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19. A circular Commondale walk - part 2 - Hob on the Hill to Hob Cross and return to Commondale village The pictures illustrate the 2nd part of Walk 58 "Hob on the Hill" from "Walks on the North York Moors" Book 2 by Jack Keighley
... and at the bottom of the line of boundary stones (like the one above-right), on the left, just before the corner of a walled field, is Hob Cross.
En route you pass a boundary stone inscribed SK AWD 1844 and TC 1866. Hob Cross has the initials RC (Robert Chaloner) and a date pf 1798 (same as Hob on the Hill). OS grid ref. 646 134
Hob Cross cuts an imposing figure on the landscape towards the North Sea coast and is about half way round the walk. OS grid ref. 646134
Redcar Steelworks and Teesmouth can be 'faintly' seen just right of centre.
Looking down the power lines towards the sea at Redcar. On the left is the plantation forest above Guisborough.
The paved stone trod of the Quakers Causeway cutting its away across the moors towards Guisborough. Packhorse trains carried goods along these 'pannier ways', so called because dozens of ponies at a time carried pairs of pannier packs balanced across each pony's back. This is one of the most impressive stone flagged ways on the North York Moors and the purple heather is on its way too!
Looking down from the stone trod onto Lockwood Beck Reservoir and the coastal scene beyond.
The green and striking Freebrough Hill (not man-made!) viewed from the stone trod near the road from Castleton to Lockwood Beck reservoir on the A171 road at OS grid ref. 671 117
Down the clear track from the Castleton road (at OS grid ref. 671117) the village of Commondale comes into sight nestling in the surrounding green fields of Commondale.
Finally, on the way back down to the centre of Commondale, you pass St Peter's Church, worth a call in.
The modest but pleasing interior of this modest rural church of St Peter, Commondale. PLEASE leave a donation for the upkeep of this church.
The east stained glass window (left) of St Peter's Church Commondale. The north window (right), recalls the tradition of St Colman resting in this Commondale at the time of the Synod of Whitby. St Colman was a Bishop of Lindisfarne and died in AD 676. This window is a thank-offering given in celebration of the lives of Harold and Doris Artley.
Finally finish up in the Commondale Old Post Office Tea Rooms or The Cleveland Inn.
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