Monthly Longer
Walks
These circular
walks will vary
in length
between 5 and
8 miles and
take between 3
and 5 hours to
complete. They
will be held on
the 3rd Friday of each month during 2012/13.
NB Please note
that the walk
destination, the
date and the
timing are
subject to
change due to
prevailing
weather
conditions or
other unforeseen
circumstances.
Please check
this website for
further
information
before setting
out (click
below).
Please
Click Here
for details of
2013
provisional list
of monthly
walks.
Please bring a packed
lunch, suitable
footwear &
waterproofs
If you
have any
questions,
please call Rob
Lundie on 07931
922365.
Please note
change of
meeting place -
Market Car Park,
Londesborough
Road,
Market Weighton
at 9.30 am.
The Yorkshire Wolds
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Welcome to The
Yorkshire Wolds
– defined by
history brought
to life by its
people.
The
Yorkshire
Wolds
are
a
traditional
and
special
area of
England,
much of
which
remains
relatively
undiscovered.
There
are
charming
villages
and
towns
accompanied
by great
natural
heritage,
as well
as a
range of
fantastic
visitor
attractions
and
activities. |
It
is this
combination,
coupled with the
genuine nature
of its people,
the quality of
its produce and
its stunning
scenery that
makes the
Yorkshire Wolds
so distinctive.
The East Riding
of Yorkshire
Council, Visit
Hull & East
Yorkshire and
The East
Yorkshire Wolds
Tourism
Partnership have
all made a
commitment to
developing the
Wolds in a
sustainable way,
to make it as
recognisable as
the Yorkshire
Dales and
Yorkshire Moors.
The purpose of
the brand mark
is to market all
businesses in
the Wolds in a
cohesive way
which will bring
clear benefits
and develop a
stronger
identity for the
area and a sense
of place to all
who participate.
The new
Yorkshire Wolds
mark is simply
illustrated to
represent the
heritage and
charming
character that
make the area so
emotionally
rewarding. The
expansive
countryside,
under a clear
sky, draws the
eye to the
church spire in
the distance,
conjuring up the
image of an
inviting village
just waiting to
be explored.
Hockney Country
in the East
Yorkshire Wolds
Bigger
Trees Near
Warter
(pictured below)
is a large
landscape
picture painting
by the renowned
British artist
David Hockney.
Measuring 15
feet (4.6 m) by
40 feet (12 m),
it depicts a
coppice near
Warter in the
Yorkshire Wolds
and is believed
to be the
largest painting
Hockney has
completed.
It was painted
in the East
Riding of
Yorkshire
between February
and March
2007. Hockney
used a
combination of
painting out of
doors and in
front of the
subject (called
in French ‘sur
le motif’)
whilst also
using the
techniques of
digital
photography.
Bigger Trees
Near Warter
The painting is
set just before
the arrival of
spring when the
trees are coming
into leaf. The
painting is
dominated by a
large sycamore
which features
in 30 of the
painting's 50
panels. In the
shallow
foreground space
a copse of tall
trees and some
daffodils stand
on slightly
raised ground.
Another, denser
copse is visible
in the
background. A
road to the
extreme left and
two buildings to
the right and
rear of the
composition
offer signs of
human
habitation. Much
of the
painting’s
extensive upper
half is devoted
to the intricate
pattern of
overlapping
branches, which
are clearly
delineated
against a pale
winter sky.
David Hockney
surveys the
Wolds
landscape Hockney
on location in
the Wolds
Although Hockney
has lived in Los
Angeles since
1978, he
regularly
returned to
spend Christmas
at his mother's
house in
Bridlington.
From 2004
onwards he spent
increasing
lengths of time
in East
Yorkshire, and the
rolling chalk
hills around
Bridlington
became the focus
of his art. In
2006, he made a
series of nine
large landscapes
of Woldgate
Woods, returning
to the same spot
between March
and November to
chart the
changing of the
seasons. In his
youth, Bradford
born Hockney
spent many happy
days in the East
Yorkshire Wolds
working on a
farm and was
inspired to
return to the
area to depict
the changing
seasons in his
pictures.
Hockney
produced
Bigger
Trees
Near
Warter
for the
Royal
Academy
summer
exhibition
in
London,
where it
was
first
shown in
May
2007,
occupying
the end
wall of
Gallery
III.
Following
the
close of
the
exhibition,
once the
rest of
the
works
had been
removed,
this
painting
remained
in
place.
Two
digital
photographic
renderings
of the
work on
exactly
the same
scale as
the
original
were
then
hung on
the two
flanking walls
From
12
February
2011 to
12 June
2011,
the
painting
was on
display
at the
York art
gallery.
From 25
June
2011 to
18
September
2011,
the
painting
was on
display
at the
Ferens
Art
Gallery
in Hull.
Major
Exhibition
of
David Hockney's
Wolds
Paintings
The
Royal
Academy
of Arts
in
London
is
holding
a major
exhibition
of David
Hockney's
paintings
of the
Wolds in
East
Yorkshire.
The
exhibition
is
entitle
David
Hockney
RA: A
Bigger
Picture
and
runs
from
21st
January
until
9th April
2012. As
a result
the
Yorkshire
Wolds
area is
deservedly
becoming
known as
Hockney
Country.
Walking the
Yorkshire Wolds
The pictures
below illustrate
the beautiful
scenery to be
discovered
throughout the
Wolds uplands in
East Yorkshire.
The pictures
were taken on
Sunday 21
September 2008
during a walk
lead by Rob
Lundie.
