Hole of Horcum
We were staying in Aislaby, a pretty village just a few miles west of Whitby. On a cold drab January morning we found that the battery for our camper van was completely flat. The leisure battery used for all the domestic workings of the van was fine so Alan, rather cleverly wired the two together and we were able to make a departure. Our destination was a walk on Levisham in the North Yorkshire Moors. More specifically the rather nicely named Hole of Horcum. This is accessed from the A169, parking in the Saltergate car park. Apparently a giant stooped down and took a handful of dirt to throw at his wife and created the Hole. More prosaically the springs welling out from the hillside have caused the hills to erode carving out a bowl. The whole area is full of ancient earthworks, now mainly covered by heather. The day had dawned brightish, but by the time we got to the car park it was gloomy, and the hole was decidedly drab although fairly underpopulated. The 5 mile walk provide too fa...