More Moors
A short day today (9.5 mi), most of it level on a good track but a bit boring.
After getting a lift from our hotel to where we left off yesterday we had a 700’ climb up to Urra Moor and Round Hill, the highest spot on the Yorkshire Moors.
Good views on the climb back to yesterday’s hasty descent from Hasty Bank and also back along the Track to the top of the Moor.
The heather is starting to bloom giving a light purple sheen to the otherwise featureless moor.
Many marker stones were evident on the side of the trail some with old style graffiti.
After cresting the summit we descended to Bloworth Crossing in the company of Ian a volunteer trail Ranger – no guesses what he and I spoke about; Don of course got his life story other than trail maintenance.
Bloworth is where the Cleveland Trail leaves the C2C (until we rejoin when we reach the coast). From here on we followed the broad gravel trail of the now disused railway that used to run between the iron quarries at Rosedale to Teeside – the last trains ran in 1929 but the trail has been maintained (thanks Ian). It is flat – too flat- and although there are some views down into the Farndale valley and grouse shooting butts for Don to examine, the walking does get a bit monotonous. We stopped for a leisurely lunch
And then it was time for a quick pace so I upped mine to over 3 mph and left the other two in the dust. At last the Lion Inn came into view – our bed for the night – and I was fully ensconced in the beer garden with Simon (last seen at Orton) with a cider by the time Don and Colin arrived.
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