Attractive houses in Battersby.

Dave and Jeremy up at Round Hill on Ingleby Moor

Field wall at Bank Foot.

Quaint stone carvings of mainly animals and birds adorn the Norman pillars in this mainly Georgian church - they are thought to be the work of a 19th century Vicar with a penchant for stone carving

The Cleveland Way on Ingleby Moor.

Camera FV-5

There's always SOMETHING new to see when out on a walk! At the lower end of the Incline, somebody in Victorian times amused himself by carving this figure and a bird in the rock face beside the track.

Flowers and sky.

See next photo of Ecclesiastical effigy

Up on Battersby Moor.

Lunch-time shelter at the top of the Ingleby Incline. This view gives some idea as to the drop down to lower levels that you can expect. The Incline was a rope-hauled railway with a 1 in 5 gradient (for transporting iron ore) used in the 19th Century.

Two stone effigies which had been placed on end against the walls were laid below the arches of the nave arcade in the restoration of 1906. They were for a long time in the churchyard, to which probably they had been moved in 1741.

This effigy is that of an ecclesiastic, the head resting on a cushion, on either side of which are a chalice and book. The figure is 6 ft. 3 in. long and in flat relief. Down the front of the chasuble runs the inscription + vilks de wretton capellan.

A Grey Panther almost reaching the top of Jackson's Bank.

Roseberry Topping and Captain Cook's Monument can be seen

What remains of the workings at the top of the Ingleby Incline, - what had once been a rope hauled railway.

The descent from the moor top was rather steep and very uneven. My camera lens doesn't really do it enough justice.

At the top of the Ingleby Incline

Heading back down to Bank Foot

So THIS is why the "Road Closed" sign is placed at each end of the lane that leads to the moors. A combination of 4-wheel drive vehicles, trail bikes, and bad weather has caused MASSIVE damage. Very sad to see.

As we started out, we came across this interesting teddy bear carved in stone, which topped a garden wall.

At the Battersby end of Coleson Banks Lane, ancient Hawthorns line the edges.

Bad weather closing in

Back in the car park, this Belgium car had some important reminders to the occupants that they were driving in England!!!

An old John Deer tractor at Bank Foot Farm.

The track at the top end of Coleson Banks Lane begins to deteriorate as the track begins to climb.

Attractive houses in Battersby.

Grey Panthers photographing an interesting way marker.

The top of the Ingleby Incline

Heading out to the moors again, with bad weather closing in.

The heather has just started to flower, so of course it needed to be photographed.

The stallion on the left had been put in the field with a filly near Low Farm.

Heather coming into bloom

There isn't much shelter up on the moors, and the weather was closing in when we stopped for lunch. Our chosen picnic spot was what remained of the workings at the top of the Ingleby Incline, - what had once been a rope hauled railway.

Moody clouds while walking close to Tidy Brown Hill.

The way marker with the cat face carved into it.

Shep and lambs in a field outside Battersby.

On the Cleveland Way footpath on top of Ingleby Moor

Which way should we go?

The "cat" boundary stone

Heather coming into bloom

Looking out across towards Teesside.

Leading up from the beck is a set of stone steps, connecting with a trod at the top of the bank.

A very well hidden Public Footpath sign, which we all struggled to see.

Heading back down to Bank Foot

Wild flowers beside the road, - Greater Stitchwort?

Lunch time.