Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

Today, Angela and I enjoyed a lovely 7-mile circular walk in classic Yorkshire Wold’s country, starting in Fridaythorpe and visiting Huggate. We had done this walk on two previous occasions and the fact that this was our third time speaks volumes.

Fridaythorpe claims to be the highest village along the Wolds Way – but there again, so does Huggate!

The morning’s weather was better than we had expected as we set off from Fridaythorpe quite early in the day. The leaves were crunching underfoot as we walked along.

Quite soon after leaving Fridaythorpe we entered Holm Dale and, as the sun was rising over the wold, it was a spectacular view. A fine start to the walk. There was an old church pew nearby. The words ‘A pew with a view’ were engraved on the seat – indeed it was.

Our route took us through a large and modern farm yard where I remembered there was a life sized statue of a deceased Farm Manager. He was clearly held in affection by the people at the Farm. I pointed this out to Angela. The reason I mention this will become clearer later in the blog.

What’s so nice about walking in the wold’s is that you can walk all day and not meet a soul.

The wold’s are rolling chalk hills with deep green dry valleys.

It wasn’t long before we arrived into Huggate and took a break in the bus shelter.

Refreshed, we took a stroll around the village.

Whilst we were looking at the pond a chap in a nearby house hailed us and began asking us about our walk. He was a very friendly chap, but by strange coincidence, his partner turned out to be the daughter of the man whose statue was in the Farm that I had pointed out to Angela earlier. How strange is that!

Leaving Huggate we followed our route, arriving into Horse Dale, where we took advantage of one of the special wooden benches that can be found along the length of the Wolds Way.

We headed down the side of Horse Dale and then walked along the valley bottom of Holm Dale, eventually climbing out of the valley and along the footpath to Fridaythorpe.

Arriving into Fridaythorpe we headed for the Seaways Cafe – a popular bikers café where we enjoyed a drink and cake 😊.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