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Cleveland Circles - John E. Eckersley
In May 1969 the 108-mile Cleveland Way National Trail was opened. Skirting round the edge of the North York Moors National Park, it traverses magnificent moorland and coastal countryside.
John Eckersley's book Cleveland Circles divides the linear route into thirty separate, self-contained but inter-linked shorter day circular walks, thus allowing the whole of the National Trail to be covered over an extended period without the need to arrange overnight accommodation.
The circular walks permit walkers to explore the foothills of the Hambleton Hills and parts of the North York Moors that lie adjacent to, but not actually on, the Cleveland Way. Each circuit is approximately ten miles long but includes options for those preferring a route of about five miles.
Abbeys Amble - John E. Eckersley
Abbeys Amble is a 103 mile circular walk starting and finishing at Ripon Cathedral. It links up three famous Yorkshire Abbeys (Fountains, Bolton Priory and Jervaulx) as well as visiting three Yorkshire Castles (Ripley, Bolton and Middleham).
Abbeys Amble may be completed in a variety of ways - as a twenty-four hour team relay challenge; a week's walking holiday; a series of day circular walks each of which can be turned into a treasure hunt using the photo clues; or finally (with a few minor adjustments) a 100 mile individual challenge walk.
Exploring Lake Pickering - John E. Eckersley
In 1902 Percy Kendall described how a great lake, Lake Pickering, had existed in the Vale of Pickering during the Ice Age. His original ideas have since been modified but recent investigations have confirmed that a lake did exist, though smaller than at first thought. Moreover, other research has discovered that, immediately after the Ice Age, another separate lake, known as Lake Flixton, was formed in the eastern part of the Vale.
John Eckersley's Exploring Lake Pickering is a 155 mile trail following the higher land around the edges of the two lakes. The trail is made up of 36 separate but inter-linked day circular walks which pass along the Howardian and Tabular Hills, the North Sea coastal cliffs and the Yorkshire Wolds.
Tidewater Way - Tony Rablen
The Tidewater Way is a long-distance footpath right across northern England from tidal water to tidal water, from Lancaster on the River Lune to Ulleskelf on the River Wharfe - 90 miles of peaceful and scenic footpaths through the Yorkshire and Lancaster Dales. The way is ideal for anything from a leisurely day's ramble on a few of the sections, though a holiday crossing of the country, up to a 24 hour 'coast-to-coast' challenge.