Michael Tilley

This short hike punches well above its weight: cardio-vascular workout, enchanting views of crystal clear water falling over rocks, industrial architecture and to cap it all at this time of year, bluebells.
I reached Copley from Halifax using the #561 bus, alighting at the stop called Hollas Lane on Wakefield…

This is a great hike at any time of the year, but especially in late April or early May, when the bluebells are blooming.
I started the hike at High Bridge, just opposite to the entrance for Mother Shipton’s Cave and followed the Beryl Burton Cycleway, an asphalt track that…

This is a linear tour from Copmanthorpe to Tadcaster; I used the Coastliner bus to get to Copmanthorpe from Leeds, alighting at the stop called Manor Heath, where I started recording the tour. I returned from Tadcaster on the Coastliner bus; the bus was pulling into the bus station, as…

This is a linear tour from Bramham to Tadcaster; I started at the War Memorial in Bramham and finished at the bus station in Tadcaster. I reached Bramham with the #7 bus from Leeds and returned from Tadcaster to Leeds with the Coastliner Bus.
From the War Memorial I walked…

Spofforth to Weeton Lane
This is a linear tour from Spofforth to Weeton Lane on the A61 Leeds Harrogate Road. I reached Spofforth from Leeds with the #7 bus and returned to Leeds with the #36 bus. I recommend conducting the tour from Spofforth to Weeton Lane, since the frequency…

This is a linear tour from Wiggington to York (York Railway Station). I used the #1/1A FirstBus to get from the centre of York to Wiggington, where I alighted at the last stop along Mill Lane.
I walked down to the end of Mill Lane, turned right and then almost…

This is a circular tour between Lastingham and Hutton-le-Hole. I parked by the roadside in the centre of the village, close to St Cedd's Well, which is just one of the several wells in the village. I turned right on the road, passing the next well: St Ovin's on the…

This is a circular tour to see the daffodils in Farndale using the Daff path. All of the daffodils that you see are wild.
I parked in Church Houses outside Farndale village hall; donations for parking are welcome. I turned right on the road, walking past The Feversham Arms and…

This is a circular tour based on Spofforth. I started near the Castle Inn and completed the tour at the end of Park Lane, near the Railway Inn. (I reached Spofforth with the #7 bus from Leeds that now has a frequency of every hour.)
At the mini-roundabout by the…

This is a circular tour based on Market Weighton and it follows the Hudson Way, going out to Kiplingcotes, before returning to Market Weighton via Goomanham. It is undemanding and well-signposted as you would expect of a named route.
I started in the centre of the town, where there is…