Mick Garratt<p>The Stone They Left Behind</p><p>A rough-cut sandstone block lies abandoned at the top of an old quarry on Ayton Bank. It first appears on the 1915 Ordnance Survey 25-inch map. One wonders what caused the sudden stop—tools downed, the block left where it was, after the time and effort it must have taken to cut it, shape it, and drag it uphill the five metres or so from where it was quarr ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/14/the-stone-they-left-behind/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/14/the-sto</span><span class="invisible">ne-they-left-behind/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/AytonBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AytonBank</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
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happyhiker<p>Black Hambleton is a plateau on the western edge of the <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> where there is a trig. point. Superb views to the south-west over the Vales of York and Mowbray and on a clear day, you will see the hills of the Yorkshire Dales and the Pennines. See <a href="https://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/NorthYorksMoors/Black%20Hambleton/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Black%20Hambleton.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/North</span><span class="invisible">YorksMoors/Black%20Hambleton/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Black%20Hambleton.htm</span></a></p>
happyhiker<p>With temperatures hotting up, time perhaps to head for coastal breezes and an easy walk such as this 3 miler to the quaintly picturesque village of Robin Hood’s Bay on <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Yorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yorkshire</span></a>’s east coast. Beach route depending on the tide. See <a href="https://www.happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/NorthYorksMoors/Stoupe%20Beck%20Sands%20to%20Robin%20Hood's%20Bay/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Stoupe%20Beck%20Sands%20to%20Robin%20Hoods%20Bay.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">happyhiker.co.uk/MyWalks/North</span><span class="invisible">YorksMoors/Stoupe%20Beck%20Sands%20to%20Robin%20Hood's%20Bay/Hiking%20Pages%20-%20Stoupe%20Beck%20Sands%20to%20Robin%20Hoods%20Bay.htm</span></a><br><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Leven Vale and its Wayward River</p><p>The 1856 Ordnance Survey 6-inch map labels this ruin as a sheepfold. I remain unconvinced. It looks too small, for a start. But what would I know.</p><p>This view looks down into Leven Vale, where the River Leven begins its oddly ambitious journey. It starts here in the upper reaches flowing east, then pulls off a dramatic U-turn, be ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/09/leven-vale-and-its-wayward-river/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/09/leven-v</span><span class="invisible">ale-and-its-wayward-river/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kildale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kildale</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LevenVale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LevenVale</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RiverLeven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RiverLeven</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Because It’s There: Tourists on Roseberry</p><p>Another day, another climb up Roseberry. I often wonder when someone first made the effort simply for the sake of it—“because it’s there,” as Mallory said of a rather taller peak. When did the first tourists arrive? And what exactly counts as a tourist?</p><p>With its sharp outline and looming bulk, Roseberry Topping has ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/08/because-its-there-tourists-on-roseberry/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/08/because</span><span class="invisible">-its-there-tourists-on-roseberry/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RoseberryTopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoseberryTopping</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Freebrough Hill — Where Arthur Waits</p><p>This hill has loomed over the Guisborough to Whitby road for generations, a constant, brooding shape on the horizon. Its symmetry is so precise, its position so solitary, that people have long refused to believe it is natural. Clearly the work of men. Or gods. Or giants. One giant in particular: Wade, whose name is scattered ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/07/freebrough-hill-where-arthur-waits/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/07/freebro</span><span class="invisible">ugh-hill-where-arthur-waits/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Freebrough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Freebrough</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>“HORRID MURDER AT ESKDALE NEAR WHITBY”</p><p>So screamed the headline of the Yorkshire Gazette on 18 September 1841. The grim report told of the brutal killing of 61-year-old Mrs Robinson, murdered alone in her home at Eskdaleside, near Sleights. Her husband, William Robinson, a yeoman farmer of decent standing, had gone to Egton Fair that day. His servants were ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/06/horrid-murder-at-eskdale-near-whitby/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/06/horrid-</span><span class="invisible">murder-at-eskdale-near-whitby/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Eskdale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eskdale</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Eskdaleside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eskdaleside</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Orange Spots — The Slow Death of Ash Dieback</p><p>Ash dieback is sweeping through Cliff Ridge Wood, and the National Trust Rangers have been out marking doomed ash trees with orange spots. These are the infected—struck by a disease caused by the fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. It came from Asia, hitched a ride on the global plant trade, and now spreads on th ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/05/orange-spots-the-slow-death-of-ash-dieback/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/05/orange-</span><span