Ever had one of THOSE weeks?
Who hasn’t? Everything slips through your fingers, like butter. Catastrophe slides in upon catastrophe. If you read my Richmond post earlier this week, you’ll know that things didn’t quite go to plan on Monday. Still, I managed to have a lovely day. So when I met my Nordic walking friends on Thursday, I should have known I was the jinx.
The plan was to meet at Grosmont, on the North York Moors, ride the steam train as far as Goathland, then walk back to our starting point. We’ve already done this earlier in the year, and I wrote about it in Steam’s up in North Yorkshire. Someone forgot to consult the railway timetable, however, and in November- guess what?- there are no trains. Ah well! We’re all relatively fit, and fortunately, it was again a pleasant day, so- a double dose of Autumn colour. We walked there and back again, just stopping for our picnic and a brief look around in Goathland.
Bit of a climb up first- isn’t there always?
Nice view back down. There was a steam train on the platform but no passengers allowed.
It’s always nice to follow a stream
A woodland sculpture along the way
And a nosey sheep! Seems the privet is quite tasty.
It’s a bit tiring on your hind legs, so he settled for grass.
The village of Goathland appears regularly as Aidensfield on the TV programme, “Heartbeat”, and attracts lots of visitors because of that. It was lovely to see it bereft of people on a crisp Autumn day.
There’s a cluster of shops and tea rooms, and a couple of village pubs.
“Aidensfield” stores
And post office
I loved the metalwork on the tearoom windowsill
And it’s not everywhere you can buy gollies any more! Anyone remember Robertson’s marmalade and collecting the badges?
Proof that it’s Goathland, not Aidensfield, in reality.
Eventually we had to set off back again. The shadows were lengthening by the time we approached Grosmont.
Almost back to Grosmont again
Tired walkers troop downhill
Made it!
How to salvage the good out of a “dis-aster, Darling”! (You do watch “Strictly”?)
Hope your week was better organised than mine, but no less lovely. Many thanks to Cath at Show My Face for the opportunity to share. The header and links will help you join in, and see what everyone else has been up to.
restlessjo 
that was such a long walk – I’m exhausted just reading it! 😉
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Sunday off, for good behaviour! (-ish!)
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I had gollies too and have never forgotten them. How sad that our over politically correct world has seen fit to banish them; they are, after all, a part of our heritage. I very much enjoyed your photos, Northern Yorkshire is a part of the UK I hardly know and it’s a real pleasure to explore it through the eyes of someone who obviously loves it as much as you do
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Nice to have you along on the walk. It’s home territory for me, so that makes it easy, but yes, it is beautiful.
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This is just wonderful – what a beautiful place (I really enjoyed the walk!) 😀
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Thanks, Dianne. I love to be out walking, alone or in company.
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Great tour. I really did a double take when I spotted the golliwogs. I also used to collect the badges when I was a child, and even had one as a soft toy. I never thought a thing about it, until I heard that they were banned. I love that nosey sheep. 😆
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I had a soft toy one too, Ad. Made me want to reach into that shop window and give the big guy a cuddle.
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Oh how I would have loved being with you. That was a great stomp – did you write a thank you note to the Rail company? 😀
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Good idea! They were doing maintenance work around the engine sheds and some light hearted banter went on as we made our way back again.
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Loving that nosy sheep!
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Getting him to pose was tricky, Richard.
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Thank you for the wonderful tour, Jo!
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Thanks for walking along with me, Amy.
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Oh yes, I have! But wow, what a group of superb photos for us!
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Making the best of it, huh, Karen? Thank you!
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I’m sorry about this morning. Yes, I know this mornings too, we all do – and that’s most comforting! 🙂
Thanks for taking me on this walk, I loved it. last year September Klausbernd and I went to Yorkshire, ended up in beautiful Goathland and enjoyed the purple landscape. Funny, we don’t have a telly … had never heard or seen Aidesnfiled or Heartbeat or… We got many funny looks as we asked what’s going on…? Almost like being aliens. 🙂
Love
Dina
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Such a small world, Dina! One of my fellow bloggers was actually in Grosmont at the same time as me earlier this year. How strange is that? It’s beautiful on the moors in Summer.
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You capture the day beautifully. My legs are tired.
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🙂
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Thanks, Ron. I promise not to take you along on one of my jaunts.
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What a group of excellent photos of one of my truly favourite places.
I’ve just popped back to your ‘Steams up……’ post to have a read, we were up that way in May this year and I’ve now a spooky feeling our paths have crossed closer than we think 😮
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Seeing the photo of your dogs in the ford was amazing, Vicky. It was such a beautiful day. Still can’t believe we were both there at the same time!
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Yes the weather for that whole week was beautiful. The dogs were hot, so we took them to the ford to cool off.
I am totally gobsmacked that you were amongst the group of people we were chatting to at the pub that day. Such a small world.
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Pictures are great – thankfully a good weather day!
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Thanks! The one back in May when we actually rode the train was cooking hot I remember.
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well you did say you were on a walking tour…right?
Great pictures…
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And walking, and walking some more…but we like to cheat sometimes. Thanks, Brenda.
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Now that is a walking trip. Loved the photo story!
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Thanks Judy. I really enjoy putting my little photo stories together, and they’re nice to look back on afterwards. Glad you like it.
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I loved the ironwork at the tearoom, too. About how far was the walk all together?
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Only about 8 miles Mlissabeth. I just like to tell a good yarn.
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It looks like a lovely walk despite the obstacles!!
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The obstacles are becoming a habit, Cath. Only got enough energy left to tap the keys very gently this afternoon.
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I’m sure you’re exhausted, Jo. But sometimes it feels good to be wiped out. I sometimes love that feeling of every muscle aching in your body!
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And a hot bath! xx
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For sure!! I adore a hot bath! 🙂
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Gosh – I haven’t seen a golly for years. My nan worked at the Robertson’s factory in London so we always had plenty of marmalade and jam and I had loads of golly badges. Shame about the train but it sounds as though who had a good walk!
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Golly gosh! Is that where it came from, Andrew, do you think? It’s not a great photo but I had to include it for the memory.
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Lovely photos, and a nice part of the country. Yes, I remember Robertson’s golliwogs and badges – I had quite a collection!
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I’d forgotten all about them, Elaine, till one of the walkers mentioned them. We were discussing how “non-PC” golliwogs are these days. Silly, isn’t it!
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wow really awesome pics 🙂
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Thank you, Nafees. It’s a very pretty part of the world.
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No doubt England is an awesome country 🙂
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Hi Jo, I feel like I just went on a nice long walk with you. I loved the photos of everything. Twenty years ago we took the train across the countryside to a picturesque little village. It was summertime, and unseasonable hot. I remember buying the kids ice cream at a little shop. This brought back many memories. Good for you, for not letting a monkey wrench in the plans ruin your day!
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Thanks Naomi. I’m becoming expert at putting a good spin on things. Lots of practise these days. It was a lovely walk, but I need a low key weekend. My Saturday morning zumba just about finished me off.
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Hah! Good for you!
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