This walk was originally planned to be longer, parking and setting off from a spot I'd seen during the Blakey Ridge loop hike. I'd planned a bit more of a hike on the moors but the path up was marshy and heavily overgrown so I shortened it and planned a different route for another time.
The shorter route was clockwise, following the road into Rosedale Abbey before heading right along a track behind the White Horse Farm Inn. After following the track for a while it was timne to head uphill, firstly through fields but then through bracken and heather where it got tough. After getting to the top of the hill following the track over to Ana Cross and then heading back to the road.
Leaving Tiggy on her own for a view over the valley, there are some better pics of her view at the end of the walk.
Follow the road downhill towards Rosedale Abbey, then turning right onto a track behind the White Horse Farm Inn, passing through its car park.
Keep following the track for around 3/4 of a mile, turning off the track at a grassy footpath on the right. Heading uphill through a field initially and then into the heather and bracken. This pic is looking back at Tiggy, the white dot in the middle of the pic.
The uphill got wetter and more overgrown with bracken and heather. Even with the OS map I couldn't find the path and was wading over heather and through bracken - very tiring.
Finally on the top I found a track and followed it to Ana Cross.
After following lots of nice, level track you can see Ana Cross in the distance. Keep following the track, there are a few little footpaths here and there that head to the cross.
After a short rest at the cross it was time to head back to Tiggy. Follow the track North back to the road at the top of Chimney Bank, then follow the road downhill back to Tiggy.
Tiggy had made some friends whilst I'd been away.
The other Rosedale routes: