Sunday 1st September 2024 – Market Weighton circular
33 people were on the coach today, of which 5 non walkers continued on to Beverley. The 28 walkers were dropped off in the centre of Market Weighton. We started our walk looking at the statue of William Bradley who was born in this East Yorkshire market town. He was 7ft 9 inches tall and known as the Yorkshire giant. We then picked up the Yorkshire Wolds Way with lovely views of the countryside. Our first stop to have some refreshments was at the lovely village of Londesborough, with seats near to its church. Long tailed tits were seen in the graveyard and a goldcrest was nearby. The next part of our walk was back on the Wolds Way national trail heading towards Goodmanham. Sadly the weather changed and we all had to get our waterproofs out.
In one of the fields there were a few cows to manoeuvre, but luckily they didn’t chase us like on last month’s walk. Along the way we saw a field of sunflowers which were very pretty. On reaching the village of Goodmanham some of the walkers went to the Fiddle Drill cafe and some to the Goodmanham Arms. Luckily the rain had just stopped by then and we were allowed to sit under the pub gazebos to eat our lunch. The walkers were delighted at the price of the drinks and 3 had Sunday roast pub lunch which was very nice. Thank you Goodmanham Arms for your hospitality. After leaving the village we followed the Hudson Way, named after the famous railwayman. On this trail we passed Rifle Butts Quarry nature reserve and St Helen’s Well and wishing tree on our way back to Market Weighton.
Thank you Steve Boundy for leading this lovely 8 mile walk, and to Dave Wildsmith, Dave Carroll, David Torrington and Dave Tyson for additional photos to my own.
