Gormire Lake and Hood Hill

Seven and a quarter miles with 270 metres of ascent, three and a half hours, running north along the escarpment to Whitestone Cliff then dropping through Garbutt Wood to the glacial lake at Gormire and round the wooded cone of Hood Hill; the descent is steep and rooty. Start from the Sutton Bank National Park Centre, which has pay-and-display parking, a cafe and water taps for dogs. The lake is the one true swimming spot on this side of the moors and the woods take a dog off the lead well, but Garbutt Wood is a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve where leads are asked for, and the cliff top above it is unfenced with a 200-metre drop.