Walks Report

A Barningham Trail

    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…

Wild Boar Fell Walk

    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…

Gordons Walk from Ripley

    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…

TC's Barwick Tour

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…

Spring Into Rievaulx

SPRING INTO RIEVAULX  Walk Report to follow: 

An Early Easter

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…

CLEVELAND STREET & COAST WALK

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…

CHRISTMAS WALK & LUNCH - DEC 2011

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…

A TOUR OF COOKS COUNTRY

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…

COAST & MOOR WALK REPORT

                                                                                         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…

Errington Wood Walk on 1 October 2011

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…

ROSEDALE FARNDALE CIRCULAR

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…

TANDEM WEST ROUTE MARSHALS WALK

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

LANGBAUGH LOOP WALK REPORT

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…

Alberts Kildale Walk Report

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…

Winter in Swaledale Walk Report

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…

THE LAST TANDEM MARSHALS WALK

 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…

DAVE`S DAWDLE

                                                                                                            DAVE`S DAWDLE                                                      Leader Dave Firth                                                          18 miles       12 walkers met at Pinchinthorpe…

Report of West Cleveland Circuit

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…

Report of Alberts group Wander in Wensleydale

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…

Geoff's account of the 2009 Xmas walk and dinner

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…

Moors and Meadows around Blakey Ridge walk report.

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…

Barden Barn Weekend - Some Pics

Barden Barn Weekend - A selection of Pictures from Brian Emmerson. Thanks Brian.  

A COUPLE OF LAKELAND GIANTS

  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…

Walk Report for the Hanging Stone Marshals - Short Route

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…

PAT'S WESTERDALE WALK REPORT of 18th JULY

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…

CLEVELAND LDWA CLUB SOCIAL WALK ALBERTS POST 100 STROLL – 20TH JUNE 2009

    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…

Report of walk from Castle Bolton on Sunday 15th March.

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…

Ron's account of Carol's Kirkby Stephen walk.

  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.                                               …

Report of 'Woods and Coast of Cleveland' walk by Edith Moran

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…

Bilsdale Circuit

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,…