Route: Welton Dale
Area: East Yorkshire
Date of walk: 28th February 2018
Walkers: Andrew and Gilly
Distance: 4.7 miles
Weather: Bright, snow on the ground, bitterly cold
We’d planned to travel a bit further afield today, but the so-called ‘Beast from the East’ (I prefer to call it ‘winter’) had delivered a cold weather snap and a dumping of snow made driving conditions tricky, so we drove over to the pretty village of Welton and parked opposite the Green Dragon pub, to which we’d return later.
We walked past St Helen’s Church, set in an idyllic position, and then past the old mill pond to join the Yorkshire Wolds Way. This took us along Welton Dale which gradually rises to Welton Top. After passing by the mausoleum there was a short but quiet road section which we left at a bend in the road to join the High Hunsley Circuit
Just before Elloughton Dale we branched off to the left and descended down Elloughton Wold, with some extensive views over the River Humber ahead of us. At the bottom of the wold we arrived at the road leading back into Welton, which afforded more good views over the Humber on our right as we went along. When we arrived back in the village it was lunchtime, giving us a good excuse to visit the excellent Green Dragon
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The Green Dragon Welton from our parking place
Lovely St Helen's Church opposite the pub
We follow the stream past the church
The section through Welton and its dale is along the Yorkshire Wolds Way
Welton Dale
Looking back
The path rises gently to Welton Top
Dale Plantation...
At the end of Dale Plantation we turn left along a quiet lane, then left again along the road
We leave the road here to join the High Hunsley Circuit, the highest point of the walk at 120 metres
We walk through a narrow plantation
Spindrift
We arrive at the top of Elloughton Wold, with a view over the River Humber
We follow the wold downhill towards Elloughton...
At the bottom of the wold we will join the road between Elloughton and Welton
View over the Humber from the roadside section
Approaching Welton
We pass by St Helen's Church and retrace our steps back to the start
The Green Dragon, and a perfect way to end today's walk
