THE HUDSON WAY

Hello again folks its me Dougal again telling you about another new walk we did last Saturday.

This footpath traces the route of the former railway line between Market Weighton and Beverley, which was opened on 1st May1865 and, sadly, closed to passenger services with the last train on 29th November 1965, following closure by Dr Beeching in that year. The path, which covers a distance of 11 miles is named after George Hudson, the 19th century railway pioneer. The picture shows Kiplingcotes railway station and has a big car park nearby so we can park and then walk. We didn't do all the 11 miles but we had a nice long walk from the station going towards Beverley then back again after we met a pack of Jack Russell dogs (dont like them very much). We can try another bit of the path another day. Hope you enjoyed me telling you about a little bit of local history. There is a signal box as well and I had a look at that shooting up the steps very quickly. The path is now a nature reserve with lots of flora and fauna along the route (good eh ? not bad words for a dog). Anyway I liked it but I was quite tired at the end. Fortunately there is a big barrel and bowl of water at the end of the old platform.