🥾 12½ miles 🥾 Moderate 🥾 Leader: Stevie 🥾
A walk from Ripon to Fountains Abbey and back, taking in riverside paths, rolling farmland and the folly of the How Hill Tower where we will stop for lunch enjoying great views over the surrounding area. We then return to Ripon through the Fountains deer park and the magnificent Valley of the Seven Bridges where we will see stunning autumn colours.
In the evening, we are organising a social to Fountains by Floodlight - please see separate event for details. We can call into a pub in Ripon for a quick drink if we have time after the walk before heading back to Fountains Abbey for the evening event.
🅿️ St Marygate or Cathedral car park, Ripon, HG4 1LX, cost £2.60 all day
🚻 Toilets adjacent to the car park, and at Fountains Abbey (about three quarters of the way round)
🚌 You can get to Ripon on the 82 bus from York Station at 08:52, or the 36 bus from Leeds at 08:35 and Harrogate at 09:40
🐶 Dogs welcome, but must be kept on a lead at all times
🥪 You will need to bring a packed lunch
Midlife Hikers is a Ramblers group for people in their 40s and 50s, and our walks are led by volunteers. Non-members are welcome to try us out for free for up to 3 walks but then we ask you to join the Ramblers
https://www.ramblers.org.uk/go-walking/group-walks/ripon-and-fountains-abbey-0
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