Route: Drewton
Area: East Yorkshire
Date of walk: 24th December 2018
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 4.0 miles
Ascent: 500 feet
Weather: Mostly sunny
This is a walk we’ve done many times and it never fails to please – it provides a perfect example of rolling East Yorkshire Wolds countryside
We parked on the roadside verge of the estate road leading to Drewton Manor. The landowners kindly permit this as long as care is taken to park considerately. We walked past the manor house and, just beyond it, we left the road and crossed Drewton Beck. There then follows a gradual climb up to the top of the wold. There were extensive, though rather hazy, views over miles of open countryside as we made our way above Austin’s Dale
Near the top of the wold there’s a short section beside the busy B1320. The road can be kept behind a hedge by following an informal path along the edge of a field – this obscures the view of the traffic, but not the sound. In any event the road section only lasts for a couple of minutes before the start of the return leg above the other side of Austin’s Dale
After enjoying some more big views we gradually descended back into Drewton Dale, eventually reaching the estate road and from here we retraced our steps back to the start. For anyone following this walk, a visit to the nearby Drewton’s Farm Shop is highly recommended
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The Humber Bridge at sunset earlier in the week
A couple of days later, the start of the walk as we follow the lane to Drewton Manor
Looking across Drewton Beck to Austin's Dale, where we'll be walking later
Drewton Manor on the left
Looking along Drewton Dale, but we turn left here and will return via the lane ahead
Drewton Wold beyond the beck
We cross the bridge over Drewton Beck, which has been widened at this point to form an attractive pond
Start of the climb up the wold
Looking across to Hunsley Dale
A hazy view across the flat countryside to the west
We follow a path above the woods
Looking back along the path...
...and again
We continue the easy climb up Drewton Dale
A view back towards Hunsley
The path skirts along the edge of the woods above Austin's Dale...
Looking through a long lens at a power station in the west, which I think is Drax
Having walked beside the B1230 for a short distance we reach the half way point of the walk near the top of the wold
Looking back towards the road
The power station again in the distance
Start of the descent down Drewton Wold
We follow the edge of the woods above the other side of Austin's Dale...
Diamond Cottage ahead
Our path had taken us above the woodland in the distance
Looking back along the path
Sheep near Diamond Cottage
Looking towards High Hunsley...
Beyond the cottage we join the lane and retrace our steps back to the start
Season's greetings!
