Day 13 - Clay Bank Top to Glaisdale

Fortunately, after the previous evening's drama, Ros felt that she could drive back to the cottage as long as I drove to the drop off point. This would be reversed in the evening with Ros driving to collect us and myself driving back to base camp cottage. So luckily all three of us could continue with the walk. Phew......

This section was approximately 17 miles with about 1015 feet of ascent, 600 feet of which was in the first two miles.

It was a misty start to the day with a strong wind trying to clear the clouds off the tops of the moors. As we approached the summit of Urra Moor (Round Hill) the mist was still lingering.
At 1475 feet this is the highest point on the Cleveland Hills. Continuing on we met the Rosedale Ironstone Railway where we left the Cleveland Way which headed north. Our path followed the trackbed of the railway as it twisted its way across the moors for five miles to Blakey Ridge. By then the wind was increasing in strength and all low mist had cleared leaving us with clear views of the surrounding moors and dales.









Farndale from the old Rosedale Ironstone Railway track bed.

On reaching Blakey Ridge we called in at The Lion pub for a quick pint and bite to eat. Fully refreshed we headed off for three miles of road walking. During which we rounded the head of Danby Dale and caught a glimpse of the cottage that was our current base camp. A path was then used to round the head of Fryup Dale before we started the descent to Glaisdale using a bridleway along Glaisdale









Fryup Dale

Since leaving Round Hill most of our route was flattish, any ascent being soon accomplished with little effort. As such this was the first day we'd finished earlier than expected......

Damage report:
Nicky wore short shorts today and caught the the wind around her knees; Chris and the old man seemed to have just the normal aches after a long march.



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