Route: Market Weighton to Londesborough
Area: East Yorkshire
Date of walk: 19th March 2013
Walkers: Andrew Gilly and David
Distance: 7.9 miles
Ascent: 200 feet
We parked near the church in the centre of Market Weighton, and shortly after leaving the town we joined the old railway embankment. After about 1 mile we turned sharp left to join the Yorkshire Wolds Way leading to the attractive village of Goodmanham with its Norman church
The Wolds Way then took us through chalk farmland into the lovely grounds of Londesborough Park and we returned to Market Weighton via Towthorpe village and a horrendous muddy field at the end of the walk – see the final photo
The weather was overcast, but it was a very enjoyable walk nonetheless
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We parked close to Market Weighton Church
On the outskirts of this attractive market town
The old railway embankment out of Market Weighton, which we followed for 1 mile, with Bonnie and Winnie running ahead
One of the beautiful steamed oak poetry benches along the Wolds Way
A confusion of signs
The quiet road towards Goodmanham
The Norman church at Goodmanham
Looking towards the vale of York
The lake in Londesborough Park
Bridge crossing the lake
The path leading out of the park
David and Gilly
The path back to Market Weighton
A claggy end to the walk - Weighton Clay Field - our walking boots weighed a ton after crossing this section
