3 of us, armed with heavy duty black bin bags set out from Naburn.

We walked to join the York-Selby path that follows the old railway bed - once the East Coast Main line - and headed towards York, passing Saturn (the York Selby Path features a scale model of the solar system some 7 miles long!), crossing the Anglers bridge (so named as it has a giant wire sculpture of an Angler fishing on it), and continuing on to Bishopthorpe, passing Jupiter.

At Bishopthorpe we left the old railway bed, crossed the village and joined the Ebor Way near the Bishop’s palace, to take the bank of the river Ouse upstream under the A64 and on into the outskirts of York.  With the exception of car litter from the A64 where it crossed above us, and some litter under the A64 bridge itself, this section of the walk was largely litter free until we arrived at the edge of the city.  Two disposable barbecues and empty drinks cans near York Millenium Bridge significantly bulked our bags, and we were glad to dump them in litter bins after having crossed the river.

Now on the Minster Way, we followed the river back downstream, passing across Fulford Ings, the main home of Yorkshire’s very own (and critically endangered) Tansy beetle with its incredible metallic green colour, and through the site of the Battle of Fulford (1066, immediately prior to the Battle of Stamford Bridge). The weather was hot and humid - Thunderstorms were forecast for the evening - and we were grateful to be near the river.  Passing back under the A64 (with more car thrown litter) we continued  along the river bank, shared with numerous anglers who were enjoying a match, and getting the closest view of the Bishops Palace immediately across the water, before leaving the river to reach the Naburn Road at an emergency entrance to York Outlet village. 

Our return to Naburn was along  the footpath of the Naburn Road  (part of the White Rose Way) - and here we got really busy with litter, collecting 5 bags (more than half of our total of 9) in this last 2 miles of our 9 walked.

While there were only 3 of us we purged where we passed litter, and left our route much cleaner than we found it (particularly along Naburn Road).