Category: Long Distance Routes
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Welcome Way – Otley to Ben Rhydding
Rachel and Zalks joined us this week. We hadn’t seen them for a week because poor Zalks had fallen over and really hurt herself. We were a little worried about how she would cope, but she was a trooper not complaining once on the whole walk. It was a warm day and we started today’s…
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Welcome Way – Baildon to Otley
The Welcome way is a 36 mile circular walk in West Yorkshire. I’m always on the look out for local(ish) walks and this is fairly close to us. We started off our walk in Baildon, passing past Tong Park dam where there was an amazing nesting swan. The walk continues on through a golf course…
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Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge
For pure pleasure and as it’s always been on my bucket list, we took on the Yorkshire 3 Peaks challenge. We followed and mapped to the official route that allows you to start in 3 places and can be completed in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction. As we stayed in Ingelton the night before, we…
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Edale Skyline Trail.
So this was a bit of an epic walk for a Friday. It’s a walk I’ve wanted to do for a while and the stars seemed to align. The weather forecast was great, I had annual leave and Zara had an inset day. We headed off on Thursday evening after work/school, packing our walking gear…
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Six Dales Trail. Part 1
The six Dales trail is a 38 mile walk from Otley to Middleham. Devised by a small team from Otley ‘Walkers are Welcome’ and brilliantly described in the book of the same name by John Sparshatt. I think the walk is designed to be walked over 2 days. But I’ve split it into 4 sections…