Yorkshire Matterhorn
Roseberry Topping has been on the wish list for a long time. Isolated and distinctively shaped due to a mining collapse, it has quite the profile.
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| View from the valley floor |
My guidebook suggested parking at the Kings Head. Although we were going to use the facilities post-walk, I was warned about their car park spy cameras and automatic fining system for non patrons. The first reason to dislike the place, before I have even got there.
Instead, we are on the public car park for a short but very steep climb up the Western Flanks. The views are tremendous. There are many photos. For both the views and a breather.
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| Stairway to |
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| Whooo, we're halfway there |
Captains Cooks Monument can be seen at the end of a what looks a long flat ridge across on Easby Moor. Of course, there are descents and climbs to undertake but it is fine walking across the moorland.
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| Onwards on flagstones |
I know I am in trouble when Mrs M argues that we could have googled that. If there were roads, I would have attempted an uber. Yet the walking through shaded woodland will hopefully leave positive memories once she has been watered.
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| Topping is peaking through Cliff Ridge Wood |
Onto the Kings Head. Built in 1796, with an early owner who went by the name of Old Gag Mally Wright. I am wondering if she was nick-named after the quality of the beer.
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| The Kings Head |
My spider senses were tingling from the get-go. An expired Cask Marque sign outside. Disinteresting staff barely out of their teens. There were a couple of cask ales, one eponymously named after the peak we had just climbed. Thank the lord I asked for a sample. Bog water.
Staropramen on keg can always be trusted.
Walk Details
Distance - 7 Miles
Geocaches - 2
Walk Inspiration - Best Pub Walks on the North Yorkshire Moors and Coast
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