We’ve had a week walking in East Yorkshire with some lovely weather. We were based at the lovely oasis that is Acorn Glade.
A small wildlife haven and people restorer that is a home from home, with lovely, welcoming hosts, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s also handy for many fine walks and COVID secure.
We were picking up on some of our previous East Yorkshire routes.
Starting at Selby on day 1 I walked to Riccall on the TPT. We were last at Selby on 24th August 2020. Riccall has a great deli for picnic items which are an essential accompaniment to a hot summer.
Day 2 saw me start again in Beverley, where we left off on 11th September 2020. Unfortunately in the mean time the corner Co-op has closed. Good thing we got those picnic items the previous day. My first visit was to Beverley Minister where John of Beverley is remembered by a skilful piece of embroidery. After leaving Beverley I was on the Rail Trail route of the old railway line to Market Weighton.
Day 3 saw me start that again at Kiplingcoates and while I ambled along to the Kiplingcoates Nature Reserve in a disused chalk pit, Bob began to other side of Market Weighton and came towards me. There were many common blue out, or uncommon common blue as I called them: the first I’d seen this year. We eventually met at St Helen’s Well, which was a cool shady spot on what had by now become a very hot day.
Day 4 began at the A163, where Bob had been the day before, and I took the Bubwith Rail Trail to Bubwith. This one won the award for Route of the Week, it’s quiet, green, well maintained straightness made it an ideal walking route for us. We also saw a partial eclipse of the sun on the way. At Bubwith, ice cream can be had at the Jug and Bottle in the High Street.
Day 5 began at Bubwith, with the last section of the line through what the locals called Dingle Dell, a beautiful green path to where the bridge runs out over the Derwent. From there it was down the riverside path and small roads. I met Bob at Wressle at the Parish Church of St John of Beverley. A more modern building, John’s reputation has survived locally for more than a thousand years. It’s Bede who recalls him in his Ecclesiastical History and may have known him as a young man. What came across to me from the various accounts was his humility and peacemaking. May such gifts of leadership be valued and promoted by us all.
Our week ended at Bamby Barrage where freshwater Derwent meet salty Ouse. We were last here on 25th August 2020 when I was walking east on the TPT. We had one of our picnics in the car park. It was a lovely week to ‘join up some dots’ in East Yorkshire and we plan another visit in September when we shall return to see Acorn Glade in Autumn glory.
From my remembered bible: Show me your ways, O God. May my path be straight.
Walk on
Janet Lees, in East Yorkshire, 7th to 11th June 2021. I hope to add photographs over the next few days.