A Circular Country Walk Around Cookridge & Horsforth (Leeds) - 4th June, 2012

Описание: A circular country walk on Diamond Jubilee Monday from Cookridge up to the lighting pylons to the South East of Leeds Bradford Airport (Runway 32 approach). The walk begins and ends at the top of Moseley Wood Bank, before going along the following streets: Moseley Wood Gardens, Green Lane and Moseley Wood Croft. From the end of Moseley Wood Croft a small woodland path took us on a pedestrian bridge over Moseley Beck, and the Harrogate Line - upon which a Northern Trains Northbound Knaresborough service passes. From the we walked passed a pond and up the meadow hills towards stables and onto Scotland Lane. Here we turned right along Scotland Lane, and then took the public footpath on the left of the road up to the guiding light pylons at the end of Runway 32 at Leeds Bradford Airport - this is a public right of way and not trespassing. From there I filmed a number of aircraft approaching including Jet2, Ryanair, KLM and FlyBE services. We then made our way back to Scotland Lane and walked for a further 700 metres, taking the second right hand side rough track marked 'Public Bridleway' to Cookridge. We walked the length of the track through farm building and across the Harrogate Line, where again we saw a Northbound Northern Train. We then continued up the path past farm houses and farm buildings until we reached Smithy Lane, before walking down Cookridge Avenue to Moseley Wood Avenue, then onto Moseley Wood Gardens, right up Moseley Wood Grove, and left along Moseley Wood Drive until we returned to out starting point at the top of Moseley Wood Bank. The walk distance was between 4 and 5 miles, and the terrain was a combination of easy and moderate with some more challenging parts due to mud. Along this walk we passed two Geocash locations - although I'm keeping there whereabouts quiet so as not to spoil the game!