Walks: A splendid walk on the Yorkshire Wolds

The Yorkshire Wolds provide splendid walking, and it's like being in another world. Woodland and dales, hills and villages, are all imbued with soft light and clear air. As the Yorkshire Wolds are composed of chalk, any rainwater is absorbed rapidly, helping the land dry out very quickly. Conditions underfoot are seldom wet for long.

Try this easy, direct route which is a very calming and satisfying experience, and I’m sure you’ll return for more. Access from Staxton roundabout, is by turning as signed to Filey and Hunmanby.

Approaching the village of Flixton, enter a 40mph zone, and just ahead turn right as signed: Fordon 3 miles and Wold Newton 4 miles. Ascend the road to its summit and continue along the lane with its passing bays.

You’ll see indications regarding the Wolds Way off right, and then off left, before suggested parking when you’ll see a ‘BEND’ sign.

Start: At the bend, leave the lane, to walk directly ahead. Aim for the band of trees beside Danebury Manor and you can’t go wrong. Almost immediately is a sign, ‘Danebury Manor’.

Keep straight on between a house to your right and some new buildings off left. Extensive fields spread before you with chalk and flints.

The fine track becomes hedged to the right, soon turning grassy, and then entering a green lane from Five Firs Plantation.