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Hambleton Ramble

Hamleton Ramble - 11 miles - 29 October 2000.

The walk was well attended by a total of twelve, a good turnout, considering that the Met Office had forecast abysmal weather for the weekend. Three prospective members, had come to "feel the water" of a club walk, and there was plenty of that about!

A route from Boltby, over farmland, via Tang Hall and Goremire Lake to Sutton Bank was followed, with a short stiff climb up the road (it's much easier in a car) to visit the site of a Bronze Age grave. The plaque at the site states that excavations in the thirties had revealed the remains of a woman, from the period 1400 BC, buried in a seated position, with some artefacts (an earthenware urn and a jet bead, which is now held in County Hall, Northallerton). From there we continued through the woods, resplendent in their full Autumnal colours, to the car park at the White Horse, where lunch was taken before another sharper climb up to the top of the escarpment. We now had the stiff breeze to our backs, and the views to the west over Vale of Mowbray and Northallerton were quite dramatic, with the forecasted squalls of bad weather scurrying north over the plain below. Having been caught in one such squall, we crossed the Boltby/Hawnby road at Sneck Yat and continued down to Low Paradise and on through the edges of the woods to finish at Boltby.

Sincere apologies to the member who became detached from the rest of the group some three quarters of a mile from the finish. Lesson well learnt - check numbers at all times!

Otherwise, a walk everyone seemed to enjoy.

Many thanks to those who contributed to the £24.00 sponsorship collected at the end of the walk. A cheque has been sent to Jamie Andrews, who, having lost limbs himself, was featured on the cover of the B.M.C.'s magazine "Summit" nearing the top of Ben Nevis, a tremendous achievement to raise money for a "Jumbulance" and in aid of Red Cross Landmine victims.

Len Pope

Last Modified: 7 May, 2003