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Leave the Horseshoe Inn at the top end of Levisham and walk straight down through the village, admiring the stone houses that surround the broad central green. Walk to the bottom end of the village and follow a path straight downhill. Turn left along a footpath that swings across a wooded slope. Later, climb 60 steps, then fork left at a junction along a path signposted for Horcum. The path is quite narrow and flanked by flowers, brambles and bracken, with views across the valley to the nearby village of Lockton.

The path swings left as it works its way through the valley, and it is well wooded at times along Levisham Brow. Generally, the path runs gradually downhill and the woods begin to thin out. Go through a small gate and cut across a slope of bracken to reach the side-valley of Dundas Griff. A signpost points ahead to Saltergate and a small stream has to be forded before you cross Levisham Beck using a footbridge.

Follow the path gently uphill, across the wooded valley side, using a boardwalk before going through a gate. Continue along a path across the grassy valley side, and later keep to the left of a building at Low Horcum. Walk onwards and head down a grassy track to go through a gate. A clear path leads up through heather, then rises more steeply up a heathery groove as it climbs out of the Hole of Horcum. Enjoy the views around this splendid hollow before continuing through a gate at the top to see a bend in the busy A169 road on Saltergate Bank. There might be a new café below.