WHAT’S ON IN THE DALES IN 2018

Whether you want to visit a traditional Dress appropriately for walks and outdoor Dales agricultural show, become a nature activities - the weather in the Dales can be Dogs detective or challenge yourself to learn a changeable. Bring drinks and snacks, wear Dogs are welcome at many events, but new skill, there is something for you. suitably stout footwear, and carry clothing please assume they are NOT permitted to suit all conditions. The fantastic events listed here are hosted and always contact the organiser by a wide variety of organisations. Use the Visit www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/events beforehand to avoid disappointment. contact details provided to find out more for further details on these and many Where dogs are allowed they must be on the one you are interested in - booking more events across the fit enough to negotiate stiles and is essential for some. throughout 2018. steep ascents, be well-behaved, and

Disclaimer be kept under close control on a The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority cannot You are STRONGLY ADVISED to contact the event short fixed lead at all be held responsible for any omissions, subsequent provider to confirm the information given BEFORE times. Assistance dogs changes or revisions that may occur with events setting out. All information included is believed to be information supplied by external agencies. correct at the time of going to print. are always welcome.

Events shown with a blue background are Give your Booking organised by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. We are holding over 140 car a break Some of our most popular events in 2018, all led by our knowledgeable must be pre-booked and pre-paid to Many National Park events can be Dales Volunteers, specialist staff or invited guarantee a place. reached by bus or train and our guided experts. Use this handy key to help you walks have been scheduled to link in For others, places are allocated on the make your choice. with timetables wherever possible. day on a ‘first come, first served’ basis so do arrive early to avoid disappointment. For public transport information visit Key www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/travel or Events are bookable through our online www.dalesbus.org shop at retail.yorkshiredales.org.uk or 1 Guided walk Talk National Park Centres (see page 6).

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Arts and crafts Cheese Festival Be safe equipped or whom they consider unable Workshop Life & Tradition to participate safely. Although all reasonable Our event leaders have discretion not to steps have been taken to ensure safety, Demonstration accept participants who are not suitably participants join in at their own risk.

We have over 50 fantastic guided walks Level 1: gentle walks at a Level 3: more challenging walks, taking on offer in 2018. Each is graded so that leisurely pace on good up to 3 hours; there may be steep you can choose one that you will enjoy, surfaces, taking up to 2 sections and some stiles. and all include stopping time for hours. Level 4: our hardest walks! Up to 8 miles information and rests. Some of our walks Level 2: slightly longer walks of up to 3 long and taking up to 6 hours, these are are barrier free, but many do have stiles hours, sometimes over rough or uneven full day walks over rough terrain, with or steps. footpaths. steep slopes and stiles.

Before you go… prepared for the conditions. • For your own safety and insurance purposes we will ask you for your • Bring warm clothes (including gloves • Our guided walks cost £3 and are name and emergency contact details and hat) in winter and sun FREE to 16s and under (unless when you register for one of our protection in summer. otherwise stated). outdoor events, as well as an email • Wear sturdy footwear and waterproofs • Bring plenty to drink and a snack, or address for your feedback - the - walk leaders can only accept a packed lunch on full days, and information will be treated as strictly participants who are appropriately don’t forget a hot drink on cold days. confidential.

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Saturday 10 February Photograph the Landscape After Dark 17:00 to 19:00 Cove Learn to make the invisible visible. Aimed at confident photographers with a basic knowledge of how to operate an SLR, Bridge or Mirrorless camera. £25. 07717 213 604 [email protected] www.yorkshirephotowalks.com

Sunday 11 February Friday 9 to Sunday 25 Feb Planetarium - An Indoor Adventure to the Stars Dark Skies Festival 2018 10:30 to 15:30 A joint celebration between Yorkshire Dales Countryside Museum, , DL8 3NT Dales and North York Moors National Parks of For details, see 10 Feb. Child £2. Museum admission our very special skies at night. Check out the charges apply. Booking essential. amazing events we and our festival partners are 01969 666210 holding over the fortnight, including star and [email protected] nocturnal animal trails, a lantern parade, darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk subterranean adventures, rocket making Explore your ‘Senses by Starlight’ at Freeholders’ workshops and spectacular planetarium shows. Sunday 11 February Wood, Wensleydale (14 February) A Subterranean Adventure in Find out more at 13:30 to 16:30 www.darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk Meet: Hardraw Old School Bunkhouse, Hawes, DL8 3LZ FEBRUARY An exhilarating underground journey through Crackpot Cave with qualified instructors. Adult £15, child (over Friday 9 to Monday 19 February [email protected] 11s only) £12. ChopArts! www.ortonfarmers.co.uk 01969 666034 / 07546 894317 9:00 to 21:00 [email protected] The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD Saturday 10 to Sunday 25 February www.hardrawoldschoolbunkhouse.co.uk An exhibition of the creative skills expressed by adults Starry Constellation Trail with learning disabilities, inspired by their community 10:00 to 17:00 Monday 12 February and friendships. