Saturday 11th May Kettlewell Brew A smiling friendly young lass from East Lancs area (Wigan) called Lorraine joined 7 of our own Cleveland club members at Kettlewell bringing a little sunshine to an otherwise cold and gloomy morning as we set off on the riverside dalesway path to…
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The Nymrod - Saturday 27th April 2013 24 walkers turned up for the 34 mile Nymrod walk starting from the Lion Inn at Blakey. Walkers came from Lincolnshire, Selby, Whitby, Co Durham and Teesside. There was a mix of established LDWA members, new members and two planning to join. The route…
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What Dick Barton! On Saturday 6th April 18 walkers turned out for Anton's Barton walk with three first time timers for CLDWA. We set off on a lovely spring morning through the village, we were soon into farmland at Newton Morrell were spring lambs mingled with the group as we passed through…
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Esk Valley Way – Leg 3 On Saturday 23rd March at 08.50 am, 17 walkers caught the train from Whitby station to Lealholm for the start of a 14 mile walk - the third leg of the Esk Valley Way. On our way to Glaisdale we were joined by one more walker making 18 in the group. The weather…
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Inglenooks and Crannies Walk Report. A beautiful cold but sunny morning saw 16 eager walkers at Ingleby Greenhow out for a 17 mile walk. We set off past the church, over the beck and along the woods behind Ingleby Manor then over the fields to Bank foot. A steep climb through forestry and a…
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Esk Valley Way 2 - Saturday 23rd February 2013 What a difference a week makes, sunshine for Esk Valley Way - Leg 1, six days later snow, ice and ungritted roads for Leg 2. around 30 people turned up for the EVW - leg 2, due to the road conditions we had two parking areas, one at Rigg End at…
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The Esk Valley Way - Leg 1 30 Walkers turned out for the first leg of The Esk Valley Way, with a mixture of visitors and a good turn out from the Cleveland Group.What a pleasure it was to walk this scenic route for the most part in good underfoot conditions and sunshine all the way. With…
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The Rudby Scrum - Saturday 9th February 2013 16 Walkers including the leader, thanks to everyone for making the effort. Nice to see some walkers from the past out with us. The mud wasn't too bad. Weather was good, a mixture of chilliness and warm sunshine. One or two dodgy stiles. The only…
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The Helmsley Hike The weather forecast for the weekend was for snow showers a few people rang to confirm the walk was still going ahead, as it was clear in Stockton then it was all systems go. We gathered at the Monument in the Market Square and counted 24 Walkers who were a mix of Cleveland…
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Christmas Walk and Lunch 10 people turned out for the pre- Christmas lunch walk from the Fox Covert car park. The walk was approximately 7 miles around the perimeter of Ingleby Barwick on a majority of paths that do not appear on any map and along a stretch of wood that Stockton Council is…
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Teesdale Meander - Saturday 17th November 2013 The walk started at 8:30am from Morton Park in Darlington with 14 members. The weather was dull and damp. But as the walk progressed the sun came out on our return into Darlington. From the car park we took the old railway path to Middleton St…
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Lealholm Loop - Saturday 3rd November 20 walkers (including one new member) gathered at Lealholm for my 15 mile "Lealholm Loop". The weather was fine all day and we were treated to some fine views of the moors. The first stop was at Danby Moors centre, lunch break was just after Crag Wood…
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Around Kepwick - Saturday 20th October 2012 . The walk started from Codbeck car park at 9am with 14 walkers taking part. The weather was a little misty to start with but as the sun became stronger it turned into a brilliant day for walking with a light warm wind at times, although this…
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Middleton in Teesdale, Cleveland LDW group 6.10.12. 15.3 miles (16.6 with detour) 2760' climbing. Ten walkers started at 0930. Fine weather all day with a chilly wind on the tops. On the way up to Monk's Moor a walker wasn't feeling well so turned back with their partner, (then there were…
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Cleveland LDWA 40th Anniversary Walks Report . At 9am on Saturday 22nd September 18 walkers and a backup vehicle driven by Yvonne Hudson set off from Swainby on our 40 km walk . The weather was cold with a covering of frost in places but after an hour or so turned into perfect weather for…
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Around Hawnby Sept 8th 2012 The walk started from Newgate Bank roadside at 9am with 20 walkers. The weather was a little cloudy on the hill tops at the start but soon turned into a warm sunny day. At the start of the walk we dropped down into Ryedale and then past Peak Scar to Gowerdale where…
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A view on high cup 16 walkers duly emerged at Appleby on a misty and drizzly morning. Undaunted, preliminary field paths and road led over the railways and A66 to begin the real walk. Crossing Hilton beck and progressing upstream we noted the fast rapids and swollen breadth. (more like the…
