Hi all, here’s the update on this and in particular I’m asking if anyone (Cath /Jen /SteveM ??) would have any difficulty getting to the potential start (see “Where”)
WHEN
We will try to do this on the first Thursday night now with reasonable weather (because deferring might leave us with a worse forecast). This means deciding on Tuesday evening whether to go or not. I am suggesting an RV at 6.30pm with a view to getting under way about 6.45, or at least by 7, finishing between 9.30 and 10.00 pm.
WHAT
A wander round some moorland spaces for up to 3 hours and your mission (should you choose to accept it…..) could include detailed map reading, pacing and timing, and walking on compass bearings. Or just enjoying the night.
(Might I suggest it could save a little time on the night if you have checked your double pace count per 100 metres, and re-read stuff about how to follow a compass bearing)
KIT
Usual hill gear, warm and waterproof, flask, snack, head torch, compass, whistle, map 1:25,000. Probably OL26 tho’ see below.
WHERE
My first thought was that provisionally the area above Hutton-le-Hole would make a change from shooting up the A19, i.e. the moors either side of the Hutton to Rosedale Abbey road. Tenk would like to work out a detailed route with some copy maps so he might come up with alternatives.
Hutton le Hole is of course some 9.5 miles NW of Pickering, car park at GR 705901. Hence about 50 -55 minutes from central York.
However, the question is, how this would be for those working in Leeds or Harrogate…… Catherine / Jen / Steve M ??
Could you get to Hutton le Hole for 6.30, or should we fall back on the A19 Osmotherley area ??
Could everone get to (somewhere near to) Osmotherley for 6.30 ?
ANDREW
