Description

The 'Evergreens' , a small company of 'old Teesiders', with a sprinkling of 'rough-stuffers', had met at Marske Bridge, Swaledale, to cycle on to Hurst by way of Marske and the old road, to take lunch at the Red Lion Inn. Hurst (1113'), is a village of the past, it being a lead-mining village which has decayed since the lead boom collapsed in the 19th century - an old building with a thatched roof is still standing, and is the only one left in the area