A fleeting view of an almost hidden footpath sign on the edge of the market town of Pickering enticed us to explore what may lie beyond.

What lay beyond was a hidden gem - Costa Beck - the most Northerly Chalk Stream in the UK, a siege of Heron, a brace of deer, a nesting pair of swans and would you believe a Radio Controlled Car Circuit...!

All this and more on our 12 mile walk in beautiful North Yorkshire.

The annual Rosedale Show was upon us, not entering our award winning Victoria Sandwich or Six Shortbread Fingers this year, but still an event in the diary.

The route from Lastingham to Rosedale is quite benign on a calm summer's day, but thoughts of how quickly the weather can turn on this bleak moor are ever present.

A predictable navigation error from Ian and thoughts of rough camping on the moor enter our heads, but only for a second as the GPS fires back into life...

A memorable pot of tea at the Lastingham Grange Hotel rounds off a fantastic day.

A meeting with friends at The Yorkshire Arboretum gave us the incentive to visit Castle Howard, (which is just over the road) and do a walk around the impressive and foreboding Howard family Mausoleum.

We gained permission to deviate from the permissive path through the estate to skirt around the Mausoleum before joining the Centenary Way which cuts through the estate.

We passed by the equally impressive Temple of Four Winds which you can actually visit as a paying visit to Castle Howard - a destination for another day...

Now short on time a 'Quick March' was required to make our lunchtime appointment.