Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

Today I was joined by Angela on a lovely Yorkshire Wold’s walk. Our route took us from Fridaythorpe to Thixendale and back again (via a different route) .

The weather forecast was for rain but we were feeling optimistic as we set off early in the morning. We had packed our waterproofs just in case!

We headed down into the valley bottom of West Dale and followed this along eventually entering Brubber Dale and continuing along this valley.

The Wold bottom is a quiet place to be – almost like the land that time forgot.

We have walked in the Yorkshire Wolds a few times now and we always enjoy the ambience. The chalk bottom ensured there was no mud which we appreciated.

After reaching a tarmac road we headed up the steep hill to reach a plateau, then continuing along a farm track we found ourselves heading downhill into Water Dale where we passed a big pheasant farm. This was to be an undulating walk.

We soon arrived in the village of Thixendale and navigated our way to the start of Thixen Dale. We meandered through Thixen Dale enjoying the quiet and then left by a path up the side of the Wold.

Apart from a few spots of rain it had been dry. We continued on our route arriving back in Bruber Dale where we had a view of West Dale once more.

It wasn’t long before we were back at the car in Fridaythorpe. We visited the local café (called Seaways) because we always do!

Tomorrow we have planned to walk the first section of The Yorkshire Wolds Way from Hessle (by the Humber bridge) to South Cave. We have brought two cars with us to facilitate this. Later in the week we will walk the second section South Cave to Goodmanham which will only leave the final section from Sherburn to Filey to walk at some future point. We have already walked the other intermediate sections.

Happy Walking !