An 89-mile pub crawl across North Yorkshire

topic posted Mon, June 11, 2007 - 9:50 AM by  Padrinho
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Kieran Falconer encountered 31 pubs on his 89-mile trek around the North York Moors. Tough work, but someone’s got to do it. Plus, Jill Turton champions the growing comforts of the Iron Coast

THERE is nothing better than a pint after a long walk. It tastes better, the pub is friendlier and best of all, you’ve earned it. You would deserve it more if you went on the kind of Yorkshire moors walk that Mark Reid envisages.
“You’ve got to be careful of adders by the riverbanks, bees as well, they can swarm on the moors, sheepdogs always go for ankles, lightning on the moors is dangerous because you’re the highest thing around, young bulls will run towards you but they have tunnel vision so just extend your arms and shout.”

Reid is the author of the Inn Way series of books, a selection of circular walks in northern national parks including the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, where the aim is to go via the best pubs in the neighbourhood.

“I’ve always been in beer,” he remarks cheerfully. A graduate trainee with Tetley and then an area manager, Mark settled for a less stressful career when his first guide to the Dales was a success. He swilled his pint back and we were off on an 89-mile circular walking tour of the North York Moors taking in 31 pubs.

“It took me two years and 650 miles of walking to devise this North York Moors route, getting the right pubs, working out the best views, and getting good accommodation.” The route is so successful that the National Park Authority has put up Inn Way signposts.

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