Our little known local
regional trail is 48 miles in length and runs along the southern edge of the North York Moors National Park from Scarborough to Helmsley. The route was adopted
as a regional trail after it was initiated by the Park Authority.
Ryedale Walking Group walked the
full route in 2007 using public transport or the
Ryecat Community Minibus at the start and finish of each day's
walk. The total mileage was 69 miles including walking to and from the bus stops
on the A170 and A169. We started the walk from the Sealife Centre
at Scalby Mills on Saturday April 14th and completed the six linear legs on Saturday
8th September in Helmsley. The thumbnail pictures on the left were all taken on
the Tabular Hills Walk. Click for a bigger view.
Two books are available that describe
The Tabular Hills Walk, they are:
The Tabular Hills Walk (Published
by and available from North York Moors NPA)
The Cleveland Way and The
Yorkshire Wolds Way with The Tabular Hills Walk by Paddy Dillon
This was our route plan:
Stage 1 Saturday April 14th 2007:
Scarborough Sea
Life Centre to Wykeham Forest 11 Miles/900 feet ascent.
(Includes walk
back to bus route at Downe Arms.) Outward using 0902hrs 128
Bus
and local 1020hrs 3A Scarborough Bus Service. Return via 128 Bus from Downe Arms.
Moderate+
Stage 2 Saturday May 12th 2007:
Wykeham Forest to Givendale Head 11.5 Miles/750
feet ascent.
0902hrs 128 Bus (Includes walk from Hutton Buscel into Wykeham Forest and from Givendale Head
to Allerston.) Return via 128 Bus from Cayley Arms at Allerston. Moderate+
Stage 3 Saturday June 9th
2007:
Givendale
Head to Hole of Horcum 9.75 Miles/1350 feet ascent. (Includes walk from Allerston to Givendale
Head.) Travel to Allerston via 0902hrs 128 Bus and return to Pickering via 840 Coastliner Service from Whitby.
Challenging.
Stage 4 Saturday July 14th 2007:
Hole of Horcum to Cropton 13 Miles/1350 feet ascent. 0925hrs
Coastliner Bus from Eastgate to Hole of Horcum. Return from Cropton via
Moorsbus. Challenging.
Stage 5 Saturday August 18th 2007:
Cropton to Gillamoor 10.5 Miles/1200
feet ascent. Catch 0910hrs M50 Moorsbus
to Cropton and 1617hrs M51 & 1646hrs 128 Moorsbus back from Gillamoor/Kirkbymoorside.
Moderate+
Stage 6 Saturday September 8th
2007:
Gillamoor to Helmsley 11.5 Miles/1150
feet ascent. We will use the Ryecat Minibus (costs shared) pickup by
arrangement. Start from Pickering Pool 10.30am. Celebratory meal in
Kirkbymoorside to mark the end of our Walk. The later start time is to fit in
with the timing of our evening meal and end of walk celebration. Moderate+
All six stages of the walk were completed by
seven of our members. Here they are pictured on September 8th 2007 in Helmsley at the finish. Left to
right John, Jean, Nigel, Alison, Phil (Walk Leader), Judy and Dorothy. In
total thirty Group members took part in one or several of the individual walks.
One member in the photograph completed all stages of the walk whilst
recovering from cancer and receiving weekly treatments of chemotherapy. An
amazing achievement!
