Yorkshire Walks - My Walking Diary route no 199

Looking across Rosedale from the lane below the golf course

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Route No. 199 - Monday 23 October 2006
Rosedale Abbey, Rosedale Bank, Anna Cross
Lastingham, River Seven circuit - 14km
Rosedale, North York Moors

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*Hill Plantation from the car park in Rosedale Abbey* I started walking at about 10.40am and crossed the bridge over the River Seven on the road up Rosedale Chimney Bank.	It was a lovely sunny morning so I decided to drive to Rosedale Abbey and parked next to the hotel on the Egton Bridge road at map ref. SE 725960. An ash tree loaded with ash keys
*Autumn berries - haws and sloes* The views up and down rosedale were wonderful in the crisp autumn light and I stood on the little platform on top of a ladder stile just to admire this lovely place.	On the first bend I took the footpath on the right up the side of a house at map ref. SE 724957 and began the climb up the valley side. The path led across two fields to a lane and across the lane to the 9-hole golf course. *Autumn berries - a lovely crop of sloes*
*Looking across Rosedale from the ladder stile above the golf course*
*Autumn gold in the bracken above Rosedale*	*Looking down on to Rosedale Abbey*
*Anna Cross* At the road I continued straight across to follow the track to Anna Cross about 1km away over the moor.	At last the path brought me to the old ironstone railway at the top of the climb. I turned left to follow the railway path to the road at the top of Rosedale Chimney Bank. *A grouse taking flight/fright*
*Looking back to Anna Cross on the track to Lastingham*
*Seat just above Lastingham* The whole area was a lot busier than usual as this is the half term holiday week. In the village I took the path on the left from map ref. SE 729904 which just cuts the corner off and comes out onto the road again by the Lastingham village name sign on a stone plinth.	At the cross I continued heading south over the moor for about 3.5km into Lastingham village. On the way down the long slope from the cross to the village I passed several people toiling up the hill towards the cross. *The track into Lastingham village*
*Fields and woods at Lastingham*
*Village pump at Lastingham*	*Some conkers I collected for my grandson*
*Is it Autumn or Spring? - Hazel catkins*	*Is it Autumn or Spring? - Huneysuckle in flower*
*I just love horses with fetlocks (hairy feet)* More Autumn fruits - Rose Hips	*A 200 year old oak tree next to the road, but who notices it?*
I sat on the plinth for my lunch. It was very pleasant but the clear skies were rapidly clouding over and the best of the day was already gone. Apple tree loaded with unwanted fruit. There was another one just 100m further on.	More Autumn fruit - Haws A partridge hit by a car - such lovely plumage
*The farm road to High Askew*	*Fly Agaric fungus*
*Limosin cattle at High Askew*
*Tiny bracket fungus on a piece of dead birch* I walked along the bridleway passed High Askew above the River Seven for over 5km back to Rosedale Abbey.	I continued along the road for over a kilometre to map ref. SE 743900 where I turned left to follow the farm road up toward High Askew. *Plaque at the site of an Elizabethan glass works by the river Seven*
*Looking across Rosedale from the path above the river Seven*
Looking across rosedale from the path above the river Seven My route had been about 14km and had taken me four and a half hours including my lunch stop.	On the way I re-passed all the people I had passed on the way from Anna Cross to Lastingham. They all seemed to be walking a similar route to me but the other way round. Charolais bull I met on the track above the river Seven near Rosedale Abbey He was quite lame and was heading for the field on his left