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Rockets & Telescopes 01748 850123 Explore the night sky by following the constellation 10:30 to 16:00 [email protected] trail both inside and outside the Museum. Find out Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA www.thestation.co.uk how we group the stars and why, who named them Drop in for free space-themed craft activities. Build and and which is the brightest. Collect the hidden letters launch you own rocket, make a working telescope, Friday 9 to Wednesday 21 February to spell a word and win a prize. Museum admission create pom pom planets, draw swirling galaxies and Waterscape charges apply - children free. sparkling stars, and craft shadow planets and animals. 9:00 to 21:00 01969 666210 01729 833200 The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD [email protected] [email protected] A collection of photographic images of water in the darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk landscape by Gordon Gibbons. 01748 850123 Saturday 10 February Monday 12 February [email protected] Planetarium - An Indoor Adventure Star Baker www.thestation.co.uk to the Stars 13:00 to 16:00 10:30 to 15:30 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Saturday 10 to Sunday 25 February St Andrew’s Church Hall, , BD23 2JE Intergalactic biscuit decorating! Create your own edible Orbit Bike Orienteering An indoor, state of the art, immersive multi-media planets, moons and galaxies representing the fabulous 8:00 to 17:00 theatre experience. Shows last 30 minutes and include dark skies of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Stage 1 Cycles, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, a virtual tour of the night sky where we could go Child £3. Museum admission charges apply. DL8 3NT thousands of years into the past or future. There will 01969 666210 Follow a map, find the planets and star checkpoints, also be a chance to try out a Virtual Reality headset. [email protected] and collect the points. This orienteering course is Free space-themed craft activities for children before darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk designed to be completed in approximately 2 hrs and and after the show. Adults £3.50, children £2.50. is predominantly road-based. £2. Booking essential. Monday 12 February 01969 666873 01756 751650 Photographing the Night Sky [email protected] [email protected] 19:00 to 21:00 darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk Evangelical Congregational Church, DL11 6TE Saturday 10 to Sunday 25 February Reeth Informal Astronomy Group share tips and Nocturnal Animals Woodland Trail Saturday 10 February techniques using equipment from phones and 8:00 to 17:00 Snowdrops Photo Walk webcams to DSLRs. If the sky is clear, we will end the Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH 11:00 to 13:00 evening outside taking pictures from Reeth Green. Free Follow the trail through Freeholders’ Wood to discover Gargrave - donations welcome. the nocturnal animals who live here. Our expert tutor will cover everything from close up 01748 884926 01969 652368 photography techniques to colour and light. Open to [email protected] [email protected] all levels. £25. www.reethastro.org.uk darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk 07717 213 604 [email protected] Tuesday 13 February Saturday 10 February www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Rockets & Telescopes Orton Farmers’ Market 10:30 to 16:00 9:00 to 14:00 Saturday 10 February Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU Heads to the Stars For details see 12 Feb. Over 30 stalls from within 50 miles - seasonal food, 17:00 to 20:00 01756 751690 local crafts and refreshments in a village setting in the Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] Dales. A free, British Cycling, women only, Breeze ride, darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk 07969 335598 climbing to Garsdale Head, Cowgill and Newby Head

24 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Tuesday 13 February Friday 16 February Key for National Park Authority-organised events. Starry Night Feltmaking A Subterranean Adventure in Swaledale 13:00 to 16:00 17:30 to 20:30 For more advice - see page 23. Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT Meet: Hardraw Old School Bunkhouse, Hawes , DL8 3LZ Guided walk (for grading, see p23) Take home your very own cosmic felt picture. Family For details, see 11 Feb. 1 drop-in event. Child £3. Museum admission charges apply. 01969 666210 Friday 16 February Created for kids Talk [email protected] To Infinity And Beyond (well, up Ellerkin) darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk 18:00 to 20:00 Arts and crafts Dark Skies Askrigg Camping, DL8 3HZ Tuesday 13 February A 9 mile off-road running adventure of intergalactic The Art of Cuisine and the Cuisine of Art proportions - taking in the rugged trails in Workshop Cheese Festival 14:00 to 15:00 Wensleydale, climbing to the beautiful summit of Middleham Key Centre, DL8 4RA Ellerkin, and heading home via characterful old mine Demonstration Life & Tradition Ghislaine Howard discusses the fabulous meals of Toulouse workings. Booking essential. Free - donations to Lautrec and the introduction of Provencal peasant cooking Swaledale Mountain Rescue Team welcome. to Paris by Renoir and reflects on how art and cooking, 07811 851584 Saturday 17 February eating and looking are inextricably entwined. £8. [email protected] Light Painting Photo Walk 01765 635244 www.askrigg-camping.co.uk [email protected] 14:00 to 16:00 Hoffmann Kiln, Friday 16 February Learn how to balance light, capture high contrast Wednesday 14 February Light Painting Photo Walk scenes and create amazing, colourful effects in your Rockets & Telescopes 19:00 to 21:00 photos with an experienced tutor. Open to all levels. 13:00 to 16:00 £25. Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT Learn how to create weird and wonderful light 07717 213 604 For details see 12 Feb. Museum admission charges apply. paintings with your camera at this dramatic location. [email protected] 01969 666210 Our expert tutor will guide you through settings after www.yorkshirephotowalks.com [email protected] dark. Open to all levels. £25. darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk 07717 213 604 Saturday 17 February [email protected] Photography After Dark in Settle Wednesday 14 February www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Senses by Starlight 17:00 to 19:00 Settle Market Cross, BD24 9EJ 17:30 to 19:30 Friday 16 February Our expert tutor will guide you in setting your camera Meet: Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Dales Drama and composing your shots. Open to all levels. £25. Come and explore how nocturnal creatures use their 19:30 to 20:30 07717 213 604 senses to live and move in the wood after dark. Let Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] yours lead you on a journey of discovery. Create a A social evening and a reading of a short play by www.yorkshirephotowalks.com hide, an animal footprint trap, and a sensory trail for Dorothy Radcliffe (1887-1967) from her book Dales others to follow in the dark. Listen to a story while Drama (1923). Part of the Friends of the Museum Saturday 17 February cooking something tasty on the campfire. Booking annual lecture programme. Free - donations welcome. Night Under The Stars With Richard Darn essential - children £5. adults free. Sorry, no dogs. 01969 666210 18:30 to 22:00 Over 3s only, under 16s must be accompanied. [email protected] Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET 01969 662910 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk [email protected] Following mulled cider and cosmic canapes on arrival, Richard Darn will give a colourful beginners talk about darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk Friday 16 February the amazing night sky, with telescopes and binoculars Megson at the ready to take you on a tour of the heavens. Thursday 15 February 20:00 Plus, handle four billion year old rocks from outer Print Workshop Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT space. Booking essential - £11.35. 9:45 to 16:00 Three times nominated for BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, 01969 624668 Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX the husband and wife duo draw on their Teesside [email protected] Printmaker and linocut artist Helen Peyton will guide heritage to create a truly unique brand of folk music. www.eventbrite.co.uk you through the process of designing a print using the £14 (£16 on door), under 16s half price. night sky for inspiration. Maximum 10 - booking 01748 884759 Saturday 17 February essential. Adult £25, child (over 12s only) £10. [email protected] Under the Dark Skies of Barbon 015242 41357 www.wegottickets.com [email protected] 19:00 to 22:00 The Churchmouse, Barbon, LA6 2LL www.broadrake.co.uk Saturday 17 February Enjoy a glass of mulled wine and tasty tapas as lifelong A Subterranean Adventure in Swaledale amateur astronomer Stuart Atkinson gives an hour- Thursday 15 February 13:30 to 16:30 long illustrated talk about stargazing before you head Rockets & Telescopes Meet: Hardraw Old School Bunkhouse, Hawes , DL8 outside to see the real thing. A chance also to see his 10:30 to 16:00 3LZ collection of rare and valuable meteorites. £10. Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH For details, see 11 Feb. For details see 12 Feb. [email protected] www.eventbrite.co.uk 01969 662910 Saturday 17 February [email protected] Coffee morning Sunday 18 February darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk 10:00 to 12:00 Shunrise - from stars to sunrise Reeth Evangelical Congregational Church, DL11 6TE 06:00 to 09:30 Thursday 15 February An informal drop-in for coffee and cake in the Meet: Hardraw, Hawes , DL8 3LZ Star Baker schoolroom at the back of the chapel, held monthly. Set off in starlight and enjoy a relaxed, social run (or 13:00 to 16:00 Disabled access and facilities available. shuffle?) to Shunner summit for sunrise, a bite to eat Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT 01748 884759 and drink, before descending back to Hardraw. For details see 12 Feb. [email protected] 07415 332556 [email protected] Thursday 15 February Saturday 17 February Search for a Star Bike Trail Waterfall Photo Walk Sunday 18 February 15:00 to 16:00 10:30 to 12:30 Steve Harley Acoustic Trio Meet: Stage 1 Cycles, Dales Countryside Museum, Catrigg Force, Langcliffe 19:00 to 23:00 Hawes, DL8 3NT How to set your camera and compose superb The Garden Rooms, Tennants, Leyburn, DL8 5SG Suitable for all abilities including balance bikes (no photographs with a professional tutor. Open to all Includes a very special Q & A with Steve and his stabilisers please). Look for the starry clues to finish the levels. £25. musicians. £23 - £25. trail. Hot chocolate and marshmallows at the end to 07717 213 604 01969 621146 warm up. £3 - booking essential. [email protected] [email protected] 01969 666873 www.yorkshirephotowalks.com [email protected] www.buytickets.at/steveharley

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 25 Monday 19 February Leyburn, DL8 5AT 01748 884759 Navigating the Night Sky & A spectacular event with school choirs during the day [email protected] Nightscape Photography and senior choirs during the evening, and professional www.wegottickets.com 19:00 to 21:00 adjudicators. Adults £1 day, £3 evening. Final day £3 Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX day, £6 evening. Child 50p. Saturday 24 March Join the local amateur astronomy group for a free 01969 640681 Spring Show session on how to find your way around the night sky. [email protected] Sedbergh People’s Hall, LA10 5DQ 015242 41357 www.dalesmusic.co.uk [email protected] Saturday 24 March to Wednesday 4 April Tuesday 13 March Steerdeer Bicycle Taxidermy Thursday 22 February Delights for the Senses: Exquisite and rare vessels for 9:00 to 21:00 Exploring Ribblehead and Chapel-le-Dale Perfume The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD 10:20 to 15:00 14:00 to 15:00 A collection of faux hunting trophies created from Meet: Ribblehead Railway Station, LA6 3AS Middleham Key Centre, DL8 4RA bicycle components and found objects. Join Mike Benson for a free, varied circular 7 mile International ceramics