Rushy Moor RFM Blue Line

 

Rushy Moor
RFM Blue Line
29/09/25

  
    


To say this was a flat walk would be an understatement: 12ft of total ascent over an actual walk distance of  81/4 miles. Consequently the speed of walking is much quicker than when a hill is involved. The weather was brilliant sunshine but with limited late September heat.



Parking in Askern is no problem. I parked next to the lake.



The route out of the village was dotted with dog walkers but they soon petered out.


The area just to the south of the village was covered in thistles and looked like it was an old industrial site partially cleaned up. Not pleasant but ok. I loved the spider's web sparkling in the morning sunshine.


Rough land and even rougher water course. The village is missing a trick here as this area could be a tremendous asset to the locals if it was cleaned up and looked after. It was like something from the past, old and neglected.


There were a lot of wooded lanes on this walk and a few rail crossings.



This section of the walk crossing Haywood Common and passing through the yard at Rushy Moor House looked like it had never been walked. There was a massively over grown broken down stile which bizarrely confirmed the legitimacy of my passing over this land. To be fair there were no obstacles it was just badly looked after.






The overgrown trail was unpleasantly muddy and not very well used. I was glad to get to the road.



Blacker Green Lane had an odd statue and a lovely Willow. It definitely cheered me up as this walk was not the best so far.


The green lane headed towards another railway. Its really flat.


This is the east coast mainline and the trains are going over 100 mph. They are quite frightening to be so close to at that speed.

I was the first to cross this field you can see my track. It is the route on the map but I'm not sure the farmer will be happy.




More and much better green lanes crossed the area called Paitfield Lands. These were really very pleasant to follow and the ground was strewn with acorns, I mean millions of them.








The path past Wrancarr House and on towards Haywood was a wonderful green rural idyll with brilliant views.



I felt the Larkins could have turned up at any time.

After the crossing each house in Haywood seemed to have loads of dogs barking their hellos or goodbyes.
The cows are in the meadow..........
Haywood church is beautiful and looks miles too big for the few houses in the area maybe its linked to the nearby Thorpe Grange.
This really is the smallest Shetland I have ever seen. He watched me all the way past his enclosure.




A lot of horses in this area and a few Alpacas.




The path along Askern Common was nettle strewn and not good for my bare legs.



The outskirts of Askern were all new build, a sign of the times. Soon I was back in the centre and ready for home. I came across one dog walker in Haywood and apart from that no-one outside of Askern. A lonely but lovely walk.
The walk had been a little longer than I expected partly because of a slight mis-navigation and also because they always are.


The flat route improved my speed to 3.13 mph. I enjoyed the walk but the lack of land marks ie hills is a little disconcerting.

OS map link
https://explore.osmaps.com/route/28968914/rushy-moor-rfm-blue-line?lat=53.60594&lon=-1.14823&zoom=12.1956&style=Leisure&type=2d


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