Markse Road, Ox Close, Wilton Bank, Pithills, Hob Hill, Four Lanes End, Village Wood, Beacon Moor, Errington Wood, Marske Quarry, Falkland Walk, Quarry Lane, Plummer’s Bank,
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The edgelands are dissolving
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A dream job
Were the Hobs driven out by the ironstone miners or do they survive in the abandoned galleries, hidden beneath the Anglian cemetery?
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When it snows the children of Saltburn invade the golf course to sledge it’s steep banks. The greenkeepers don’t like the snow.
The Path ends at the road, the road has no pavement, we are forced to walk in the gutters.
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An aerial ropeway once spanned the low valley.
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The rain arrives
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I collect a few flint fragments from the field margin including a small worked tool.
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The terrier and I explore the woods and sandstone quarry. We disturb some deer, the terrier’s eyesight is not so good, he decides not to give chase. A pair of charcoal kilns lie in the quarry bottom waiting for spring to arrive
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The quarry is older than the ironstone workings futher down. Sandstone was cut here for local buildings. The weathered quarry walls contain a number of niches.
Wet through and cold we head home along Quarry Lane.
23 Markse Road, Ox Close, Wilton Bank, Pithills, Hob Hill, Four Lanes End, Village Wood, Beacon Moor, Errington Wood, Marske Quarry, Falkland Walk, Quarry Lane, Plummer's Bank,
