Day 4 - Nunburnholme to Fridaythorpe, 10.6m

Today is not just the longest leg, but also has the most ascent at almost 1800 feet!  Handy then that we had a day off yesterday because of a forecast of heavy rain.  Suitably refreshed, we set off from Nunburnholome, straight into the first of 9 climbs,  this one emerging into the inevitable wheat field.

 A little further on, it's just possible to see the top of Kilnwick Percy Hall, now a Buddhist retreat centre and beyond that, a board explaining that you are now on the Pilgrimage of Grace Heritage Trail, which commemorates an uprising against Henry VIII in 1536.  It's an interesting tale and you can read all about it here.

 And then it was up . . . and up . . . before finally emerging on the top of the ridge, with great views of the village of Millington.

The views along the top really are spectacular, and the dales are quite wonderful.  Glynis speculated that these features might be referred to as bostals in the south.  They're certainly steep-sided as we soon discovered!  Fortunately, the first of the steep uphill section via steps has been replaced by a zig-zag path.

 And then we arrived in Pasture Dale, the biggest and most spectacular so far.  It has another of the wacky poetry benches and what appeared to be someone's lunch left behind.  On closer inspection it was revealed to be a large Tupperware box containing a book in which people had written brief verses and a note explaining that this was a Yorkshire Poetry Point.  Glynis's offering, with 30 seconds preparation time, was:
On day 4 of our walk, Humber to Filey, A nice place to talk, We value it highly.

 The end of today's walk was at Fridaythorpe, which claims to be the highest village in the Wolds - but then so does Huggate. In Fridaythorpe some wag has decided to put the village defibrillator next to the Wolds Way footpath sign.  It wasn't that bad!  Fridaythorpe also boasts a particularly impressive bus shelter and a lovely pond complete with reckless ducks.