18 November 2018 - Train Walks Update Saturdays
24 November to 29 December
Due to ongoing planned strike
action at Northern Rail, most walks on the above
dates have been changed - details are given below.
Please note that these changes will remain in place, even
if the rail strike is called off. Walkers are advised to
recheck here for further updates closer to the date of the
walk. In particular, train times sometimes cannot be confirmed
until the middle of the week before the walk.
SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER
Our two walks have now been changed to:
Grassington Circular
via Grassington Moor
From
the 0826 Leeds to Skipton train
Book, alight and return Skipton
(bus out from and back to Skipton)
10 miles Moderate
Slaithwaite to Marsden
[Huddersfield Line]
via Narrow Canal and Tunnel End
From the 0940 Leeds
to Manchester Piccadilly train
Book and return Marsden: alight Slaithwaite
6
miles Easy
DECEMBER SATURDAYS
Please see the Train
Walks section for details of our
revised walks programme.
Please
click here for further information about the industrial
action (external website link)
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.
30 May 2018
Initial details for our three
main members' holidays for 2019 can now be seen in the Holidays
section. Booking information will be included with future
editions of the members' newsletter.
27
May 2018 - Friends of DalesRail reach the very top!
On Wednesday 23 May, during
the members' holiday in Fort William, Scotland, 11 of our
strenuous walkers successfully reached the summit of Ben
Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles, at 1345
metres (4411 feet).
13
May 2018 - Changes to times of train walks from 26 May 2018
(updated item)
Following the introduction
of the new rail timetables on 20 May 2018, the train times
for most of our walks have now been changed and are different
to the ones printed in the December 2017 to June 2018 (lilac
coloured) Guided Walks leaflet. The majority of walks will
be from the 0919 Leeds to Carlisle train, but some walks
will be from other trains, so please read the information
in our Train Walks section
carefully, which has now been updated with the revised details.
Full details of our guided
walks for the public from July through to the end of the
year have now been added to the Train
Walks section and a new Guided Walks leaflet will
be available in due course.
10 May 2018
A selection of photos from
last month's Lake District walks to Swindale and to Ullock
Pike & Skiddaw can be accessed in the Past
Events (Other Events 2018) section.
23 March 2018
A selection of photos from
the recent members' holiday in Arnside, Cumbria can be accessed
in the Past Events (Holidays
2018) section.