expert and lecturer at the V&A 01748 850123 walk, taking in Ribblehead Quarry, Anne Howard traces the history of delicate perfume [email protected] National Nature Reserve, and the Grade II-listed St vessels produced through the ages. £8. www.thestation.co.uk Leonard’s Church, with its links to the workers who 01765 635244 built . Well-behaved dogs on short [email protected] Saturday 24 March leads welcome. Road Cycling Challenge Ride: & 01756 749400 Friday 16 March Cocktail [email protected] Low Borrow Bridge in the Roman Period 9:00 to 17:00 www.friendsofthedales.org.uk 19:30 to 20:30 Meet: Wheatley Arms, , LS29 8PP Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT This 76 mile route takes riders from Ilkley to Colne, Friday 23 February An illustrated talk by Graham Hooley from Lunesdale looping back via Airton near Malham and then onto Moon Watch - A night on the moon Archaeology Society about the Roman Fort. Part of the the Wharfe Valley. Challenge Rides are exclusive 19:00 to 21:00 Friends of the Museum annual lecture programme. guided and supported rides similar to a ‘sportive’ in Buck Hotel, Reeth, DL11 6SW Free - donations welcome. that there is a set route, but untimed. Each includes a Join us for an evening on the moon, the earth’s closest 01969 666210 pre-ride bike check, support vehicle, team mechanic, neighbour. We’ll be using telescopes to explore its [email protected] small group with your own dedicated ride leader, and a massive mountains and deep craters. Find out about www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk top café stop. £40. the wonders of the Dales night sky with a fascinating 07710 550237 beginners’ talk, and handle space rocks 4 billion years Friday 16 March [email protected] old. £5, under 14s free (minimum age 7). Captain Scott - the Man and the Myth www.yorkshirevelotours.com/challenge-rides 01748 884633 19:30 to 21:30 [email protected] Amerdale Hall, Arncliffe, BD23 5QD Saturday 24 March www.eventbrite.co.uk Heather Lane - appointed Librarian and Keeper of The Gathering Collections at the Scott Polar Research Institute - 9:30 to 17:00 Sunday 25 February shares her knowledge and expertise in this enthralling Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT A Walk in the Dark Lantern Parade talk. £5 (£6 non-members). Organised by Upper Dales Family History Group, a 18:00 to 19:30 01756 770350 mixture of speakers and presentations ranging from a Meet: Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA [email protected] tale of murder and mayhem to cheese making in Be part of our parade marking the end of the Dark www.uwals.co.uk Cotherstone. £15, includes a buffet lunch provided by Skies Festival 2018. A line of colourful, glowing Firebox Café. lanterns will create a memorable sight as they are Friday 16 March 07432 677783 paraded to the base of Malham Cove. Free pre-walk A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn [email protected] craft activities - make your own glow-in-the-dark 20:00 to 22:00 badges to take with you on your night-time adventure. Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Saturday 24 March 01729 833200 An introduction to stargazing and constellations led by Printmaking without a Press [email protected] rangers, plus a quiz. The event is weather-dependent 10:00 to 17:00 darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk so if we can’t see the stars we’ll take you on a night Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU walk instead. Children must be accompanied. £5 - Join local printmaker Hester Cox on this fun workshop Wednesday 28 February booking essential. No dogs. that will show you don’t need expensive studio Farm Buildings of the Heart of Teesdale 01729 830416 equipment to be able to create lovely prints, stamps, 14:00 to 16:00 [email protected] relief collagraphs and monoprints. £65. Harmby Village Hall, DL8 5PG www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate 01729 830331 Historic building surveyor Jennifer Deadman talks [email protected] about farmsteads she recorded, placing them in an Saturday 17 to Wednesday 28 March www.field-studies-council.org/malhamtarn historic and landscape context. £2. A Yorkshire View 07432 677783 The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD Saturday 24 March [email protected] A free exhibition of paintings and drawings by Lynn A www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk Ward, with a focus on contrasts. 10:30 to 12:30 01748 850123 Meet: Austwick Parish Hall, LA2 8AH [email protected] Join Chris Grogan, creator of A Dales High Way, for a MARCH www.thestation.co.uk free circular 5 mile walk taking in a short section of this Friday 9 March long-distance trail, including the pretty clapper bridge The Emily Askew Band Saturday 17 March at Wash Dub. Well-behaved dogs on short leads 20:00 to 22:30 Creative Photo Walk welcome. Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT 10:30 to 12:00 01756 749400 Fusing Medieval and Renaissance melodies and Skipton [email protected] modern folk styles. Adult £13/15, child £6.50/7.50. Forever photographing the same things? Need a bit www.friendsofthedales.org.uk 01748 884759 more inspiration? On this free walk you will be [email protected] introduced to techniques to make your photography Saturday 24 March www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk stand out in a crowd. Open to all abilities and levels. A Dales High Way - illustrated talk 07717 213 604 14:15 to 16:00 Saturday 10 March [email protected] Austwick Parish Hall, LA2 8AH Orton Farmers’ Market www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Chris Grogan relates how she and husband Tony 9:00 to 14:00 developed the 90-mile route, and how her upbringing Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU Friday 23 March on a hill farm led to a lifelong passion for For details see 10 Feb. Tannara walking. £3. 20:00 01756 749400 Monday 12 to Friday 23 March Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT [email protected] Wensleydale Tournament of Music and Speech Contemporary Scottish folk music. Adult £12/14, child www.friendsofthedales.org.uk 9:30 to 21:30 £6/7.

