We have just returned from an intrepid tramp around the moors and (ex) forest of Stang, just on the border of County Durham and Yorkshire!! We can see this hill from our house so felt it warranted an explore. This was another of Dr Freds slightly misleading walking tours... he did warn me - he said it was a hill but not a big one - that's ok... he said yes its very windy but we will mostly be on a path through a forest so we will be sheltered - that's ok... there is a crag with a path to the trig point and then a path back down to the road making it a nice reasonable easy sheltered 5/6 mile circular walk and we will be able to see our house from the top. (except we forgot the binoculars so we had to guess). non existent forest Off we go... christmas cake and teabags at the ready - the wind was quite wild as we left the van heading for the forest track... the track was there but alas the forest was no longer!!! There were 15 trees a little way along, but that was the sum...