Description: The 'new' Lyke Wake Club has been formed, following closely in the tradition set by the late Bill Cowley, who inaugrated the Lyke Wake Walk, a 40-mile crossing of the North York Moors, in 1955. The existing Lyke Wake Club closed down on its 50th anniversary, 1 October 2005, and the council of elders has given its blessing to the new Club.
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THE LYKE WAKE WALK is a complete crossing of the North Yorkshire moors along their main east-west watershed between the Stone at grid reference 470994 and the Trig point at 971012, a distance of approximately 40 miles. Every person who completes a crossing of the Lyke Wake Walk on foot within a period of 24 hours, and who reports it to the Club, is eligible for membership. There is no membership fee. Female members are titled Witch and males are titled Dirger .
The 2023 Wake was held on Saturday 25 th March 2023 at The Raven Hall Hotel, a fabulous venue in stunning surroundings and, of course, the traditional end point of the Lyke Wake Walk as was first suggested by Bill Cowley in 1955. We have now added a gallery of photographs taken that evening. Details of earlier wakes are on the wakes page .
A new page has been set up offering Dirgers and Witches the opportunity to comment on their Lyke Wake walk experiences . Although there are several formal questions, the reality of what anybody wishes to say is left very much up to the individual……………………