SEAHOUSE SAUNTER FIRST DAY

Friday 21st February 2010. At 3pm I'm walking up from the North Yorkshire village of Kilburn to it's famous White Horse - see picture, to the start of what is billed as the longest "anytime challenge" walk in the NYM National Park. From the horse it heads north-east for 43 miles to the one time fishing port, now holiday resort of Whitby, traversing from a horse to the sea, the route has been given the name of "The Seahorse Saunter" My description talks of a kaleidoscope of moor and dale crossing the heart of the North York Moors, the colours are subdued today and tomorrow they turned out to be mainly white. I walked eight miles before making a wild camp by the woods on Ox Pasture Lane near Murton Murton Grange. A cold night passed in tea-brewed comfort with hooting, hunting owls for company along with my favourite Radio 4 podcasts. A good early start to Saturday morning saw be away from camp at 8.45am into a lovely bright morning, which only improved as the day wore on. All this is very enjoyable.