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Overview map (route anti-clockwise) distance 65.7 miles
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Cattle Grid on entry to Skipwith Common (near saw mill)
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Skipwith Common (a lot of water in drainage ditch)
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Fields flooded near Bubwith
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Memorial in the village of Warter
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Heading towards Huggate in Cobdale
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Hillside near Burdale
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View of climb from Burdale to Wharram le Street
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Kite resting in a tree near Thixendale
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Highland Cow in Birdsall Dale
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Highland Calf in Birdsall Dale
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View down Birdsall Dale towards Thixendale
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View from Leaving Brow towards Burythorpe
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Bird of Prey resting after just catching lunch
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Ford near Scrayingham
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Just Me at the Station, the rest were doing Dave's walk from Thixendale
On a over cast day I went south taking in Skipwith Common and through the lanes to Fridaythorpe for my first and only stop. With the return journey through Thixendale, Leavening and Srayingham.
The total distance for me was 74 miles.
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Overview map (route anti-clockwise) distance 46.5 miles
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Church at Burythorpe
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Bill parking cycle near Birdsall
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Group on the steep ascent known as the Wall
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Sally nearing at the top of the Wall
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Pete walks up the Wall
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Elaine on suspension bridge at Huttons Ambo (River Derwent)
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Alpaca and sheep in a field in Murton
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7 set off from the station, on an over cast day.
Route out to Malton by Stockton on the Forest, Gate Helmsley, Buttercrambe, Scrayingham, Leppington, Leavening, Burythorpe and Birdsall. Which contained a steep climb, known as the Wall, between Burythorpe and Birdsall.
The return route was by The Suspension Bridge at Huttons Ambo, Westow, Bossall, Sand Hutton, Upper Helmsley, Warthill and Murton.
Distance from York Station to Osbaldwick 46.5 miles (my distance was a total of 54 miles).
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