If you want a big open area to play with try Great Asby Scar NE of Orton - a mixture of grassland and limestone pavement. Also, just a little more to the west there is the open ground to the SW of Crosby Ravensworth. If you need tracks to follow, have a look a haroldstreet - I have left plenty of traces across them. By the by, do try Smardale. Leave all your gear behind and just go for a walk along the old railway track through the nature reserve and across the viaduct. The C2C crosses it by Jackdaw House (you won't find it on the map but you will know it when you see it). Park NY 73935 08226