YORKSHIRE DALES - STAY FOR LESS "££"

YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK, is another unique area in the North of England formed after the last Ice Age & shaped into a special geological LIMESTONE landscape . This type of rock erodes quite easily with the result that amazing pavements & outcrops have been caused above ground with deep caves & potholes below. Again, in covering this region GB gives you a "Special YD Trail" to access the Dales & see the highlights.

ACCOMMODATION

NO 1 -MALHAM YHA, nr. Skipton BD23 4DE (in the Centre of this very popular walking & climbing Village) tele 0870 770 5946 - www.yha.org.uk - £16 pn. in 82 beds ( 1x2, 4x4, 1x5 & 9x6 – 8 bedded rooms). Self – catering facilities are good & meals are also provided, friendly lounge, laundry & drying area . Good Hostel & part of the Village scene.

NO 1 -HAWES YHA on Lancaster Terrace (at the West edge of this busy Dales Market Town) tele 0870 770 5854 Email: hawes@yha.org.uk - 14 pn.in 54 beds ( 2x2, 3x3, 2x4, 1x5, 2x6 & 2x8 bedded rooms). Tidy self – catering kitchen & also meals provided in separate dining room, comfy lounge & meeting room as well as the usual laundry/ drying areas. Large modern style Hostel in is own panoramic position at the end of this rural Town

NO 1 INGLETON YHA in Sammy Lane (just up “No Through Road “from the Market Square) tele 0870 770 5880 Email: ingleton@yha.org.uk - £14 pn. in 58 beds, all 4& 6 bedded. Self – catering kitchen & meals provided. This was a basic hostel when GB last visited so the news that it has been refurbished since is welcome. It should now be the best! Check it out for me - thank

FOOD for self – caterers in Malham use the Village or Hostel shop for basics , Hawes has a good COOP Supermarket & you must try the local Wensleydale Cheese, Ingleton – again this larger town has a COOP Supermarket for all provisions

TRAVELLING AROUND – for this GB "Special YD Trail" starts & ends in Leeds, which has main UK Rail & Road links. From Leeds there are regular Rail or Bus services to Skipton. From here transport is limited with only 2 daily services to Malham, early & late.Then onto Hawes you have to return to Skipton to try & get a Bus to Hawes GB has done considerable research & there is no reasonable public transport to get to Hawes From Hawes to Ingleton & then back to Leeds is more possible but limited services does not allow you to break the journeys at special spots so spoils the whole adventure. So GB's conclusion, to get a true & memorable experience of the Yorkshire Dales, is to hire or take your own transport.

“FREE” SIGHTS TO SEE

1. MALHAM, Cove – unique 70' cliff with stream flowing from limestone pavement on top to bottom~
2. “ Gorge – a narrow gap between two rock faces where river torrent rages through
3. “ Tarn – glacial block of different rock causing this remote lake to be formed above Cove
4. “ Nat Park Visitors Centre – geology & natural history of the area explained
5. AYESGARTH, Falls – postcard setting beside these wide & rock stepped upper & lower water falls
6. HAWES, Market – Charter granted in 1700 biggest in area, weekly sheep & cattle auctions (Tues)
7. “ Ropemaker – watch traditional way to make rope & how the twist is put in, video & shop
8. RIBBLEHEAD Viaduct – on Settle to Carlisle railway, this 24 arch, 500' bridge was built in 1875
9. INGLETON, 3 Peaks Walk – Ingleborough, Whernside & Pen y gent is quite a challenge, try one?
10. “ Thornton Force – part of 4 mile trail set in 1855, see flora & fauna & Rivers Doe & Twiss

CHARGE SIGHTS NOT TO MISS

1. HAWES, Creamery - the famous Wensleydale Cheese is made promoted by Wallace & Gromit
2. “ Dales Museum – tells the story of the Yorkshire Dales, past & present, events & demo's
3. INGLETON, White Scar Cave – UK's longest Cave, 1000's stalactites & massive ice-age cavern

* Malhamdale, Littondale, Wharfedale, Bishopdale, Wensleydale, Dentdale, Ribblesdale, Airedale

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