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Kepwick Bluebells - 21st May 2023

From Kepwick village up to  Kepwick Moor via The Nab, followed by a steep descent into Thorodale through North Moor Wood and Half Moon Plantation. After  climbing  up Stoney Gill Hole to High Paradise, returning   via Steeple Cross, Galloway Hill and Pen Hill through the (now destroyed) rhododendrons on Atlay Bank - 12 miles

Five walkers  set off from Kepwick on  a lovely sunny day with lots of bluebells to see. After   our first break on Kepwick moor we  walked down into Thorodale and through North Moor Woods. We had a second stop among the bluebells in Coomb Hill Woods before we climbed up Stoney Gill hole to cross Dale Town Common and onto the cafe at High Paradise where we enjoyed cakes etc in the sunshine. Then back onto the Cleveland way and down to Atlay Hill where we should have seen lots of rhododendrons.; They have been mecanically destroyed (apparently, they are an invasive species), so the new name for the rhododendron walk is now the Bluebell walk. A wonderful day out!

 

Monday, 22 May 2023