BAINBRIDGE TO SEMER WATER AND COUNTERSETT IN A CIRCULAR MANNER
On a beautiful sunny day, Paul, our son, and I set off from Bainbridge in Wensleydale to walk to Semer Water. Quite a new route for me so really looking…
THE VILLAGE OF CASTLE BOLTON IN WENSLEYDALE IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
It would seem just recently I’ve walked through Castle Bolton in Wensleydale quite a few times and felt it was perhaps time to write a little bit about the village. A…
RIPON SANCTUARY WALK
It’s been a few years now since I heard about the Ripon Sanctuary Walk and felt it would be a lovely walk to try. And so the day came, our…
THE WENSLEYDALE CONCERT SERIES IS BACK FOR 2021!
After what has seemed a long, long wait the Wensleydale Concert Series is back for 2021! All concerts had to be cancelled in 2020 of course but this year’s series is back…
WALKING FROM BALLOWFIELDS TO CARPERBY PAST LADY HILL IN WENSLEYDALE IN A CIRCULAR MANNER
As promised, our walk past Lady Hill, a fleeting yet beautiful glimpse from the footpath! A friend and I decided to walk from Ballowfields. It isn’t marked as such on…
WENSLEY TO HARMBY, THROUGH LEYBURN, ALONG THE SHAWL AND BACK TO WENSLEY!
What an unexpectedly beautiful day we chose to go walking, the last day in March, how lucky we were! We decided to meet at Wensley, park on the newly surfaced…
THUPTON GILL IN SOUTH WALDEN TO FLEENSOP IN COVERDALE AND BACK INTO WALDEN IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
A bit of a surprise walk the other day! Our son Paul text me to ask if I would like to join him on a walk, I’d already been out…
THUPTON GILL IN SOUTH WALDEN TO FLEENSOP IN COVERDALE AND BACK INTO WALDEN IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
A bit of a surprise walk the other day! Our son Paul text me to ask if I would like to join him on a walk, I’d already been out…
JERVAULX ABBEY IN BETWEEN MASHAM AND EAST WITTON IN THE YORKSHIRE DALES
Jervaulx Abbey can easily be found between Masham and Ripon just off the A6108. A truly tranquil yet atmospheric place to find peace and quiet and loved by many. Wander…
Wensley Bridge to Middleham, along The Gallops, down to West Witton, returning by the River Ure
What a fabulous walk my friend Den and I did the other day. Was it all the wildlife we saw? Geese, herons, skylarks, curlews, oystercatchers amongst them. Was it because the sun shone yet we could see others weren’t enjoying the same?







