Hiking and walking in South Yorkshire and beyond

  Ackworth RFM Blue Line  Walking with Peter 28/11/25 A bright and cool but not cold winter morning with low blinding sunlight greeted us at the station car park in Ackworth. We headed through the country park at Fitzwilliam towards Ackworth Moor Top.  A very small Robin fooled us into thinking it was another species but we realised after a couple of minutes it was definitely a Robin. I love the way Robins show themselves to you when you are out on these kind of walks. The way through Ackworth Moor Top was like a linear park with info boards for the kids. I love this kind of thing somehow it feels right. At the edge of the built up area we had an option on the map to go through some greenery rather than the estate so we took it. We only just managed to get through the brambles but it was still fun. We crossed the main road towards High Ackworth. There are a lot of Ackworth place names here. Down Mill Lane we headed towards Low Ackworth past a pair of magnificent weeping w...

  Thong Holmfirth  RFM Blue Line Walking with Mary 24/11/25 This figure of 8 journey around the Holme Valley is like a tour of the architectural and industrial history of the West Riding. There is actually too much to see, too much to take in. The river under the bridge was fast flowing and high but not in flood. Plenty of water running down the steep culverts into the river.  A short sharp hill, after crossing the busy main Huddersfield Holmfirth road, got us to Hagg Wood. The Wonderland sign post probably referred to a house. Hagg Wood derives from the Norse word meaning a place where trees are felled {coppiced) not a witch, which would be much more interesting. Travelling through Hagg Wood was difficult as the path took some steep slippery slopes and there were many buried masonary blocks. I think this must have been a quarry but I am not sure. We descended through the wood towards the river and again the underfoot conditions were far from ideal.  The riverside in...