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Dales Trails - Walking in Northern England

From East Yorkshire's Wolds and Derbyshire's Peak District to the North Yorkshire Moors and Pennines, you will find the valleys among the rolling hills, the limestone scars, the gritstone ridges universally known as 'Dales'. This vast area provides some of the best & most varied walking opportunities in the country.

Dales Trails gives you some ideas how to explore Yorkshire and other parts of Northern England on foot, and find hidden delights off the beaten track. You can follow one of my medium distance Trans-Dales Trails, try one of my day walks as featured in 'Walking with Underwood' , or join one of the two Walking Clubs featured below.

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Hornsea Walking club on Castlehead Crag, Keswick/Photo by Arnold Underwood/6th Aug 2008 Climbing out of Chop Gate onto Cold Moor, HWC North York Moors/Photo by Arnold Underwood/13th July 2008

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STOP PRESS - 3rd Sept 2008

HWC Additional Walk - Sunday 7th Sept - Terrington (Howardian Hills)
with the opportunity to visit the Exhibition in Ceramic & Mixed-media by Brian & Sally Tozer at the Back 'o' the Shop Gallery (see below)
Meet Hornsea 8.30am, Leven 8.45am

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HWC Sunday 14th Sept - Clumber Park (National Trust)
We shall be parking in the central car park (SK 625745) near the Church, tea room, toilets etc.
Parking is Free for National Trust members so bring your Membership Card if you are a member please.
Meet Hornsea 8.00am, South Cave 8.40am

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Hornsea Walking Club's season of evening walks ended with a hotly contested Treasure Hunt around Hull's 'old town' before adjourning to The Olde White Hart for drinks and sandwiches. Two teams tied with 36 correct out of the 38 questions, but after the answers were closely scrutinised by the organisers, Sheila and Arnold were declared winners, with Chris, Pam, and Bob the runners up!

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Walkers rock in the woods and roll in the park!
New Dales Trails Photo Albums feature Status Quo in Dalby Forest, Katie Melua at Castle Howard,and The Proms at Harewood House
plus new albums featuring Hornsea Walking Club's trip to the Lake District and all of August's walks

Picasa web logo 'Dales Trails Photo Albums'

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If you are thinking of visiting the beautiful Isle of Mull? For your accommodation use Cill-Mhoire Self-catering Lodges.
Full details on the Links page of this website: Useful Links

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Dales Trails Walk of the Month

Each month a new walk will be added, resulting in a selection of walks for you to experience England's Landscape at its finest.
See Walking with Underwood.

WALK OF THE MONTH for SEPTEMBER

An inland loop from Runswick Bay to Staithes returning along the clifftop above Port Mulgrave (9 miles). Nearest town - Whitby.
Click on this link for details: Smugglers' Coast - Runswick & Staithes.

WALK OF THE MONTH INCLUDES ROUTE MAP
REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION OF ORDNANCE SURVEY

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Leaving Edensor village, Chatsworth Park/from a photo by Arnold Underwood/8th June 2008

Welcome to the Trans-Dales Trails

These Trails, Trans-Dales Trail 1, Trans-Dales Trail 2 and Trans-Dales Trail 3, are each about sixty miles in length and can be comfortably completed by anyone that is reasonably fit in five days, with four nights Bed & Breakfast accommodation.
The routes establish links across the Yorkshire Dales using some of the public rights of way that are less frequently walked. There are three booklets in the Trans-Dale Trail series, each giving a detailed description of the route.
The booklets cost £2.50 each (including p&p) and are obtainable from:
Arnold Underwood (Dales Trails)
41 The Orchard
Leven
East Yorkshire
HU17 5QA
e-mail: arnold.underwood@dalestrails.freeserve.co.uk

(Please make cheques payable to 'Arnold Underwood')

Me, near Sleights/ from a photo by Sheila Button/Aug 2008

The Author

Arnold Underwood is an experienced walker and a leader of his local walking club. He lives near Beverley and is the East Yorkshire correspondent for Country Walking magazine. He has walked the Ridgeway (1983), the Pennine Way (1990), the Dales Way (1993), and A Bowland - Dales Traverse (1994), the latter two with Peter Tomkinson. He has walked much in the Yorkshire Dales, Moors, and Wolds, including completing the Three Peaks, Lyke Wake, and Saltergate challenge walks - the last two again with PeterTomkinson.

Arnold devised the three Trails with the help of Peter Tomkinson, and together they walked each of the routes - Trail 1 in 1995, Trail 2 in 1996, and Trail 3 in 1997.
Peter Tomkison is a former Scout Leader, and as such has done much walking in all terrains and in all conditions. In addition to those walks mentioned above he has also completed the Cleveland Way, Minster Way and the Ebor Way.

Regatta Factory Outlet,Hornsea Freeport

Runswick Bay/from a photo by Arnold Underwood/Sept 16th 2007

We Love Mountains, Rock City, Hull
We Love Mountains
Rock City
Hull

Leven Walking Club

Leven Walking Club near Bakewell(Derbys)/from a photo by Arnold Underwood/May 18th 2008

Leven Walking Club is a long-established club. Members suggestions result in a varied programme of walks on the Yorkshire Wolds, North York Moors and elsewhere.
Go to Calendar for walking programme.

For further information contact Arnold Underwood on 01964 543883 or 07989 292522,
or Dave Fox on 01964 542564

Read Nomad's report in each issue of Leven Life.

Find out more about 'Leven Village'.

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Cloughton Woods/from a photo by Arnold Underwood/Oct 2007

'McConnellTHOMAS'

Down into Sylvan Dale/from a photo by Sheila Button/November 2007

Hornsea District Walking Club

Hornsea Walking Club/Glaisdale, North Yorks/photo by Arnold Underwood/11th May 2008

Hornsea District Walking Club is an independent club relying on its members for suggesting and leading the variety of walks. Go to Calendar for walking programme.
For more information contact Stuart Kemp on 07816 476143

Read Stuart's Walking Club report every month in the Hornsea Post.

Hornsea District Walking Club is affiliated to the Ramblers Association.
For local group information contact 'East Yorkshire Ramblers'

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Back 'o' the Shop Gallery, Terrington, North Yorkshire
An exhibition in Ceramic & Mixed-media by Brian & Sally Tozer of Rock Cottage, Pickering
(formerly of Humberside Theatre - Children's Workshops, Hull)
30th Aug - 27th Sept
Sally Tozer with one of her figures for the exhibition
For more information click: 'Studio Tozer Ceramics Website'

HORNSEA DISTRICT WALKING CLUB

HDWC DAYS AWAY 2008

October 24-26th NATIONAL FOREST (Leicestershire) - based at YHA National Forest
Contact: Neil Patrick (01964 532772)

LEVEN WALKING CLUB

LWC DAYS AWAY 2008

Oct 4-5th, Yorkshire Dales, based at Malham
Contact: Bob Cutts (01482 897130)

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Dales Trails Photo Galleries

Specially Selected Photos
Dales Trails Photo Gallery

Themed Photo Albums and all the photos of this months's walksPicasa web logo
'Dales Trails Photo Albums'

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Useful Links

- click here Useful Links for details of other Walking Websites in the UK and abroad

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Visitors to Dales Trails since August 1st 2007

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This page was created by
Arnold Underwood