Swinton Estate Trails: Bivouac, Druid’s Temple and Sole Beck
07/12/2018Swinton Estate Trails: Bivouac, Druid’s Temple and Sole Beck Distance: 8km (5 mile) Duration: 3 hours Level of walk: Medium Weather Forecast Why you should do this walk… An 8km (5 mile) circular walk from the Swinton Bivouac site within Swinton Estate, North Yorkshire. This rewarding circular countryside trail takes you on a journey of…
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Be aware that “crossing the stone wall” involves a tall, ladder stile, which is an interesting experience with dogs who’ve never climbed such things. When we did this walk, the field beyond had cows in it, so take care.
Thank you, we used this route yesterday. We really enjoyed the walk despite fog at the beginning. Looking forward to doing it again in clear weather.
The instructions were clear. No need even to check the OS map. Nice even tracks throughout: no bogs, uneven ground, hummocks etc. Our dog is used to ladder stiles, so that was no problem, and it was fairly unusual for us to only have one to negotiate.
I did this walk last weekend recently with my son and my labrador. It was a beautiful walk, and the instructions were very clear although we found it took longer than we had anticipated. Towards the end of the walk (Instruction 7) as we entered the rocky field we were confronted with a field full of cows and calf’s which made negotiating our way through this field difficult. On the whole a lovely walk which we would do again.