Category: Guisborough
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Guisborough Forest & Walkway Visitors Centre
A bit of a mouth full, locals know it as just Pinchinthorpe. A very popular base for walking and mountain biking in the forestry of Guisborough and Hutton Lowcross. The photo is looking down on the visitor centre, which is just left of centre, with the Eston Hills as a backdrop. Right of centre is…
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Guisborough from Cliff Wood
One for the Guisborough ex-patriots. From the top of an old spoil heap from Belmont Ironstone Mine. The metal stanchions supported a ropeway used to haul the spoil up from the mine entrance near Hunter Hill Farm. This mine was owned by Bolchow, Vaughan and Company and operated from 1907 to 1921. In the eighties this…
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Potter’s Ridge
A second visit to Highcliff in as many days. Taking the opportunity of a lift to Guisborough meant a linear route back. I’ve titled this Potter’s Ridge, a name that appears on old OS maps but lost on the modern 1:25000 maps. The significant boulder is surprisingly un-named on both editions.
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Highcliff Nab
Had a trip out to Highcliff Nab today. I was surprised how much forestry has been felled. This is a view which hasn’t been seen for a few years.