Ripon Rowel

Ripon Rowel Photo Gallery

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Photo collection from Ryedale Walking Group's Ripon Rowel Walk Please click on any picture for supersize Webpage updated 08/10/08
Stage One - 19th April - Ripon to South Stainley (10.5 Miles & 770 feet ascent) (Downloadable route)

Our group at Ripon cathedral - we resisted the coffee stop having just started out.	A narrowboat leaves the Ripon Boat Club marina on the Ripon Canal.	Boat movements at Oxclose lock on the Ripon Canal. This lock lowers boats to the River Ure and links the Ripon Canal to the UK river and canal network.

Walking on the towpath	Judy with Treacle (Dog under the crop)	Stream running through Bishop Monkton
Stage Two - 17th May - South Stainley to Sawley (9 Miles & 1050 feet ascent) (Downloadable route)

Black swans in the moat at the 12th century Markenfield Hall	Ripon Rowel logo near Fountains Abbey	St Mary's Church in Studley Park

Water cascading from Studley Lake	One of the seven bridges that cross the River Skell at Studley Royal	The 12th century Markenfield Hall www.markenfield.com
Stage Three - 21st June - Sawley to Ilton (11 miles & 1450 feet ascent) (Downloadable Route)

Sileaging alongside the Ripon Rowel	"Red Hot Pokers"	Carlesmoor Sighting Tower *<link>*

Eavestone Lake	Oyster Catchers (and Curlews) A very common sight on the Ripon Rowel	Typical type of stone stile in this part of North Yorkshire
Stage Four - 26th July - Ilton to Grewelthorpe (10.5 Miles & 800 feet ascent) (Downloadable Route)

Foxgloves in Druids' Plantation	The 19 strong group rest inside Druids' Temple *<link>* near to Leighton Reservoir	Five walkers on their way to Masham - home of the Theakston's and Black Sheep Beers

Harvest time approaching Masham	The River Burn near Low Burn Bridge	Fishers Hall buried deep inside Hackfall Woods
Stage Five - 13th Sept - Grewelthorpe to Ripon (13.5 miles & 610 feet ascent) (Downloadable Route)

Some of the group at The Ruin - enjoying a look round on the open day for The Landmark Trust	A Rowel - part of the spur from which the Ripon Rowel Walk get its name	Inside The Ruin with David having a laugh with a member of The Landmark Trust

Judy, Doug and Hazel head for North Stainley	The village of West Tanfield on the River Ure	Sheep Pen near Ripon