Captain Cook's Monument

DATE 28.04.2023 | DISTANCE approx 12.8KM | HIGHEST POINT 324M

Posted by Matt | Filed under other locations

 

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Wanting to revisit Roseberry Topping and make it a longer walk than the previous time (i had a baby on my back), i created a walk that also included captain cook's monument. It turned out to be a really enjoyable and varied walk of moorland, woodland, an awesome peak and an interesting monument.

 

we parked up near hutton hall, guisborough and cut briefly through hutton lowcross woods.

once we passed through the edge of the woods, we reach great ayton moor.

very gentle walking across the moor

bomber command bunker

used in world war II to mislead the enemy by burning these structures, making them think they were bombing towns when in fact they were bombing the moors.

continuing through the moor

dropping down beside lonsdale plantation

lonsdale farm

A pleasant walk through coate moor woodland brought us out on easby moor and captain cook's monument, our highest point today of 324 meters.

captain cook's monument

a quick google search revealed that there are other captain cook monuments. One being in hawaii.

Heading towards roseberry topping

a small memorial for those that died in a plane crash in 1940

roseberry topping

shooting into the sun, a lot brighter than it looks in this photo.

as often the case, the ascent is nowhere near as steep as it looks from a distance

catherine leading the way to the summit

roseberry topping summit for dinner time. We were lucky to have it to ourselves.

views from roseberry topping

captain cook's monument in the distance.

Heading back towards hutton

back to the road near hutton hall and our car.