Tag: #multi-day_hike
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Dales Way – Day 2
We woke up to rain, oh so very much rain. It started about 2 in the morning and was very heavy. I think if it had just been the rain it would have been ok, but there was wind as well. I’d not clipped the storm tensioners on the tent and the fly sheet was…
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Dales Way – Day 1
Zara and I decided a little while ago that we would walk the Dales Way. This was when the weather was beautiful and walking through the dales had me imagining I was Julia Andrews running through the hills. Queue reality and we were up early to catch the train to Ilkley which is the official…
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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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Six Dales Trail Final Day
And what a perfect weather day it was as well. We started the day leaving Leighton reservoir behind us following a path through some farm land, dropping down to a plantation and then to a stream with a little bridge over it. We then climbed steeply back up hill, grumbling about the steepness whilst being…
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Six Dales Trail- part 3
We picked up the trail where we had left it in Pateley Bridge today to make a start on part 3 of the Six Dales trail. After a stop at the butchers for plenty of baked goods to power us through our walk we followed the river Nidd up to Gouthwaite reservoir. Walking was so…
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Six Dales trail part 2.
We walked the second part of the six Dales trail today from Blubberhouses to Pateley Bridge. Starting off in Blubberhouses we followed the river Washburn up to Thruscross Reservoir. We skirted the eastern bank of the reservoir before walking up the valley towards the water tower. From the water tower we headed downhill and then…
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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…