class="invisible">spots-the-slow-death-of-ash-dieback/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/CliffRidgeWood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CliffRidgeWood</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NationalTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalTrust</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>In Search of Pannierman Pots, Here is Long Stone Instead</p><p>I have long been interested in ancient transport routes across the moors, so I was pleased to come across some recent research on routeways in the North York Moors. These are vast landscape features, part of a tangled network linking places across great distances. Yet they are also intimate s ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/04/in-search-of-pannierman-pots-here-is-long-stone-instead/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/04/in-sear</span><span class="invisible">ch-of-pannierman-pots-here-is-long-stone-instead/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/NewtonMulgrave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewtonMulgrave</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Bombweed, a Hall Built of Basalt and German POWs</p><p>The vivid pinks of Rosebay Willowherb blaze across summer landscapes, yet most pass them by. Known as Fireweed, it is often the first plant to reclaim burnt ground.</p><p>That was not always the case. The Georgians treated it as a rarity, grown in gardens rather than spotted in the wild. Even ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/03/bombweed-a-hall-built-of-basalt-and-german-pows/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/03/bombwee</span><span class="invisible">d-a-hall-built-of-basalt-and-german-pows/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/CliffRidgeWood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CliffRidgeWood</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/GreatAyton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatAyton</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/flora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flora</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Goathland: A Nice Little Earner</p><p>A misty start and a downpour overdue from June left little chance for photography this morning. So here is another one from yesterday: the tourist-magnet village of Goathland. Avoiding the coachloads is nearly impossible. The village spreads around a broad common where sheep graze as if unaware they are in a postcard.</p><p>A posh sign, complete ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/02/goathland-a-nice-little-earner/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/02/goathla</span><span class="invisible">nd-a-nice-little-earner/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Goathland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goathland</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Crossing the Murk Esk and the Dream for a Canal</p><p>I have passed through Grosmont many times before, yet somehow missed this ford across the River Murk Esk. It sits quietly at the foot of Lease Rigg, one of a pair of crossings of the river that seem to defy both logic and geology. The cliff rising on the eastern side makes it clear why the post-medieva ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/07/01/crossing-the-murk-esk-and-the-dream-for-a-canal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/07/01/crossin</span><span class="invisible">g-the-murk-esk-and-the-dream-for-a-canal/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Grosmont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grosmont</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Dining and Cooking<p>Italian transormation on the menu for North Yorkshire pub</p><p>A member of a legendary Yorkshire restaurant dynasty is set to transform a historic North York Moors pub following a significant six-figure inves…<br><a href="https://vive.im/tags/dining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dining</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooking</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Italiancuisine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italiancuisine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Culinaryheritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culinaryheritage</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/giorgiolocatelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>giorgiolocatelli</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Italia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italia</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italian</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/italiancuisine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italiancuisine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/italiano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italiano</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RoyalOak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalOak</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SalvatoreDammone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SalvatoreDammone</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/salvo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salvo</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/theRoyalOak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theRoyalOak</span></a><br><a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2153079/italian-transormation-on-the-menu-for-north-yorkshire-pub/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/2153079/i</span><span class="invisible">talian-transormation-on-the-menu-for-north-yorkshire-pub/</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>Italian transormation on the menu for North Yorkshire pub <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/2153079/italian-transormation-on-the-menu-for-north-yorkshire-pub/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/2153079/i</span><span class="invisible">talian-transormation-on-the-menu-for-north-yorkshire-pub/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CulinaryHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CulinaryHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/GiorgioLocatelli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiorgioLocatelli</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Italia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italia</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Italian</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ItalianCuisine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ItalianCuisine</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/italiano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italiano</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/RoyalOak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalOak</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SalvatoreDammone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SalvatoreDammone</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/salvo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salvo</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/TheRoyalOak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheRoyalOak</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>From Helmsley to the Moors: Where Exactly Is Blackamoor?