Yorkshire Walks

Track out of Brubberdale to Gill's Farm

I usually meet a group of friends for a walk each month but I was unable to join them this month. The walk was led by my brother-in-law, John, and our friend Peter took the photos and provided the following notes describing the walk:-

Acorn sculpture on Wolds Way at Brubberdale

Sculpture at Junction of Thixendale and Worm Dale

Hawthorn tree laden with berries

At the junction with Brubber Dale the Way is marked by a new large carved acorn on post, through the gate we continued up a small valley and track to Gill’s Farm. Emerging onto a small road we crossed down another good track heading for Thixendale and the first of the new sculptures on the route. As we turned to head south down into the dale we caught site of this major landscape sculpture ‘Time and Flow’ by Chris Drury positioned at the junction with Worm Dale.

"Eight of our group met for the December walk at the village pond in Fridaythorpe this morning. The route was a circular walk of about 12km much of it on the Yorkshire Wolds Way. Along the way we would take in two of the new sculptures placed on the Wolds Way as part of an Arts Council project. Having parked up near the village pond we headed NE out of the village on a fine sunny morning though with a piercing wind. Past a large mill we walked down a wide track before dropping down a pleasant grassy path to the first dale of the day, West Dale.

Track away from Gill's Farm towards Thixendale

Walking down towards the sculpture

Sculpture at Junction of Thixendale and Worm Dale

Track through Pluckham plantation

We had to walk alongside the road east for 600m and were caught in a short shower of rain before crossing the road to follow a bridle way.

Having stopped briefly to take in the sculpture and displayed details we left the Wolds Way climbing out of Thixendale via Pluckham Dale and Pluckham plantation to the A166.

Old hedge laid many years ago

Double rainbow seen from A166

Descending track to Horse Dale

View along Horse Dale open access valley

Solitary tree above Horse Dale

New inscribed seats on upper slope of Horse Dale

Here we made use of the open access arrangement and climbing the south side of the dale we walked along the old earthworks before coming to the next sculpture on the Wolds Way. A practical and very comfortable inscribed shapely pair of oak benches

We followed the bridle way to pick up the Wolds Way again close to Wold House Farm (worth walking through just to see the fine bronze statue of a farm worker). We continued on the Way down to Horse Dale.

View along Horse Dale open access valley

Trees on upper slopes of Horse Dale

Horse Dale plantation

Still flowering in December

On track to Fridaythorpe looking back towards Holm Dale

The whole route had been about 13km and it had taken us 4 hours to walk including our various stops along the way. We headed back for a fine afternoon tea at the home of one of our group members who lived nearby." - Peter Crosby

After a brief stop we followed the Wolds Way down to the valley bottom then climbed out via Holm Dale and back into Fridaythorpe.

Fridaythorpe village pond