Bumper Castle and Hawnby Moor

Seven and a quarter miles with 320 metres of ascent and about three and a half hours, climbing from the beck onto Hawnby Moor and following the old shooting track past the lonely farmstead at Bumper Castle before dropping back into Bilsdale; the moor track is firm but the field paths at either end are heavy and there are several awkward stiles. It starts in the hamlet of Fangdale Beck on the Bilsdale road four miles north of Hawnby, where parking is a couple of roadside spaces by the bridge, so arrive early or park considerately in Hawnby and walk in. The beck gives water at the start and finish, the moor track is fine open running for a dog, but this is grouse moor with free-ranging sheep and important nesting habitat, so leads on the moor from 1 March to 31 July.