We got up in good time today and I thought we'd be our earlier that yesterday.. Alas, I was mistaken. For some reason, breakfast seemed to take an age but then, you shouldn't rush a good meal!
Holly had said that she wanted to do a walk over the moors today and I felt like we should oblige. It is not often that teenagers want to go on a walk so I thought I'd enjoy it while I still could.
Anna found a walk book that contained some walks that departed from the Moors Centre that we visited on Sunday. There walk I picked was a 4 mile circular that ascended 'gently' to the moor and then across it and down and round back to Duck Bridge (which we discovered had been originally built in the 1300s and then rebuilt in the 1700s..
We decided to park on the roadside at Danby and save ourselves £5 for the price of a 1/2 mile walk. This worked out really well as it was all downhill to the Moors Centre.
When we got there we followed the path across the Esk and then across a railway line and to a very narrow road that climbed up towards Ainsthorp, a tiny hamlet that housed the Danby Tennis club....
When we finally got to the moor, the view was simply breathtaking! I'm not going to try and do it justice here.. Here are some photos.
We then descended and rejoined the road.. More of a track really... And the ended up back at Duck Bridge where the kids took off their walking boots and paddled in the river!
After all that frivolity, it was back to the Moors Centre for an ice-cream and relax before heading back to the car and back to the cottage for dinner!
It was a fantastic day that was enjoyed by all, made even more special by the fact that the weather was glorious again!
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