INTO THE DALES - A Northern Coast to Coast Walk: From St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay - page 144

Descend through the village, cross a stream, and at a road junction fol-
low the road ahead, past Marske Hall, and ignoring a side road to Skelton.
A stiff pull ensues. Continue up the road to a stile on the left opposite
a cottage. Through this, cross the next field diagonally right to reach a
gate and stile, and then keep along the field-boundary wall to pass Hollins
Farm (keep to the right of the farm), and so gain its access road (Hutton's
Monument, page 115). Turn right along the access for a short distance to a
gate on the left, and from it head across two fields to the cottage at Ellers.
More green paths cross fields and lead to an access serving Nun Cote Nook
Farm, which is followed, right, for a few strides until a path climbs left
across yet more fields to reach the village of Marrick. The onward route is
clear enough, and leads to an enclosed lane running down towards the old
village school. The road here swings round the school and heads towards
a row of cottages. Go left here to a junction, and then left again along
a quiet road, keeping left at another junction to leave the village past a
former Wesleyan chapel.
River bridge, Reeth
Always hugging the wall on your left, the path presses on to the top edge
of Steps Wood, where a paved way, known as the 'Nuns' Causeway' or
'Nunnery Steps', leads to the bottom edge of the wood, and on by a des-
cending path to Marrick Priory (page 113).
Go right along the road leading away from the priory, leaving it at a stile
on the left to descend to the River Swale once more, following the course
of the river as far as Grinton Bridge. Cross the road at the bridge and head
diagonally right across fields, swinging round to meet the road close by