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All you need to bring is an adult to help you with any tricky stuff. 01729 833200 Life & Tradition in the Yorkshire Dales: [email protected] A Celebration www.yorkshiredales.org.uk 2018 sees the 50th anniversary of this iconic work by Dales authors, Marie Hartley and Joan Friday 6 to Sunday 8 April Ingilby. Written in 1968, the pioneering book Settle Stories Festival chronicles the last days of a disappearing rural Settle way of life, from haytime to village sports. If you are interested in experiencing something new, something fresh, something digital come along and see In a year-long celebration, a series of special how technology can enhance story. events will showcase traditional Dales skills like 0871 976 4350 drystone walling, Wensleydale knitting, and [email protected] making oatcakes and besom, plus the chance to www.settlestories.org.uk have a go. An exhibition at the Dales Countryside Museum Learn more about historical haymaking (24 June) or try Friday 6 April (1 April to 3 July) brings together the authors’ your hand (28-29 July) In the Kitchen notes, photos, objects and sketches. The 11:00 to 15:00 re-published book will be available to buy. Find out Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT more at www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk APRIL Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where Mrs Sunday 1 to Monday 2 April H will explain the hard work that went on there. Sir William Petty Included in museum admission. 11:00 to 17:00 (10:00 Mon) 01969 666210 Wednesday 28 March to Wednesday 25 April Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW [email protected] Voices From the Land Come and meet the 17th century mathematician and www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD philosopher, who reveals that he has embarked on an Farming and landscape in the Yorkshire Dales go hand exciting experiment - an attempt to travel forwards in Saturday 7 to Wednesday 18 April in hand, and have done for at least a thousand years. time to April 2018. Adult £8.30, child £5.20, conc Inspirations in Watercolour But what’s the story today? Reflections from Dales £7.30. The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD farmers about their day-to-day practices and 01756 792442 Having spent many years painting delicate Yorkshire relationship to the landscape. [email protected] wild flowers, Pamela Crawford is using techniques and 01748 850123 www.skiptoncastle.co.uk vibrant colours that reflect her new inspiration. [email protected] 01748 850123 www.thestation.co.uk Tuesday 3 April [email protected] Drystone Walling Demonstration www.thestation.co.uk Wednesday 28 March 11:00 to 15:00 Sir Thomas Robinson, Gentleman of Fashion Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Sunday 8 April 14:00 to 16:00 Join our Dales Volunteers as they showcase this Family Printing Workshop Fremington Sunday School, DL11 6AR traditional craft - one of the most iconic features of the 10:30 to 16:30 Anthony Wood, volunteer guide at Rokeby Park, talks National Park landscape. From the foundations to the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT about the builder of the estate, amateur architect, top stones, during four short drop-in sessions, they will Drop-in session using the etching press with artist Gill spendthrift, diplomat and scallywag. £2. talk through the process of turning a pile of stones into Kirk, playing with stencils to make multi-layered 07432 677783 something that will last for centuries. Included in artwork based on shapes, flowers and grasses using [email protected] museum admission. water-based inks. Child £3. Adult/conc, museum 01969 666210 admission charges apply. Thursday 29 March to Sunday 15 April [email protected] 01969 666210 Easter at Kilnsey Park Estate www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk [email protected] Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Spring trail every day of the school holidays, with Wednesday 4 April special Easter Weekend activities including a crackling Settle Town Trail 1 Tuesday 10 April campfire, egg decorating and rolling, duck racing and 14:15 to 16:15 Drystone Walling Demonstration Easter crafts. Park admission charges apply. Meet: Settle Market Cross, BD24 9EJ 11:00 to 15:00 01756 752150 A short, easy 1 1/2 mile walk exploring the origins and Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] hidden backwaters of this ancient market town, For details see 3 April. www.kilnseypark.co.uk including the smallest art gallery in the world. Dogs on short fixed leads welcome. Adult £3, under 16s free. Tuesday 10 April Saturday 31 March 01729 833200 Votes for Women! Art, Suffragettes & Female Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt at Hudswell Woods [email protected] Politicians 10:30 to 14:30 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 14:00 to 15:00 Hudswell Woods, Richmond, DL10 4TJ Middleham Key Centre, DL8 4RA Drop in and enjoy our 1.5 mile nature trail in meadows Thursday 5 April To mark the centenary of women first getting the vote, and ancient woodland on the banks of the River Swale. Go Wild! archivist and author Caroline Shenton explores the Suitable for primary school children - all children must 11:00 to 15:00 story of the suffragettes through portrayals in art. £8. be accompanied. Trail sheet £2. Dogs on leads welcome. Tebay Southbound Services, CA10 3SB 01765 635244 01729 830416 Free drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year [email protected] [email protected] olds, with lots of crafty stuff and wildlife investigations. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 27 Wednesday 11 April 01969 666210 the attics of Thirsk Museum, whose main contributors Introduction to Geocaching at Hudswell Woods [email protected] were the daughters of the late 19th century Rector of 13:00 to 15:30 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Sessay, provide the basis for this talk by Janet Ratcliffe Meet: Round Howe car park, Richmond, DL10 4TJ and Sue Thorne. £2. Fancy having a go at geocaching but not sure how to Wednesday 18 to Thursday 19 April 07432 677783 go about it? Join us to learn the basics and then put it Willow Frame Baskets [email protected] into practice. A fun afternoon for the family. Booking Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk essential. Dogs on leads only. Adult £5, child £3. A two-day workshop learning how to make a 01729 830416 traditional willow frame basket. £130 - includes Thursday 26 April [email protected] materials and lunches. Spoon Carving www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hudswell-woods 015242 41357 9:45 to 16:30 [email protected] Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX Friday 13 to Sunday 15 April www.broadrake.co.uk A one-day introduction to carving, from log to cooking Textures of the Landscape: Exploring spoon. Take home a practical and beautiful utensil, as Collagraph Printmaking Wednesday 18 April well as new skills. £85. 