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Sinnington village on the river Seven flowing from Rosedale
River Seven at the footbridge above Appleton Mill Farm
Here we took the bridleway down the bank to our left for 200m then
right to the footbridge at map ref. SE 748880. (Yes - there is a bridge
there even though it's not marked on my OS map). We turned north again
to follow the path at the foot of the bank between the woods on our
left and the cornfields on our right. In the far corner of the field
ahead of us was a large round steel vessel billowing smoke from four
metal pipe chimneys. As we got closer we realised it was a charcoal
burner in action and there were still a few logs on the ground around
it. It would have been very interesting to find out more about the process
but there was no one around to ask.
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Today my neighbour, Jim, and I drove to Sinnington. It's a pretty village
on the river Seven which flows out of Rosedale. We began walking just
after 9.30am. The weather was cloudy but dry with no rain forecast until
the evening. Our intended route is pretty and varied with woodland,
farmland, and open moors - the snag is that the route straddles the
two OS 1:25000 maps of the North York Moors and it straddles the centre
fold of both maps so it's a real pain to navigate. We took the lane
to the church at the north eastern end of the village (map ref. SE 746861)
and followed the bridleway northwards for 1.5km to map ref. SE 747876.
Woods above the River Seven near Sinnington
Charcoal burner in action
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Pedigree Limosin cattle near Lastingham
Haymaking near Spaunton
Part way up the hill there is a seat in the wide grass verge with
a lovely view over the moor where we stopped for our lunch. After lunch
we continued up the hill passed Grange Farm and on to a track called
Spaunton Lane. We continued down this track for about 2km to map ref.
SE 724878. Here we turned left on to a track called South Ings Lane
leading to Appleton-le-Moors. Part way along the track there were a
group of 7 or 8 ewes and lambs. Of course they ran ahead of us as we
approached. They had the same blue colour identification mark on their
backs as a flock we had passed a few kilometres back in a fenced pasture,
so they were probably escapees. The lane led straight out on to the
road in the village so we decided to hide behind the hedge in a gateway
in the hope that the sheep would come back down the lane. After a few
minutes, much to our relief they came quietly past our gateway and we
were able to continue on our way without driving them out on to the
road.
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We continued on the path to the road at Lower Askew (map ref. SE 744896).
We followed the road for 250m and took the track straight ahead on the
crown of a left hand bend in the road. We walked up the track for 600m
to the point where the track emerges on to the open moor. Here the track
forks and we kept to the left hand fork for about 1km to map ref. SE
739915. Here a footpath crosses the track. There are no real landmarks
you have to rely on the small cairns marking the path. We turned left
to cross the valley of Tranmire Beck. The path crosses the beck at its
confluence with Grain Beck and continues on to the Lastingham Millennium
Stone at map ref. SE 729909. We kept to the path around the intake wall
for about another kilometre to the road near Spaunton, map ref. SE 721903.
We headed south along the road towards Spaunton village.
Crossing Tranmire Beck
Barley ready for harvest near Spaunton
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