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To Helwith & Back - Saturday August 11th 2012 Todays walk was one of our monthly shorter walks to encourage those walkers who do not normally do long distance walking, 13 walkers turned out at Reeth, we were rewarded with perfect walking conditions and had fantastic views all day, with plenty of…
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Field Forestry and Moorland Wander - 28th July 2012 12 people, including two from West Yorkshire, completed the 17.5 mile walk. Weather was good to start with but within the last few miles heavy rain tried but failed to dampen spirits. Nettles and brambles were in abundance in places !! …
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Bainbridge Bash 7th July 2012 There were 14 walkers, not deterred by the possible bad weather, which started off overcast but turned into a bright sunny day with some haze, still some good views. I didn't intend to use the stepping stones near Worton; just as well as they were covered in…
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A Walk around Scarborough – Saturday 16th June 2012. 6 of us turned up for Normans 20mile walk from Scalby Mills, Scarborough despite the forecast for gale force winds and heavy rain. Thankfully the weather forecast couldn't have been more wrong; we set off in overcast humid conditions…
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Geoff Smith's walk from Errington woods – 9th June 2012. This was a short walk by LDWA standards with many stops to look at and talk about things that Geoff thought might be of interest. 10 walkers braved the poor weather forecast and turned up. We visited many sites to do with the…
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Woods & Moor Ramble - Saturday 26th May 2012 14 Walkers set out from Guisborough Rugby Club for a 17mile walk. The route was out to Commendale back to the 'Hanging Stones' along the Cleveland way to the ever popular 'Roseberry Topping' returning via Guisborough Woods. The weather was…
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A BARNINGHAM TRAIL On Saturday 12th May we met on the Village Green, Barningham for the first of our two May 2012 club walks, 13 Cleveland LDWA club members and 3 welcome visitors turned out. Considering the wet weather we had experienced during the past month this was a good attendance. We…
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Sat.21st April 2012 – Wild boar Fell At 9.00am 15 brave souls emerged at the Fat Lamb despite recent days of heavy rain and low cloud on high fells with forecasts of this to continue. An available option of a shorter lower level route was outvoted. A brisk start over fields and track…
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GORDONS WALK FROM RIPLEY 19 walkers turned up at Ripley car park for Gordons walk, the car park was overflowing when we arrived due to a car boot fair being held in the adjoining field so it took us awhile to locate all the walkers but eventually we headed off on a sunny but cold morning. We…
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TC's Barwick Tour - Saturday 17th March Despite the urban venue we were delighted to see 20 walkers turning up for the walk which started from a CCTV monitored car park, the walk continued around & through Ingleby Barwick, alongside,over & under the A19. We didnt encounter as much mud as…
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SPRING INTO RIEVAULX Walk Report to follow:
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AN EARLY EASTER - Saturday 18/2/2012 Chop Gate was the meeting place for Cleveland LDWA February social walk. 18miles with approximately 2900' ascent. 28 people attended, a great turnout at this popular location, several new faces walking with us; they were made very welcome by the club regular…
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CLEVELAND STREET AND COAST WALK'S REPORT Walk: 14 January 2012 Walk Leader : Dave Firth The walk started at 9 am on Saturday 14 January from Slapewath with 23 walkers of varied ability taking part. As the weather was a little below zero the…
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Christmas Lunch and walk. 22 people had booked for the lunch but only a hardy nine of us turned up for the walk. We started at the Fox and Hounds and took the Cleveland Way up to Highcliffe. Since many of the trees have been cut down this is a much nicer walk with extensive views, but as we climbed…
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A Tour of Cook Country The weather all week was terrible but on Saturday it was perfect for walking, frosty with bright sunshine. 15 of us set off from Great Ayton at 9.00am. We walked across fields to Ingleby Greenhow where we made our first climb of the day up Ingleby Bank. We stopped at the…
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COAST & MOOR CIRCULAR WALK 21 walkers were out for the 17mile Moor and Coastal Circular. It was a good day weatherwise and all seemed to enjoy the route - even the jungle bits!! Stops were at Staithes…
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CLEVELAND WANDER 1 OCTOBER 2011 At 9 am on Saturday, 1 October, under a cloudless sky, 12 of us set off from Errington Woods for Guisborough. It was an unseasonably hot, sunny day - 24oC plus. We had our first break at the Church by the side of Guisborough Priory. After leaving Guisborough we…
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Saturday 10th September, Cleveland Group met at The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge for our monthly social walk. Once again we had a good turnout from LDWA members both local and visitors, 17 in total. We set off towards Rosedale valley bottom in thick mist with views at a premium, however the day…