16:00 Vernacular Buildings of & 015242 41357 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU surrounding areas of Bowland [email protected] A two-day course with professional printmaker Hester 19:00 www.broadrake.co.uk Cox. £150-260, depending on board basis. Long Preston Village Hall, BD23 4PH 01729 830331 Illustrated talk. £2. Friday 27 to Sunday 29 April [email protected] www.northcravenheritage.org.uk Wandering Draw: Malham Tarn in Graphite & www.field-studies-council.org Charcoal Friday 20 to Sunday 22 April 16:00 Friday 13 April Identifying and Recording Water Bugs Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Calan 16:00 to 15:00 Short walks around the tarn and fen, stopping to draw 20:00 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU characterful notations to create a journal of Malham Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT An introductory course on how to collect and handle Tarn drawings over the weekend. £150-260, The remarkable talents of five young musicians give a water bugs and use identification keys. £150-£260, depending on board basis. fresh and vibrant sound to traditional Welsh music. depending on board basis. 01729 830331 Adult £13/15, child £6.50/7.50. 01729 830331 [email protected] 01748 884759 [email protected] www.field-studies-council.org [email protected] www.field-studies-council.org www.wegottickets.com Friday 27 April Friday 20 April Badapple Theatre present ’Amy Johnson’ Friday 13 April Archaeology of Fountains Abbey 19:30 to 21:30 A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn 18:30 to 19:30 Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT 20:00 to 22:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT The inspirational story of the Hull aviatrix. Join Betty Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT An illustrated talk by archaeologist Mark Newman. and Mabel, the two jovial WAF girls, who follow For details see 16 March. Part of the Friends of the Museum annual lecture Amy’s final mysterious wartime journey. £10, under programme. Free - donations welcome. 16s £5. Saturday 14 April 01969 666210 01748 884759 Orton Farmers’ Market [email protected] [email protected] 9:00 to 14:00 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU For details see 10 Feb. Saturday 21 April Saturday 28 April Road Cycling Challenge Ride: Haworth, Hebden 3 Peaks Fell Race Saturday 14 April Bridge & Widdop Moor Horton-in- Table Top Sale 9:00 to 17:00 One of the oldest and most famous UK fell races, this 10:00 to 12:30 Meet: Wheatley Arms, Ilkley, LS29 8PP 37.4km challenge traverses the famous mountains of Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT This 61 mile route gives a taste of Bronte country, now Pen-y-ghent, Ingleborough and . A variety of stalls plus refreshments, tombola and famously used in both the Tour de France and Tour de 01943 872020 raffle. Free admission. Yorkshire. For further details on Yorkshire Velo Tours [email protected] 01748 884759 2018 Challenge Rides, see 24 March. www.threepeaksrace.org.uk [email protected] Saturday 21 April Saturday 28 April Saturday 14 April Waterfalls of the Swale Sedbergh Artisan Market Cave Photography 13:00 to 15:00 9:30 to 15:00 10:30 to 12:30 Meet: Keld Resource Centre, DL11 6LJ Sedbergh Main Street Yordas Cave, Ingleton An easy 2 mile guided walk led by Griff Fellows, Farmers, cooks, crafters, market gardeners, makers and Delve beneath the surface of the Yorkshire Dales with author of The Waterfalls of , covering seven of artists display their produce. The quality is high, the a tutor to capture this amazing Victorian show cave on the finest in the Keld area. Dogs on leads and atmosphere relaxed and welcoming, within the setting camera. £25. accompanied children welcome. Booking essential. of Sedbergh’s cafés, shops, books and hills. 07717 213 604 £3.50 - children free. 015396 20504 [email protected] 07790 401476 [email protected] www.yorkshirephotowalks.com [email protected] www.sedbergh.org.uk www.eventbrite.co.uk Saturday 14 April Saturday 28 April Limestone Pavements Photo Walk Sunday 22 April Community Planting Day 14:00 to 17:00 A Short Stroll to Gayle 10:00 to 14:00 Ingleton 11:00 to 12:00 Carsa Brow, Orton Learn how to compose stunning shots as we explore Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Join Wildlife Trust as they plant wildflower Twistleton Scar above Ingleton. £25. A lovely 1.3 mile (2.1km) walk through stone-walled plug plants to enhance previous green hay spreading 07717 213 604 meadows to Gayle, with its former cotton mill, then at Orton Community Parkland, one of Cumbria’s new [email protected] along a packhorse track for stunning views of the Coronation Meadows. www.yorkshirephotowalks.com surrounding hills. Adult £3, under 16s free. 01539 816300 01969 666210 [email protected] Sunday 15 April [email protected] www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk Traditional Stick Making Demonstration www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 10:30 to 16:30 Saturday 28 April Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Wednesday 25 April Andy Irvine Join the Wild Stick Man Stuart Lawrence for a Cakes and Creativity, Life in a Rural Rectory 20:00 to 22:30 demonstration in stick making, including a traditional 14:00 to 16:00 Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT shepherd’s crook with a sheep horn. Included in Harmby Village Hall, DL8 5PG The Irish singer-songwriter has been a world music museum admission. A collection of hand written magazines discovered in pioneer and icon for traditional music throughout his

