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Independent Inn to Inn walking in the Yorkshire Dales
The Yorkshire Dales are an
idyllic pastoral landscape of green valleys criss-crossed by
dry-stone walls marking field boundaries. Picturesque villages and
hamlets consisting of little more than a pub and post office abound.
Old farmhouses and ‘stone barns’ dot the valley sides. Above the
Dales are open rolling moorlands rising to 600m (2000 feet) or more.
This tour includes the whole of the much loved Dales Way long
distance path, which runs right across the Yorkshire Dales National
Park and on to the shores of Windermere in the Lake District
National Park. The Dales Way, as
its name suggests, is essentially a valley walk, traversing
landscapes which are among those best-loved by the English
themselves. Of course, for Yorkshire folk, there is absolutely
nothing to compare with Yorkshire scenery, and one has to concede
that they have a point. The hamlets and farmsteads of the Yorkshire
Dales, with their dry-stone walls and outlying stone barns are,
frankly, incomparable. If you walk nowhere else in England, walk
here. You won’t regret it!
No of Nights : 7
Starts at:
Ilkley Ends at: Bowness
Grade: Moderate
Dates available: Start any day
from April 7 to October 6.
Day stages:
Min
11 miles - max 16 miles.
Accommodation: Mix of farm B&B's, inns
and hotels with private bath.
Meals included: Breakfast daily.
Price:
478 UK $999 Cdn or US
based on double
Single supplement: 105 UK $219 Cdn
or US
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Itinerary
Day
1 Ilkley: Travel to starting point.
Optional walk to Cow and Calf rocks and Ilkley Moor.
Day
2 Burnsall: Lower Wharfedale and Bolton Abbey (13 miles, 6
hours)
Day
3 Hubberholme: Past Kilnsey Crag (famous overhanging rock)
and pretty villages of Grassington, Kettlewell, and Buckden. (15
Miles 7 Hours)
Day
4 Dentdale: Over Cam Fell, across the Pennine Way Footpath
and down into Dentdale. (13 miles 6 hrs)
Day
5 Sedbergh: Through Dentdale to Sedbergh. At the foot of the
steep Howgill Fells. (11 miles 5 hours)
Day
6 Bowston: Across an undulating landscape of sheep
pastureland. Into the Lake District National Park (17 miles 7
hours)
Day
7 Bowness: A morning's walk to Bowness on Lake
Windermere, England's largest natural lake.
Day
8: End of Tour
Accommodation
7
nights/8 days - The small towns, villages and isolated
farmhouses along this popular National Trail are well used to
accommodating walkers. On 4 of the nights, including the first
and last of the tour, all the rooms have ensuite facilities, and
on two other nights some ensuite rooms are available. Almost all
our stop-overs are historic buildings in their own right,
including farmhouses (in upper Wharfedale and near Kendal)
dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, an 18th century house
in Bowness-on-Windermere, and a stone-built Victorian
hotel on the banks of the Wharfe at Ilkley. We
particularly enjoy the open log fires and great bar meals in our
17th century inns in Dentdale and Wharfedale. In Sedbergh
we stay at an old Dukes townhouse dating back to 1730. Oak
panelling in the dining area, the fireplaces and the original
18th century plumbing are preserved. Try the gourmet packed
lunch here! Most of the accommodation provides that welcome
English feature; tea and coffee making facilities in all the
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For details ask for a Sherpa
Independent Walking Brochure.
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