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This page gives the latest news that may affect any of our
activities - such as additional events, website updates, changes
to our published programme, or problems with the trains we
are using.
News items are usually retained on this page for up to 6
months, but may be removed/updated earlier than this, depending
on their relevance. All older and removed items can still
be viewed in the News Archives (see links below)
16 July 2008 - Train
Walks Update
The guided walks on Saturday 19 July are not affected
by the current engineering works on the Settle Carlisle line
between Settle and Appleby and will
go ahead as advertised.
Walkers joining our Appletreewick to Barden
Bridge (Wharfedale Line) train walk on this date
may save money on the bus fare by purchasing a combined
bus/rail Ilkley Dalesbus ticket (details below).
Ilkley DalesBus and Skipton DalesBus tickets allow a day
return by train to Ilkley or Skipton, then unlimited travel
on the Wharfedale area buses, as far north as Buckden. The
tickets cost just £3.00 on top of the Cheap Day Return
fare to your chosen station.
The tickets are available to either Ilkley or Skipton Rail
Stations from Leeds, Bradford Forster Square and all stations
on the Airedale and Wharfedale lines. An added bonus is that
the tickets are available anytime. (Cheap Day Return tickets
are usually only available after 9.30am on Mondays to Fridays,
although there’s no time restriction at weekends.)
The tickets are valid on Pride of the Dales weekday bus services
72 and 72R between Skipton, Grassington and Hebden, and weekday
bus service 74 between Ilkley, Grassington and Buckden, on
Keighley & District Sunday bus service 66A between Skipton
and Grassington, on Sunday Dalesbus service 874 between Ilkley,
Grassington and Buckden and on Cravenlink Sunday bus services
784 and 884 between Ilkley and Skipton. One slight limitation
is that the Skipton and Ilkley versions of the ticket aren’t
interchangeable, so you need to return home from the same
station.
Example Fares:
- Ilkley DalesBus Ticket from Bradford: £5.80
- Ilkley DalesBus Ticket from Leeds: £6.60
- Skipton DalesBus Ticket from Leeds: £10.00
Note that the DalesBus tickets can only be combined with
Cheap Day Return fares, not any other type of ticket. A half-price
child version of the ticket is available, but the tickets
cannot be combined with concessionary fares for MetroPermit
holders
Source: Yorkshire
Dales Public Transport User Group website.
14 July 2008
The walk descriptions and initial walk report from the members'
coach trip to Helmsley, North Yorkshire Sunday 13 July can
now be viewed in the Past Events section.
13 July 2008 - Reminder
Please note that the date of the July Lake District walk
to Ullock Pike and Skiddaw has been changed from 15
July to Tuesday 22 July 2008. There will only be one
Lake District walk (strenuous grade) available on this date.
Please see the Members page
for full details.
28 June 2008 (updated item)
A selection of photos, walk descriptions and walk reports
from the recent members' coach trip to Llandudno, North Wales
on Sunday 15 June can now be viewed in the Past Events section.
26 June 2008
Earlier this year, our Events Secretary, Diane Taylor was
interviewed about Friends of DalesRail by the Halifax based
radio station Phoenix FM. The interview (approx 30 mins including
music) will be rebroadcast on the Dales-based station Drystone
Radio later in the year, but if you missed it first time around,
you can catch it right here as an MP3 file. To listen, please
click the link below. Depending on the default media player
on your computer and your settings, the interview may play
immediately, start after a short delay (5 mins or so) or start
after a long delay. Enjoy!
Click here to listen to
Diane's Radio Interview podcast (MP3)
25 May 2008 (amended item)
The outdoor shop Rohan in Long Preston has now kindly agreed
to offer 10% discount to all members of Friends of DalesRail
on production of a membership card throughout the year. For
further information, please telephone 01729 840611 or visit
their website at www.rohan.co.uk
23 May 2008
The walk descriptions, sketch map, walk report and photos
from the members' coach trip to Hawkshead on 11 May can now
be viewed in the Past Events section.
Additional photos from the members' weekend in Llangollen
can also be accessed by clicking on "External Web Link"
on the on the relevant Past Events page.
22 May 2008
Recent website updates include further photos from the two
Lake District Walks to Base Brown and the Gables on 22 April
and the Wrynose Bottom Skyline on 14 May. These can be found
in the Past Events (Other Events
2008) section.
And there's more.....you can access further pictures from
these two events by clicking on "External Web Link"
on the relevant Past Events page.
3 May 2008
A selection of photos from the Lake District walk to Base
Brown and the Gables on 22 April 2008 can now be viewed in
the Past Events (Other events)
2008 section.
16 April 2008 (updated item)
A selection of photos, the walk descriptions and walk reports
from the members' coach trip to Buxton on Sunday 13 April
can now be seen in the Past Events section.
7 April 2008
A selection of photos and a report from the recent members'
weekend in Llangollen, North Wales, plus photos from the Clapham
to Bentham train walk via Ingleborough & Ellerbeck on
Saturday 22 March can now be seen in the Past Events section.
3 April 2008
NEWSLETTER
The January 2008 members' newsletter is now available to
view on line. Please click the Newsletter link at the top
of this page to access this.
The deadline for contributions to the next newsletter (due
for publication in May) is 12 April 2008. Please send any
items to Pat Bottomley as soon as possible.
28 March 2008 (updated item)
Friends of DalesRail has hit the airwaves!
Earlier today our Events Secretary, Diane Taylor, was interviewed
by the Halifax based radio station Phoenix
Radio - broadcasting on 96.7 FM and live streaming
via their website - www.phoenixfm.co.uk.
Diane discussed the history of both the Settle/Carlisle line
and Friends of DalesRail itself, as well as publicising our
current programme of events.
We understand the interview is due to be "podcasted"
for possible future downloading from the internet and re-broadcasting
on Drystone Radio, a Dales based local radio station launching
in August 2008, so watch this space!
15 March 2008
A selection of photos, the walks information sheet and walk
report from the members' coach trip to Lockton, North Yorkshire
on Sunday 9 March can be seen in the Past Events section.
2 March 2008 (updated item)
Recent website updates include:
- Photos from the members' coach trip to Tealby, Lincolnshire
on Sunday 20 January.
- Walk descriptions, reports and photos from members' coach
trip to Hayfield, Derbyshire on Sunday 10 February. Additional
photos uploaded 2 March 2008.
These can be viewed in the Past
Events (Coach Walks 2008) section.
2 February 2008 (updated item)
Recent website additions include:
- Walk descriptions, sketch map and reports from the members'
coach trip to Tealby, Lincolnshire on Sunday 20 January.
- Photos from the Skipton Circular train walk on 19 January.
- Photos and report from the Skipton to Steeton "Annual
Dinner" train walk on 12 January.
These can be viewed in the relevant Past Events sections.
28 January 2008
Please note that the mileage on the forthcoming Settle to
Skipton strenuous train walk on Saturday 2 February 2008 has
now been increased to 17-18 miles.
6 January 2008 (updated item)
A selection of photos, walk reports plus the walk descriptions
and sketch map from the members coach trip to Whalley, Lancashire
on Sunday 16 December can now be seen in the Past Events section.
3 January 2008 (amended item)
A report from the first Thursday walk of the year can be
found in the Past Events (Other Events 2008) section.
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