Fact A: A gate near Reagill Grange is believed to have been seen to open and close noiselessly to let through an unseen figure, whilst other sightings of a lady in white have also been made by villagers especially at night .....

Fact C: The Garden Of Images was created by Thomas Bland, a working man and self-taught sculptor. He carved all manner of almost life-size sculptures in this garden in the mid 19th Century. The garden was used by Thomas in his annual garden festivals held in Queen Victoria's honour.

Fact B: Although real red squirrels may be spotted in this woodland, one which has been hewn out of wood might be spotted as you wander through this tranquil woodland.

Fact D: The yews in the grounds of Meaburn Hall are believed to have been planted before the battle of Agincourt in 1314. Meaburn Hall was acquired by Sir John Lowther in 1602 and the structures mentioned were built in the 18th Century as summerhouses.

Lowther family legend suggests that a duel between two brothers led to the room being sealed up forever.

1. This is the Reagill Ramble. It is 5 ½ miles long and takes 2 to 3 hours. Start by walking through the back wooden gate, across the small stream and through the metal gate, bearing right, through the long grass and following the right hand edge of the field and a tree lined boundary to your right until you see a metal gate ahead of you in the top right corner of the field. When you reach it, you will see a further metal gate to its right, go through it and turn left. A yellow sign on a wooden gate marks the way, although it’s easier to walk around the tree.

2. A second yellow signed wooden gate leads you into a tree lined, overgrown section situated to the left hand edge of a field. Keep walking straight ahead, around a rusty collapsed gate. A wooden gate with a yellow plaque signifies that you are still on course: keep left until you see the barn to your right in the next field and a yellow signed gate to your left.

3. The sign points towards crossing to the far right hand corner of the field. Walk through two more marked gates and leftwards, uphill, towards a small woodland area. If you look carefully there is a very small section of limestone pavement. Go through a yellow signed metal gate and along a gravel track which passes Spring Wood (Private No Access) on your left, continue up through another marked gate and through the farmyard, leftwards and past some vocal (tethered) dogs. The large house to your right is Reagill Grange (A). If you look closely you can see some unusual round chimney pots. A bench provides somewhere to rest and a chance to admire this building.

4. There are two options at this point:

Option 1: Either walk straight up the tarmac lane in front of you and turn right where a green footpath sign and wooden gate lead down a gravel track towards a new barn conversion … or

Option 2: Look for the three way wooden footpath sign over a stile, which turns left and leads through the woods following yellow markers on the trees. Watch out for the red squirrels and one in particular which can be found on the left hand side of the path (B). Keep walking until a stone stile leads you out of the woodland, past a stream and dry-stone wall to your left, over a wooden stile and one more stone stile and left over a small bridge. To your left is a converted barn, walk further up the path and the ruins of the old village school of Reagill can be seen before the top of the path meets a tarmac main road. Turn left onto the left hand road leading into the village of Reagill and quickly take the right turning for Appleby (before a stone bus shelter on the left). Try not to miss having a peak over the wall of the house on the left-hand corner of this road. This ‘Garden of Images’ (C) is amazing! Continue down the road and turn right leading back on the parallel road to Reagill Grange. Don’t take the first footpath on your left side: you want to go past the green footpath sign and through the wooden gate which leads down a gravel track towards a barn conversion.

5. Go through the gate on the right hand side, past the barn and walk straight down the gravel track to the bottom of the field. A yellow marker on the next gate shows that you need to head down to the far left corner of the next field. Don’t miss the wigwams and stone circle to your right!

6. Walk straight over the stone stile and next field, through a metal gate. At the time of writing, there was no footpath sign at this point, so if you look to your right, about halfway along this field you will see a wire fence and a wooden stile. Cross this and continue crossing rightwards until you reach a small footbridge with a stile just a few paces on. You should see a forest and tarmac road in the distance in front of you, walk up to ‘Morland Bank’.

7. Turn right down the road, round the corner, over Howebeck Bridge and look for a footpath sign on your right. Go down the stone steps and diagonally across the field towards the stone wall and buildings. Keep the wall on your left and the telephone wires on your right, walking past two round stone structures in the grounds of Meaburn Hall (D). Go through a stone stile in the wall and walk diagonally rightwards, over another stile, turning right onto the tarmac road to Mauds Meaburn.

8. Cross over the first bridge to your left and turn right along the left bank of Lyvenet Beck on the tarmac road (No through Road). Join the lane at the far end on your left and walk along the top tarmac road. Once you get to the junction keep walking straight ahead, ignoring the first footpath sign to your right and taking the second towards Crosby Ravensworth. The path back to the village is now quite straightforward, but there is one point where you may go wrong, I did! Approaching the very grand Flass House, there is a track leading leftwards. Don’t go this way! Instead walk towards the main gate and you will see an old wooden gate to the left. This passes along a stone wall and through a small tunnel. Try not to talk as you go through it, it’s supposed to be bad luck.

9. Take the stone stile to the far left and then follow the left bank of the beck through a gate edged by railings and what feels like somebody’s front lawn until you pass through a wooden gate. At this point turn rightwards, go over the bridge and then right again onto the road leading to Maulds Meaburn. After passing the village school to your left and a beck to your right, walk past the National Speed Limit road signs until the Crake Trees turning is seen on the left. Follow the gravel road all the way back to Crake Trees Manor.