KIRKBY STEPHEN TO ROBIN HOOD'S BAY
DAY NINE - EGTON BRIDGE TO HAWSKER - 14.23 MILES
A beautiful day for a walk - the last long one before the end.
As the rest of the party hung about waiting for those who had gone to the stepping stones over the Esk to get some pictures two set off in the morning sunshine.
Egton Hall from the rear. A large part of the area is the Egton Estate.
Between Egton Bridge and Grosmont an old toll road is used and this is a sign attached to the side of Beckside Farm half way along.
Grosmont is a beautiful village at the junction of the main railway line from Middlesbrough to Whitby and the private North York Moors Railway which runs south to Pickering. http://www.nymr.co.uk/ We hung around waiting for the steam train to leave.
Video of the steam trains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBOjIFPVnrg
From here it is a steep climb up a road to the top of the moors. This is the view half way up. The route we had followed came over the moors at the back and right along the wooded valley.
At the top we left the road on Sheep House Rigg to see a line of stones called the Low Bride Stones.
We then climbed along the ridge to inspect another collection called the High Bride Stones where we had a coffee stop.
The path across Sleights Moor towards the A169
The descent from the A169 towards Little Beck.
Once down in the valley bottom the route follows a beck up to a waterfall called Falling Foss.
A mineral working on the way up.
The Hermitage a rock hollowed out as a hermit's cave, reputedly by a George Chubb in 1790, on top of which is two wishing chairs carved of stone.
Beside this large waterfall is http://www.fallingfossteagarden.co.uk/ where we stopped for drinks and cakes.
Video of the restoration of the tea garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tcxwM2zAT4
We were only half way and it was well into the afternoon because of time spent watching railway trains and visiting cafes so it was on up May Beck with earnest to get back to the moors.
Having got out of the trees we could look back to the way we had come.
The route then crosses Sneaton Low Moor and the Graystone Hills, looking back it was moor as far as you could see. On arriving at Hawsker we diverted to the Hare and Hounds for a drink. http://www.hareandhoundshawsker.co.uk/Site/Home.html Because of the size of our party we were taken off route by taxi to Ruswarp on the River Exe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruswarp
We stayed overnight at Ruswarp Hall http://www.ruswarphallhotel.co.uk/ and had our evening meal at the Bridge Inn.
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