28 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk 45 year career. Adult £14/16, child £7/8. Author Colin Speakman leads an easy circular walk 01748 884759 along the River Ribble to Langcliffe Mill. Start timed to Key for National Park Authority-organised events. [email protected] meet Leeds train. Part of Ride2Stride Walking Festival. For more advice - see page 23. www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk 01756 749400 [email protected] 1 Guided walk (for grading, see p23) Sunday 29 April www.friendsofthedales.org.uk Beginners Jewellery Enamelling Created for kids Talk 10:00 to 17:00 Friday 4 to Tuesday 8 May Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU May Bank Holiday Cycling Special featuring A one day workshop with Emily Knight exploring two Tour de Yorkshire Arts and crafts Dark Skies different processes on copper. £65. 11:00 to 13:00 01729 830331 Meet: Riverside Hotel, Ilkley, LS29 9EU Workshop Cheese Festival [email protected] An exclusive trip to watch the pros, ride sections of the www.field-studies-council.org Tour route, and stay in one of the host towns. For further details on Yorkshire Velo Tours 2018 Challenge Demonstration Life & Tradition Sunday 29 April Rides, see 24 March. Dent Village Trail 1 14:00 to 16:30 Friday 4 May Sunday 6 May Meet: Dent car Park, LA10 5QL Adam Sedgwick, Geologist and Dalesman - Woodblock Printing Workshop Join us for a 1½ mile (2.4km) walk to discover the illustrated talk 10:00 to 16:00 village’s fascinating historic buildings, and tales of 14:15 to 16:00 Take home a lovely artwork as well as learning new famous son Adam Sedgwick, the Terrible Knitters and Settle Quaker Meeting House, BD24 9DX techniques along the way with artist Gill Kirk. £50, the Dent Vampire! Dogs on short fixed leads welcome. Author Colin Speakman talks about the life and includes materials and lunch. 10 places - booking essential. Adult £3, under 16s free achievements of Dent’s famous pioneer geologist. Part 01969 666210 01969 666210 of Ride2Stride Walking Festival. £3. [email protected] [email protected] 01756 749400 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks [email protected] www.friendsofthedales.org.uk Monday 7 May MAY Iconic Landscapes of Upper Ribblesdale 4 Friday 4 May 10:00 to 15:30 Tuesday 1 to Monday 7 May Shepherdess: One Woman Farm - Book Launch Meet: Horton-in-Ribblesdale Railway Station, BD24 0HE Ride2stride Walking Festival 18:30 to 20:30 A stunning, free 7½ mile (12km) walk through classic A week-long festival of walks, talks and music along Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT limestone scenery with views of the Three Peaks. the fabulous Settle-Carlisle railway line. Photographer Ian Lawson has documented a year in Explore the influence of humans on this special [email protected] the life of shepherdess Alison O’Neil on Shackla Bank landscape, follow ancient highways, and see the www.skyware.co.uk/scwf/default.html Farm. Free event. award-winning new bridge at Far Moor. 01969 666210 Part of Ride2 Stride Walking Festival Tuesday 1 May [email protected] www.skyware.co.uk/scwf/program/program.htm Surprising Settle www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk 9:48 to 15:00 Tuesday 8 May Meet: , BD24 9AA Saturday 5 to Monday 7 May Drystone Walling Demonstration Led by Mark Corner, Chairman of Friends of the Dales, Wild Weekends 11:00 to 15:00 this easy 7 mile stroll starts with a river walk to the Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT charming hamlet of Stackhouse and the fascinating Have fun in the fresh air with family bushcraft For details, see 3 April. Hoffmann Kiln. Start timed for arrival of Leeds train. activities, including den building, fire lighting and Pooh Part of Ride2stride Walking Festival. Sticks - before enjoying marshmallows over a crackling Tuesday 8 May 01756 749400 campfire. Different themes for each Wild Weekend in Gilded Glories - the Fascinating History of Gilding [email protected] 2018 include woodcrafts, survival skills and world of 14:00 to 15:00 www.friendsofthedales.org.uk bugs. Park admission applies. Middleham Key Centre, DL8 4RA 01756 752150 Decorative artist Jo Mabbutt explores the continuing Tuesday 1 May [email protected] fascination of embellishing objects with gold leaf. £8. Drystone Walling Demonstration www.kilnseypark.co.uk 01765 635244 11:00 to 15:00 [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Saturday 5 May For details, see 3 April. Buckden Out Moor Fell Race in Upper Wharfedale Go Wild! with us throughout the school holidays, with 10:00 to 12:00 streamdipping and other wildlife investigations Wednesday 2 May Buckden Car Park, BD23 5JA Settle’s Hinterland 4 This challenging 5.1 mile fell race takes you up Rakes 9:50 to 15:15 Wood to Buckden Pike summit, descending past the Meet: Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA historic lead mine. Booking essential - £6. A free 7 mile (11.3 km) walk, including Winskill Stones 01729 830416 Nature Reserve and Victoria Cave. Hear about [email protected] Langcliffe’s violent past, visit Catrigg Force and www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale Samson’s Toe, and learn about the forces which have shaped the landscape. Start timed to meet Leeds train. Saturday 5 May Part of Ride2stride Walking Festival. A Walk with a View www.skyware.co.uk/scwf/program/program.htm 12:02 to 17:00 Meet: Ribblehead Railway Station, LA6 3AS Wednesday 2 May Join Chris Grogan, creator of the Dales High Way, for Discovering Long Preston Deeps a moderately strenuous, free, 8 mile circular walk with 10:44 to 15:00 stunning views of Ingleborough, Whernside and Meet: Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA Ribblehead Viaduct. Start timed to meet Leeds train. An easy-to-moderate 6 mile circular walk along the Part of Ride2Stride Walking Festival. Ribble Way, led by Dr Tony Smith, Trustee of Friends 01756 749400 of the Dales. Start timed to meet Leeds train. Part of [email protected] Ride2Stride Walking Festival. www.friendsofthedales.org.uk 01756 749400 [email protected] Saturday 5 May www.friendsofthedales.org.uk Long Preston May Day 13:00 to 16:00 Friday 4 May Traditional country and Maypole dancing on the green River & Rocks - free guided walk at 1pm, plus activities, rides and stalls. 10:44 to 13:00 07760 472194. Meet: Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA The annual Flowers of the Dales Festival celebrates the glorious range of wildflowers, their habitats, and the species they support, by offering a host of fun and exciting events from March to October. It is run by local charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, with partner organisations and individuals. Look out for the flower icon on these pages and visit www.ydmt.org for the full programme.

