Up, down, up, down and loop back to lordstones
Date:
3 November 2024
Distance:
5.7 miles / 9 km
Time:
3 Hours

Another hike from Lordstones, along the peaks and over the moors.

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 on the first path the view was a little foggy...



...and didn't get much better.



At the top it was even foggier.



Took a right turn from the Cleveland Way route and headed along the moors path away from the peaks.



A fairly straight track through the moors, 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 picture below is of the route I was planning on taking 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 through a farm I met some locals. Nothing to see here, mooooove along.



Another picture of across the valley to document at a later date which path I found down from the moors.



Then it was just a case of following a 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.




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