A spare Saturday so I packed up and had a quick drive to Lordstones Country Park, below is the route I walked. The southern-most point of the hike I'm not sure I followed the path as this was where all the burning had happened.
Setting off from the Country Park along the first path the Cleveland Way the view was a little foggy...
...and didn't get much better.
Heading uphill to the first peak it was even foggier.
Keep following the Cleveland Way along to the second peak, it was here that I took a right turn and headed along the moors path away from the peaks.
A fairly straight track through the moors for over a mile, it was at this point I got flashbacks of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
The fog began to clear and as I descended into the valley the view got better.
This pic below is of the route back to Lordstones, following the treeline up the hill. I often try to pre-empt the map-reading by looking ahead at the view to see where I'm thinking the route will be.
Finding the path down into the valley was a little tricky due to burning.
After possibly using a path to descend into the valley and away from the moors the path was blocked by a barbed wire fence. Nothing a quick bit of climbing could stop.
Passing by Hall Garth I met some locals. Nothing to see here, mooooove along.
Another pic back across the valley from where I had taken the path down from the moors.
Following a footpath around a small wood, it was then just a case of following a nice level track and then a footpath back to the Cleveland Way. This track I'd spotted from another Lordstones peak, hence why I planned this route to check it out.
Finally, before I got back to Tiggy, I checked out the Lordstones just off the main path near the Country Park.
Another similar, shorter route done in June 2025 this one avoids the climbs.
Lordstones routes: