Yorkshire’s sea and landscapes get into your heart and soul and there are few better ways to enjoy them then by walking.
Marsden-born Simon Armitage walked “wrong way round” the 256-mile long Pennine Way. He also completed it alone and without money, relying instead on poetry readings given en route to supply him with some cash and bed and board.
His experiences formed his book Walking Home.
The landscape inspires him. “Occasionally you go to find yourself and you get lost. You go there for comfort sometimes and you get challenged.
“Sometimes you find solace and contemplation,” said Armitage, now Poet Laureate.
The late Ted Hughes was born in Mytholmroyd and, as well as being Poet Laureate, found inspiration in the county’s landscape. The collection Remains of Elmet is about the ancient landscape of rural Yorkshire.
We take a look at countryside and coast walks.
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7. Wolds Way
The 79-mile walking route in the chalk landscape of the Wolds. The National Trail winds through some of the most tranquil and gentle countryside in England. From the banks of the Humber estuary, along wooded slopes and through serene dry valleys, the walk climbs gently on to the airy tops of the rolling hills. Descending from the northern escarpment the final section of the Way finishes on the headland of Filey Brigg. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe
8. West Heslerton near Malton on Yorkshire Wolds Way footpath
A walker on his daily exercise passes a dew pond close to West Heslerton near Malton on the Yorkshire Wolds Way footpath. Photo: Tony Johnson
9. Wakefield Way
Wakefield Way - Anglers Country Park, Wintersett, Wakefield, England - Christine Stack with Derek Lowery and their Wakefield Way walking maps. Photo: Allan McKenzie