Harewood House

Following a boozy Saturday in Harrogate, a Sunday morning walk was very much needed to clear the head and make the most of the rare sunshine. Harewood House was on the way home and with an abundance of wildlife in the area it was the obvious choice for a walk. We pulled into the village hall car park, made a deposit into the honesty box, put our boots on and headed off into the estate.

There is an obvious route around the estate and playing havoc with my OCD we did the walk anti-clockwise. A short time later and we could see the herd of Red Deer with stags still pumped up from the rut and a couple still roaring and chasing off smaller stags that fancied their chances with the hinds.

Above us were a couple of Buzzards and dozens of Red Kites making the most of the warm air, but other than that there wasn’t much else to see, mainly because it was very busy with weekend walkers and plenty of dogs running around but to be fair I was only after a decent shot of a Red Kitewhich I think I got.

Once back at the village hall, we popped into the excellent Muddy Boots cafe for coffee and some delicious cake whilst watching the Red Kites overhead. In all just under 5 miles and a great way to spend a couple of hours.