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The Tandem West Route Marshals walk will take place on the 24/09 2011 8.30 Start from Goathland Car Park as usual Leader Alan Robertson NOW CANCELLED
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LANGBAUGH LOOP WALK REPORT 19 hardy walkers turned out at Saltburn at 0700hrs on Sat 19th March ready to start the Langbaugh Loop. The weather was good all day. Walkers came from Sunderland, Doncaster, Lincon, Oldham, Selby and Peterlee as well as locally. 18 completed the full route and 1…
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Alberts Kildale Walk Report for 22nd January 2011. c18miles. Once again we had a terrific turn out for our monthly LDWA social walk, 28 people met on a dull, damp day, our first social walk of the New Year. We had LDWA members from as far afield as Selby, York, Ripon, Northumberland, Durham…
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Winter In Swaledale We met at Reeth Market Place on Saturday 13th November for our LDWA Monthly Club walk lead by Albert Bowes. 16 of our own Group turned up to support the walks along with three visitors, Ann and Paul from Northumbria Group and Caroline from North Yorkshire. We set over…
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Walk report for saturday`s marshals walk 11 members met at Goathland CP for an 8 o`clock start to the last ever Tandem Marshals walk. Clear skies with a cooling breeze made for near perfect walking conditions. We had a few changes of leader taking us along differing routes sometimes not always…
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DAVE`S DAWDLE Leader Dave Firth 18 miles 12 walkers met at Pinchinthorpe…
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Walk report of Sunday's social walk. We met at Cod Beck car park on Sunday 13-06-2010 at 9 o'clock .17 people turned out: one from the South, one from Doncaster and one from Newcastle. The rest of the group was made up of familiar faces. The weather was bad, raining right up until we set…
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Albert's walk report from Saturday's club walk. "We met at Leyburn Market Place on Saturday 8th May 2010 at 8.30am, 16 people turned up for the walk from various groups including Northumberland, West Yorkshire, South Pennine and an independant member from York and of course members from…
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The Christmas Dinner Walk 2009, a 7 mile walk followed by dinner at the 'Tree Bridge Restaurant'.Ten Cleveland LDWA members set off just after 9am, others had intended to come, but we later found out that they had slept in. We set off through the fields heading for Roseberry Topping via Newton. I…
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We started at 9.00am on Saturday 14th November with a cracking turnout for our monthly club walk. Meeting at the Lion Inn at Blakey, 23 in all several from other LDWA groups, amongst the visitors we had Neil who had been an LDWA member way back in the days of co-founder Alan Blanchford, in the past…
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Barden Barn Weekend - A selection of Pictures from Brian Emmerson. Thanks Brian.
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A COUPLE OF LAKELAND GIANTS CLUB WALK 1st AUGUST 2009. The walk was due to start from near Seathwaite farm in Borrowdale, it hadn't stopped raining since 5.00pm the previous evening so we were unsure who if anyone would turn out. Albert was standing in as leader for Brian Emmerson who is…
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Walk Report for the Hanging Stone Marshals - Short Route 14 people turned out for the walk, 5 opting for the short route, 9 for the long route. The whole group walked together as far as Kildale where Albert + 4 left the rest of the party lead by Alan to continue on with the long route. The 5 of us…
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Pat's 22 mile walk from Westerdale 18th July 2009. After inches of rain all day Friday I was half expecting to be on my own at the start at half past eight on Saturday morning, but I was wrong. Nine walkers were ready and keen to start on what looked like could be another wet and drab day. The…
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ALBERTS POST 100 STROLL – 20TH JUNE 2009 13 people turned out for Albert's Post 100 Stroll, Albert, Eva, Dave, Ron, Lynn, Linda, Ken, Anton, Tom & Carol all Cleveland members and visitors, Pam, Keith and Dennis. We walked approximately 20miles with 3000' ascent in mostly dry…
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Hi all Sunday's walk from Castle Bolton was not recced so I did not know what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised it was a lovely sunny day (got the gong) And the walk was a lovely mix of grassy meadows, a little bit of tussock grass, a little bit of mud and wet patches mainly on low lying…
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Hi all Carols walk from Kirkby Stephen, on Thursday the 12th of March, was a great walk including brilliant river views, fantastic waterfalls, and beautiful scenic views, well worth 60 miles drive. …
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Walk on 21st February 2009 9 members started, 11 finished. The walk was 19 miles starting at Saltburn following the Cleveland Way to Skelton Green, then through Lingdale, Kilton Woods, Loy Lane to Loftus. Then up on to the Cleveland Way and back along the coast to Saltburn. It was a…
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BILSDALE CIRCUIT On 14th April 2007 Albert Bowes lead a group of walkers around the circuit as a Cleveland Group Social Walk. A 30mile route with almost 5000' of ascent, a shorter option of approximately 21 mile would be offered. 20 walkers set off early in the morning shrouded in mist,…
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