North York Moors Coast to Coast by Horseback
During the last week of September, I was lucky enough to be invited on a six day trail ride to finish off my friends’ Coast to Coast by horseback "project". Over the last few years, Bridget and Sara have slowly been riding from west to east and this last 60 mile section through the North York Moors was the last part of the jigsaw. Sara and her horse Lexi are based over in North Yorkshire and with Lexi being stabled at Nether Silton, this became our starting point for the week ahead. Sara did all the legwork to find us some horse-friendly accommodation, but what we did not really plan was our route! We had an idea, but we did not make a firm plan as in our experience we needed to check local knowledge along the way. The aim was to ride a maximum of around 10 to 15 miles a day and we needed to carry our kit and food for 2.5 days, with Sara’s other half John prepped to resupply us with clean clothes and food mid-week. Day 1 – Nether Silton to Easterside Farm, Hawnby (10 miles)...