14 January 2019 - Train
Time Changes for January 2019 Walks (updated item)
Due to ongoing planned strike
action at Northern Rail, the train times for some (but not
all) walks have been changed - details are given below.
Please note that these changes will remain in place, even
if the rail strike is called off. Although some walks are
unchanged, train times may be different to those in the
printed Guided Walks leaflet, so please check carefully
below and in the Train Walks
section.
SATURDAY 19 JANUARY
The route of our longer walk
will remain as originally advertised, but
will now be from an earlier train:
Skipton to Grassington
via the Lady Anne Wayl
From the 0752 Leeds
to Skipton train
Book, alight and return Skipton
(bus back to Skipton)
15 miles strenuous
Our shorter walk will remain
unchanged:
Ripley Circular
via Hampsthwaite, Swarcliffe and Burnt Yates
From the 0859 Leeds
to Knaresborough train
(bus out from and back to Harrogate)
11 miles moderate
[Harrogate Line]
SATURDAY 26 JANUARY
Please see the Train
Walks section for details of changes to some train
times.
Please
click here for further information about the industrial
action (external website link)
10 January 2019
Northern Rail are again running their Unlimited
Rail Travel Offer (£10 for a day, £17.50 for
a weekend) from Monday 14 January to Sunday 24 March 2019,
in association with JPIMedia. This involves collecting three
tokens from a number of JPIMedia newspapers who publish
a number of titles including the Yorkshire Evening Post
and several titles in Yorkshire and Lancashire.
Please
click here for full details of the offer, including the
list of qualifying newspapers (external website
link)
7 December 2018 - Events
Update for 2019 (amended item)
TRAIN WALKS
Our forthcoming walks programme from January
to June 2019 can now been viewed in the Train
Walks section. During any further rail strikes or
future engineering works, every effort will be made to provide
substitute walks - please check this website for more up
to date information should this occur.
LAKE DISTRICT MEMBERS WALKS
Some of the details for the
walks in July, August and September 2019 have now been changed
from the list which was issued with the October members
newsletter. Please see the Members
Events section of this website for the updated details.
MEMBERS' HOLIDAYS
In addition to the three "main"
holidays the Youth Hostel weekend (2 nights) will be held
at YHA Ravenstor, near Monsal Head, Derbyshire on 13 to
15 September 2019. Please see the Holidays
section for more information and the booking form will be
issued with a future edition of the members newsletter.
8 November 2018
Details are now available of
the Winter travel offer on the Settle/Carlisle and Bentham
lines for holders of West Yorkshire Metro ENCTS concessionary
travel passes. It is valid from Monday 12 November 2018
until Saturday 6 April 2019 with some dates excluded.
Please
click here for further information (external website
link)
5 November 2018
Northern Rail have announced
details of the Winter Travel Offer for Dales Railcard holders
on the Settle/Carlisle and Bentham lines. It is valid from
5 November 2018 to Saturday 6 April 2019, with some dates
excluded.
Please
click here for further information (external website
link)
22 October 2018 - Members
Events Update
Details of our 2019 programme
of Thursday Walks and Lake District Walks have now been
added in the Members
section.
18 October 2018
The latest members' newsletter
has now been produced and distributed by post and email.
Please send any items for the next edition (New Year 2019)
to the new editor, Jane Coupe, as soon as possible - her
contact details can be found in the current newsletter.
21 July 2018
A selection of photos from
the July Lake District walks to High Stile and Great Borne
can be accessed in the Past
Events (Other Events 2018) section.
12 June 2018
A selection of photos from
the recent members' holiday in Fort William, Scotland can
be accessed in the Past
Events (Holidays 2018) section.