</p><p>Blackamoor is the old name for both the wider moors and the northern end of the Hambleton Hills—though modern maps prefer this as the more polite “Black Hambleton.” For most of the year, the name “black” suits the moors. Barring a brief burst of ling bloom or a winter’s snow, the moors always ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/06/29/from-helmsley-to-the-moors-where-exactly-is-blackamoor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/06/29/from-he</span><span class="invisible">lmsley-to-the-moors-where-exactly-is-blackamoor/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/GisboroughMoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GisboroughMoor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Highcliff Watches, Barley Shines</p><p>This morning’s walk over Bousdale Hill had the familiar silhouette of Highcliff Nab looming in the distance, but it was the barley that stole the scene. Almost fully ripe, it glowed in the light. I remembered a daft tale from childhood—barley heads tucked into your sleeve would supposedly “walk” their way up. Never did for ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/06/28/highcliff-watches-barley-shines/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/06/28/highcli</span><span class="invisible">ff-watches-barley-shines/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/BousdaleHill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BousdaleHill</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HighcliffNab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HighcliffNab</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Operation Starfish: A Decoy on the Moor</p><p>It is widely known around here that this brick structure on Percy Rigg was once a World War Two control bunker, part of a secret Air Ministry plan to protect British towns from German bombing raids. The scheme relied on decoys—an unusual mix of science and theatre designed to mislead the Luftwaffe.</p><p>Wikipedia de ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/06/27/operation-starfish-a-decoy-on-the-moor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/06/27/operati</span><span class="invisible">on-starfish-a-decoy-on-the-moor/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/HuttonMoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HuttonMoor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/PercyRigg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PercyRigg</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WW2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WW2</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Before the Ling: Bell Heather in Bloom</p><p>The moors will soon flush lilac with the bloom of Ling, but for now it is the Bell heather that holds court. Its deeper purple has lit the hills for weeks. This sweep across Ingleby Moor is the broadest I have seen. Bell heather usually prefers modest clumps, favouring dry ridges, crag tops, and path edges.</p><p>Bell ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/06/25/before-the-ling-bell-heather-in-bloom/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/06/25/before-</span><span class="invisible">the-ling-bell-heather-in-bloom/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/InglebyMoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InglebyMoor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RoseberryTopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoseberryTopping</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/flora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>flora</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Route Choice Down Roseberry</p><p>Today’s photo looks down the steep, green slope of Roseberry Topping’s northwestern flank.</p><p>Below, Newton-under-Roseberry sits quietly among ripening fields. To the right, thick woodland hugs Bousdale Hill in dark contrast.</p><p>What caught my eye was the wide grass path on the right. It appears to follow the Right-of-Way, though an ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/06/24/route-choice-down-roseberry/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/06/24/route-c</span><span class="invisible">hoice-down-roseberry/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/NewtonunderRoseberry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewtonunderRoseberry</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RoseberryTopping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoseberryTopping</span></a></p>
Mick Garratt<p>Obelisks and Obfuscation: Rethinking Cook’s Monument</p><p>Three heavily-laden walkers trudge away from Captain Cook’s Monument towards Gribdale. One of them had, moments earlier, stood on the railings and appeared to kiss the obelisk. Quite what prompted this act of reverence is unclear, but it brought to mind an article I once ...</p><p><a href="http://www.fhithich.uk/2025/06/23/obelisks-and-obfuscation-rethinking-cooks-monument/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fhithich.uk/2025/06/23/obelisk</span><span class="invisible">s-and-obfuscation-rethinking-cooks-monument/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/CaptCooksMonument" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaptCooksMonument</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EasbyMoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EasbyMoor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/NorthYorkMoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorthYorkMoors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/CaptJamesCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaptJamesCook</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
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