WALK 2 Commondale to Danby

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Leave the platform through the gate at the top of steps and follow the path through the field to the gate at the top. Once through the gate turn right and follow the metalled road, which eventually becomes a farm track. At a bend in the farm track you will see a gate with a yellow walkers’ directional arrow emblazoned upon it.

Take no notice of the arrow, as the walk is very overgrown but continue to follow the farm track, which after about a mile joins another metalled road. Go down hill on this road where upon entering Castleton you will see on your left a familiar wooden Esk Valley walkers' directional sign complete with leaping salmon.

You could here divert for a while and sample an excellent pint of Cameron's Ruby Red and a portion of home made rabbit pie at the Eskdale Inn

Follow  on what is a farm track with some buildings on your right until the track forks with the track going left but you should carry on to the right through Park Wood until you reach a wooden gate.

Go through the gate and carry straight on until you reach the metalled road where you should carry on in the same direction down a hill and at the bottom you will see a green footpath directional sign over a stile in the wall.

Over the wall and slightly to the left you will see a gate beneath an overhanging tree which you should go through. At 45degrees from the gate diagonally across the field is a stile over the fence into another field inhabitted by donkeys. Don't worry they are quite friendly.

Once in that field go straight ahead and into another field over a wall and again straight through that field to a stile over a fence into a private garden. Keep to the side of the garden and at the end you come to a stile in a wall which leads out on to a road.

Turn right on the road   which goes down hill and bears left past a sun dial on a building on the left and on to the main road. Turn right on the main road and Danby station is on the right from where you can get the train back to Middlesbrough at about  4.45pm.