirds Nordic Walk 7am 75 mins £8.50 PAYG Chippenham Thursdays All Abilities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/00931328-da61-40b9-8605-5a8b842deac6/1000023509.jpg Classes - Make it stand out Saturday Parkwalk at Chippenham Parkrun 8.50am 75 min FREE Monkton Park, Chippenham All Abilities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ebd3b902-138f-4f10-abb8-abe984391436/processed_PXL_20241022_085640051.MP.jpg Classes - All Abilities Space will be given for all our walkers to walk at their own pace during these classes. No-one will be left behind or feel held back. Ideal for those new to Nordic Walking. 5 classes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/1e4dc834-93a8-48eb-a44e-b5c95a7ff5da/processed_20230125_110450.jpg Classes - Make it stand out Beginners Learn to Nordic Walk Courses These three hour courses (usually over 3 weeks) aim to give you a hands-on introduction to Nordic Walking. We use the INWA 10 Steps programme. Suitable for beginners or those looking to refresh their skills. Contact Tash for details of the next course. See News & Courses for the current Beginners Courses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/53b53375-890b-4445-8777-c8814da88204/20200317_202041.jpg Classes - Monday Motivation An ideal choice for those wanting to push the poles and increase speed, stamina and intensity. 1 class https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/51227997-2a88-4c82-8080-2831d537613d/IMG-20220403-WA0005+-+Copy.jpg Classes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d59ade38-8c7e-4bfa-ba77-fa80fe262b79/processed_PXL_20240818_093336179.MP.jpg Classes - Freedom Walks A longer class allowing us to explore further afield and different terrain, may include a coffee and cake stop! 4-5 miles 1 walk monthly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/e482cdc3-158d-48a7-a65d-381b31fa549b/processed_20221019_094800.jpg Classes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/0b4d5b72-fff2-4e35-b995-aaebca471699/processed_PXL_20241027_121809123.MP.jpg Classes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d58aa1cb-da5b-4aee-9a33-334e0aa70d50/20201220_101239.jpg Classes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.nordicnomads.net/home daily 1.0 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ebd3b902-138f-4f10-abb8-abe984391436/processed_PXL_20241022_085640051.MP.jpg Home Nordic Walking at Westonbirt Arboretum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f004214b-4818-45a7-b7d0-e066141360a2/BNW_logo_colour+%281%29.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d59ade38-8c7e-4bfa-ba77-fa80fe262b79/processed_PXL_20240818_093336179.MP.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/d74c3508-91d4-4990-ad97-997dffc0a26a/INWA_Logo_FED.jpg Home - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2b2df8b9-1bd3-4b8c-a14d-e35ce2982f20/20210126_124608.jpg Home - Make it stand out Explore your local area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/4ee66588-9977-45db-a648-d93fde26268a/20200516_154031.jpg Home - Plan for improvement Find a plan that fits We’ve created different membership options to best align with your individual needs. Whether you’re looking to improve your fitness, increase wellbeing or simply walk with others —we’ve got a plan that can flex to meet your goals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/b1d702ae-162e-4b1f-bd3e-9e45350f92f9/processed_PXL_20241027_134405525.jpg Home - Receive gentle guidance With a qualified Instructor you can trust Tash Wilkinson is a qualified INWA British Nordic Walking Instructor and has been a keen Nordic Walker for several years. She can provide teaching for all levels of Nordic Walking so you can decide what feels best for your body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/94fb810c-dbef-4f87-b047-f0e162ea5b3d/20210602_095409.jpg Home - Explore our classes With a variety of styles and intensities to match your goals Not all Nordic Walking is the same, and as a British Nordic Walking Instructor Tash teaches the INWA 10 Steps, giving you a full and adaptive range of intensities. Whether you’re looking for a full cardio workout or a rehabilitative stroll, we’ve got the options you need to balance your body and mind. Nordic Walking is a safe, natural, dynamic and efficient physical activity that trains the body in a holistic, symmetric and balanced way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/00827b8f-253b-46a7-9e3f-520dea246495/20200210_075322.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/ec7fd215-a025-4b79-88b1-865aa40a4ae7/20210124_094843.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/f6e88ca1-2789-4549-b7fd-7470af5f2f0e/20200420_144124.jpg Home https://www.nordicnomads.net/what-is-nordic-walking daily 0.75 2025-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/9a503e08-3326-4f74-b0e1-b25f2b28bd06/_U6T9633F.jpg What is Nordic Walking? - What is Nordic Walking? Nordic Walking began in Finland in the 1930’s as a way for Cross-Country Skiers to train in the Summer. It spread as a sport throughout Europe and the International Nordic Walking Association now has 53 Countries across the world. It’s popularity is quickly gaining momentum in the UK too. Nordic Walking is an enhanced walking technique that uses specially designed poles to work your upper body as well as your legs. With a technique that is similar to the upper body action of classic cross-country skiing, Nordic Walking is a genuinely whole body exercise that can be enjoyed at many levels, at low, medium or high intensity. Nordic Walking is a fun and social activity that can be enjoyed in town centres or open countryside throughout the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/5620d5ab-57c5-4fd4-938d-5d829a56444a/IMG-20220319-WA0006+%282%29.jpg What is Nordic Walking? - What are the benefits? Nordic Walking uses 90% of your Skeletal Muscles Burns on average 22% more calories than walking alone Trains & tones your whole body Increases your metabolism, heart rate & overall fitness Improves your posture, balance, mobility & joint health Gives you confidence Walking outdoors improves your mental well-being Nordic Walking is a great social activity! https://www.nordicnomads.net/who-is-it-for daily 0.75 2022-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62321f61ef56614c3b05c0f5/2a0a49d6-600a-44a8-b434-91bd45f50e2a/wordcloud.png Who is it for? - Who is Nordic Walking for? 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