Stunning linear walk from Askrigg to West Burton
The weatherman had promised good weather, there was one last survey of bees in the SSSI field in Askrigg (carried out for just six weeks of the year whilst the…
West Burton Art Group, West Burton Village Hall 8th and 9th April 2023
If you’re here in the dales Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th April don’t miss the West Burton Art Group exhibition in West Burton Village Hall from 10am until 4pm. An…
Templar’s Chapel, Thupton Gill and Home!
Quite an eventful walk the other day a lesson in being prepared for just about anything! We set off from West Burton on a relatively calm day and our planned…
A lovely, Easy Going Circular Walk from West Burton
Some friends hadn’t done much walking from West Burton so of course it had to be me to lead! A lovely low level walk about five miles and if you…
Walking in Walden to see the Wild Flower Meadows
To be walking up Walden, a dale that adjoins Wensleydale in the Yorkshire Dales at West Burton, on a beautiful spring morning can be a wonderous thing to do, in…
The Dawn Chorus!
Did you know that there is a Dawn Chorus Day? I had no idea and this year it’s on Sunday 1 May 2022. The dawn chorus is always the male…
Beautiful circular walk from west burton to aysgarth falls in wensleydale in the yorkshire dales
Seems a while since I’ve walked to Aysgarth Falls from home and it’s such a lovely walk whatever time of year. Stunning views, the beautiful Aysgarth Falls, stately St Andrew’s…
A BEAUTIFUL LINEAR WALK FROM WEST BURTON TO BUCKDEN VIA BUCKDEN PIKE
On yet another beautiful day we set off to scale the heights of Buckden Pike. This was to be a linear walk from West Burton to Buckden and Geoff, my…
A beautiful walk from West Burton into Bishopdale, not to be missed!
Yes, we are in lockdown but the Yorkshire Dales are still here waiting for you whenever you’re ready and able to return. January 2021 hasn’t been the best of months weather wise, it is winter after all, or has it just seemed so because of the situation we are all in. However on a good, clear, very still day with the ground hard and crunchy under foot I set off in the direction of Bishopdale.
The Advent of Summer in the glorious Yorkshire dales
The house martins arrived in Wensleydale during the first week in May, it may have been late April, at least we thought they had but it was a false alarm. The migrants we saw were not for us, merely passers-by having a short rest before continuing further north.
