YHA Grinton Lodge - April 2023
Swaledale, viewed from a path along the south side of the valley. There has been entirely too much gallivanting about in the South of late. Time for a little grounded Yorkshire reality, just in time for Christmas, in the unparalleled, unpretentious beauty of the Yorkshire Dales. In April 2023, the time was right for a more local ramble. The weather was not in my favour, but neither wind nor rain (nor indeed heat, nor gloom of night) could stay me from my appointed rounds, as I might refer to my walks were I so inclined. Accordingly, I laced up my boots and set off to YHA Grinton Lodge. The journey there required a stop at the historic town of Richmond, which is the one with a castle atop an impressive cliff, lest you confuse it with the area of London of the same name. From Richmond, the little number 30 bus took me to the almost equally little village of Grinton, from which the hostel is a short walk up the hill. The view down the hill on the road between the hostel and the village. T...