Saturday 05/12/2009. With the North Yorks Moors on my doorstep (well less than ten miles to Carlton Bank) I am keen to do the major routes and walks. Earlier in the year I managed the excellent "Bilsdale Circuit" and today I am off by bus-pass to lovely Osmotherley to tackle a route called "The Hambleton Hobble" which sets off from Osmotherley for a mile or so along the Cleveland Way before heading round the north end of Black Hambleton and then across the moors heading south east. The route passes through the grounds of Arden Hall (the Earl of Mexbrough's pad) on to Hawnby, Old Byland and Scawton, the furthest point south, then it's north-east back to Osmotherley via Cold Kirby, Boltby forest, Kepwick and the Siltons.
Despite a good weather forecast giving rain overnight but dry days I had a lot of rain overnight on Saturday and well into Sunday am this was followed by more showers and rain, hey ho! All of this made for muddy and slow going. I started at 11.20am and got about ten miles done before nightfall which found me camping near Sunnyside Farm close to All Saint's church in Ryedale. Wild camp as per my picture.
It was very wet overnight and in the morning the rain kept me intent till well after nine 'o clock with the result that my start was about 10.15am. a bit late really for daylight hours so short as they are in December. Still 16 hours in the sack is not such a bad thing is it?
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