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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1.HORNSEA DISTRICT WALKING CLUB
NOTE that from November the meet time at Hornsea Mereside for Sunday walks moves to 9am
2. WAINWRIGHT SOCIETY CALENDARS
3. **** CHRISTMAS DINNER WALK****
Helmsley to Scawton
4.** NEW YEARS DAY **
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DALES TRAILS - WALKS REPORTS
To see all my walks photos and more
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'Dales Trails Picasa Photo Albums'
STOP PRESS - 3rd Nov 2010
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - Mon 15th Nov - 7.30pm - NEW INN, LEVEN
Although none of my photos are featured this time it still promises to be an excellent product with 12 photos associated with AW,
not just of the Lake District but other areas he visited.
Priced at £10 inc p&p.
HORNSEA DISTRICT WALKING CLUB
12th December
Coach (10am) from Hornsea
5½mile walk followed by Christmas Dinner at the Hare Inn, Scawton
Inclusive price £22 per person
Full details available at the AGM
HORNSEA DISTRICT WALKING CLUB/LEVEN WALKING CLUB
JAN 1st 2011 : Joint NEW YEARS DAY WALK from SEATON
Meet at Swan Inn, 11am for a 5mile walk followed by soup and sandwiches
Full details available at the HWC AGM
HWC AUTUMN WEEKEND AWAY - CASTLETON - OCT 2010
For the third year running the Autumn weekend at Castleton coincided with Halloween - which has a strange effect on some Club members when darkness falls!
Back to the walking though - on the Friday only four could make the walk from Longshaw. On an overcast but dry day, setting off down Padley Gorge which is glorious in autumn brought us to Padley Chapel. Then it was up through Bole Hill Woods and a bit of fungi spotting before crossing the main road onto Millstone Edge. The return looped across Hathersage Moor back to Longshaw
By Saturday the numbers had increased,and in glorious autumn sunshine nine walkers set off up Cave Dale and over the hills to Oxlow Rake - where again the trees look their best in autumn. Then down by Windy Knoll and up onto Mam Tor followed by a section of the Great Ridge as far as Hollins Cross from where we dropped down into Castleton.
As darkness fell on the Saturday evening the girls were transformed into the most hideous of witches to scare the poor folk of Castleton out their wits
Fortunately by Sunday morning they had returned to normal (well, more or less), and the group set off on a 'short stroll' in misty conditions back up onto the ridge at Back Tor and onto Lose Hill, returning via Hope to Castleton
An enjoyable weekend was had by all
For all the photos visit: 'Dales Trails Picasa Photo Albums'
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Specially Selected Photos
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New walks will be added regularly to give a selection of walks for you to experience England's Landscape at its finest. NORTH YORK MOORS - Newton Dale
A return to my favourite area of the Moors - Newton Dale - which looks spectacular in the Autumn.
WALK OF THE MONTH INCLUDES ROUTE MAP
Dales Trails Photo Galleries
Dales Trails Photo Gallery
See Dales Trails 'Picasa' Photo Albums for a photo record of all walks by Hornsea and Leven Walking Clubs and more
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'Dales Trails Picasa Photo Albums'
Dales Trails Featured Walk
See Walking with Underwood.
FEATURE WALK for AUTUMN
Click on this link for details: Newton Dale in Autumn.
REPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION OF ORDNANCE SURVEY
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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.
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Arnold Underwood (Dales Trails) 41 The Orchard Leven East Yorkshire HU17 5QA e-mail: arnold.underwood@dalestrails.freeserve.co.uk
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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.
Leven Walking Club
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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, Read Nomad's report in each issue of Leven Life. Find out more about 'Leven Village'. |
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Hornsea District Walking Club
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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 Hornsea District Walking Club is affiliated to the Ramblers Association.
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