The original route would have taken us onto this road for a shorter walk before joining field tracks. Field walking resumes on the far side of the bridge and the route crosses a farmed field. From here there is field walking to the outskirts of Scruton Village. Following a walk along paths to the edge Scruton, the route takes you through a field of cows (not inquisitive at all) and through a very short overgrown section before joining the lane. Back on field walking we followed the edge of a field as there was no discernible path across the planted field....

Jeanne Hetherington

Walked this route yesterday with my walking Pal, just a few days after Storm Babet called by - needless to say there was a LOT of standing water about! We crossed the railway line and then entered Romanby Golf Course - where the path we wanted was clearly in sight over the river Wiske. At the end of the lane we walked into Morton on Swale and through the village on excellent footpaths until we crossed over Morton Bridge and the river Swale. We opted this time to walk around the perimeter of this field on the grassed river defence and it took us exactly to where we needed to be alongside the farm, Alternatively here you could also have just walked a little further along the road after having crossed the Swale and walked up the access road to Morton Flatts Farm and be back on track too. We then walked through a housing estate before we found a delightful leafy track that took us all the way into Bedale, meeting the main road almost at the railway crossing for the Wensleydale Railway - we had crossed this line a couple of times already on our travels....

Rosemary McNulty

There is a path from Thirsk that joins the route heading north out of Thirsk (going behind the Church) and it is an alternative which avoids roads....

Markdecosemo

The farm one mile in (Low Hall Farm) takes you through a slurry filled yard , and on the day I walked, young cows....

Markdecosemo

This was a good route for me as a whole, though I'm assuming the closure mentioned by the previous reviewer is still in place....

Philip Le Marquand

It was here I had my first diversion as the path was closed to repair footbridges. After this there was a short section of corn field which was fun but the a section along the railway line which was gruelling as There was no clear path as the farmer had ploughed.right to the edge leaving you a choice of wading through long wet grass and nettles or collecting mud on your boots from his field....

Philip Le Marquand

More than half of this route is on road, with two short sections being busy local main roads. The path closure and a route with a mile less road would be possible by going Danby Wiske to Birkby and then on to White House between Great Smeaton and East Crowton. On balance this route, once the path is officially reopened, is a good compromise of directness versus off road. The B6271 was pretty busy but again much of the route has grass verges that can be safely walk on (pic 5). The route from the village is due north on a road signposted to Danby Wiske. Leaving the village to north, the road turns in to farm track. The path branches off just before you get to North Farm. The route then crosses field after field - sometimes following a farm track (pic 9), other times hacking through 4ft high grass or finding overgrown styles (pic 10). Didn't see any shops on the route through the village, but Google says there is a shop, post office and pub off to the left when the route turns right....

Andy Redfern

It can be avoided by going down Brockholme lane onto the road and on to the farm lane at Martin's Folly Cottages and following until back on the way south of Thornborough farm....

Tim Ryan