Crayke village and castle loop

Three and a quarter miles round the one proper hill in the whole Vale, climbing the short pull past St Cuthbert's church and the private castle to a view that runs to the Minster twenty miles off, then dropping back through fields; sixty metres of ascent and about an hour and a half. Park on the village street in Crayke or start from Easingwold two miles west and walk in; the 31X bus between York and Easingwold gets you within striking distance. Field gates and a couple of stiles, grazing sheep and cattle on the slopes so leads through stock, and a beck at the bottom for a drink; the climb is short but steep enough to matter for an old dog on a warm day, and the descent fields are slippery clay after rain.