Walk Inspiration
Distance - 5.25 Miles
Geocaches - 2
After the excitement and hard work of last week's Inn Way to Yorkshire, something more sedate for this sunny spring morning.
This is the last available weekend in the month, so I need to fit in my monthly trip on the Millennium Way. A simple figure of 8 walk, just 5.25 miles long and most of it along the Grand Union Canal.
Parking is provided by the Blue Lias Pub. That's the post walk refreshment sorted.
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| The Blue Lias - to be Investigated |
The first loop of the figure of 8 seems somewhat pointless - we head west along the canal, only to walk back along roads to end up more or less back at the Blue Lias. Sonia doesn't seem to notice, otherwise the walk could have been over before it got started.
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| Leave the Canal on the First Loop at the Two Boats Pub |
A tiny amount of countryside walking past High Clay farm before picking up the canal at Stockton Locks. A slight navigational mistake where I try and leave the canal at another pub - The Boat - before readjusting and continuing down to Gibraltar Bridge.
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| The Boat |
Around the quarry, through Stockton (a 3rd Pub - timed differently after midday and this could have been a 4 pub adventure) before hitting the Stockton Reservoir to laugh at the fishermen and find evidence of more future walking trails.
I will never run out of inspiration in this country.
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| Harry Green seen before but the Blue Lias Rings are new to us |
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| Stockton Reservoir |
12:34pm and we are back at the pub - menu perused and warm enough to eat our sandwiches outside.
Five real ales on and after last week, it had to be another slice of Yorkshire.
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| Timothy Taylor Landlord |
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