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July 2012
Our Summer Holiday, June 2012
The Yorkshire Wolds
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| Buses enabled us to undertake many "linear" walks but as we moved into more remote areas,
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Stage One: 7 - 13
June staying at Flixton near Filey
We enjoyed good weather with a little, mainly overnight, rain.
9 June - Wolds Walk: Flixton to Filey (about 8 miles)
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Camp Wold
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The Sculpture Seat
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The Camp
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| Stocking Dale |
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Welcome to Filey |
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Filey Front |
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11 June – Wolds Walk: Sherburn to Flixton (about 8 miles)
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Overlooking Sherburn
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Ganton Hall
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Wayside Rose
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| Above Ganton |
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Ganton Church |
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Staxton |
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12 June – Cleveland Way: Filey to Scarborough (about 8 miles)
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Filey Brigg - One end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way and the Cleveland Way
08:58 05/07/2012 |
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| Filey Bay |
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New Sculpture on the front |
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Cleveland Way and
Workshire Wolds Path Marker |
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Egg found along the way
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Orchid
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Goat's Beard
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| Scarborough in the distance |
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Windswept bush |
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Cayton Bay |
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Stage Two: 13 - 18
June staying at Fridaythorpe
Generally sunny with cloudy periods and a little, mainly overnight, rain.
14 June - A circular walk including part of the Wolds Walk:
Centred
on Thixendale (about 8½ miles)
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Thixendale
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Flower Meadow
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Can't see...
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| Kirby Underdale |
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The Dales |
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Weary Walkers |
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16 June - A damp day so took the bus to Molton
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An "Old Fashioned" town with lots of small interesting shops and visitor attractions |
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17 June - Wharren Percy, a vanished medieval village
(only 4 miles on a hot afternoon).
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The valley
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Church Remains
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| Inside the Church |
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Outline of medieval house |
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Stage Three: 18 - 23
June staying at Polkington
Generally sunny with cloudy periods but heavy rain on the last two days.
19 June - visit to Burnby Hall Gardens on a beautiful hot,
sunny day,
enjoying the national collection of water lilies
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The Lakes
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The Stumpery
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Woodland Walk
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Water Lily
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| A small sample of the water lilies |
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20 June - A circular walk around
Millington that included part of the Wolds Way.
It was a very hot (almost too hot) sunny day (about 9-1/2 miles).
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Walking from the centre of Millington
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Looking down on Millington. . .
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. . .from another seat
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Sweet Rocket
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| The Wolds Way |
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The new "Emmaus Road" stained glass window |
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Millington Church |
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21 June - Our first really wet day and a visit to York.
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22 June - The second really wet day and a visit to Beverley.
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23 June - Time to go home, but first,
a morning at a scarecrow festival (representing the first person to)
and flower festival (themed to represent children's books)
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First heart transplant
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First man in space
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First man to row the Atlantic
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| Mr Men |
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The Wombles |
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Charlie and the chocolate factory |
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