Sunday 13 May Rag Rugmaking Workshop 11:00 to 16:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT A full day workshop with internationally-renowned rug maker, Heather Ritchie. Learn the basics to enable you Saturday 12 to Wednesday 23 May Wednesday 9 May to create a unique piece for your home. 10 places Boats and Planes…but mainly Trains! Lunchtime Meander to the River Ure 1 available. £50, includes materials and lunch. 9:00 to 21:00 12:15 to 13:45 01969 666210 The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] A collection of oil on canvas paintings and Spend your lunchtime with us on a leisurely 1.5 mile www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk (2.4km) stroll, taking in a bit of the photographs from the Age of Steam on British Railways in the 1950s and 60s. before walking through meadowland alongside the Sunday 13 May 01748 850123 River Ure where we hope to meet some waterfowl. Wensleydale Map Magic 2 [email protected] Adult £3, children free. 13:30 to 16:30 www.thestation.co.uk 01969 666210 Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] Join our experts on this 3.5 mile (5.6 km) guided walk Saturday 12 May www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks to discover some of the stories hidden in maps, Orton Farmers’ Market including film and TV locations. Learn how to use a 9:00 to 14:00 Wednesday 9 May map to identify features and find the paths that can Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU The Burden of Paradise with Snake Davies take you on your own voyages of discovery. Adult £3, For details, see 10 Feb. 19:30 under 16s free. Amerdale Hall, Arncliffe, BD23 5QD 01969 666210 Saturday 12 May Snake has played sax with Take That and Ray Charles. [email protected] A Landscape Photographer’s Guide Dave has played bass with Martha And The Vandellas, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Helen has sung with The Eagles. Together they play an to the ‘Nifty Fifty’ Photo Walk 10:30 to 12:30 eclectic mix of soul, pop, folk and jazz. £10. Wednesday 16 May Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA 01756 770235 Spring Flowers in Freeholders’ Wood 1 Leave your wise angle lens at home and learn how to [email protected] 11:00 to 12:30 capture the Dales though a fixed focal length of 50mm www.littondale.net Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH with the help of our expert tutor. Open to all levels. £25. Join Wildlife Conservation Officer Tony Serjeant on this 07717 213 604 Wednesday 9 May 1½ mile walk amongst the bluebells. Learn how to [email protected] A Little Country in Itself - Ingilby and Hartley’s identify spring flowers. Find out how the woods are www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Swaledale managed with traditional coppicing and how that 19:30 to 21:00 benefits local wildlife. Dogs on fixed short leads Saturday 12 May Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX welcome. Adult £3, under 16s free. How to use Filters Photo Walk A Friends of the Museum talk with Helen Bainbridge. 01969 662910 14:00 to 16:00 £4 (non-members £5). [email protected] Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA 01748 884118 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks [email protected] Filters can be a really useful tool when it comes to landscape photography. Learn which ones to use www.swaledalemuseum.org Friday 18 to Monday 21 May effectively. Open to all levels. £25. British Birds of Prey: Identification and Monitoring 07717 213 604 Friday 11 to Sunday 13 May 16:00 to 15:00 [email protected] Introduction to Water Beetles Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU www.yorkshirephotowalks.com 16:00 to 15:00 An introduction to the different British species, their Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU ecology and behaviours and various ways of monitoring Sunday 13 May to Sunday 10 June A course in how to collect and handle water beetles them. £255-£375 depending on board basis. Wild About Orchids month and use identification keys. £150-£260 depending on 01729 830331 Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS board basis. [email protected] Celebrating the wonderful world of wildflowers, 01729 830331 www.field-studies-council.org [email protected] including the UK’s rarest orchid, the enigmatic Lady Slipper. Park admission applies. www.field-studies-council.org Friday 18 to Monday 21 May 01756 752 150 Creatures, Coves and Cafés of Craven [email protected] Saturday 12 May 16:00 to 15:00 www.kilnseypark.co.uk Wildflowers around Grassington 2 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU 14:00 to 17:00 This level 2 walking course is an opportunity to see Sunday 13 May Meet: Grassington NPC, BD23 5LB some of the best scenery the Dales has to offer in the Birdsong Walk in Upper Wharfedale Want to learn how to identify wild flowers? Join company of experienced staff. £150-£275. 8:00 to 10:30 enthusiasts Heather and Chris for a walk through the 01729 830331 Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA flower-rich habitats in Grassington. This walk will involve [email protected] Join our Ranger for a 2.5 mile guided walk. Suitable lots of stopping and looking. Adults £3, children free. www.field-studies-council.org 01756 751690 for accompanied children age 7+. Booking essential. No dogs. Adult £5, child £3.50. [email protected] Friday 18 to Monday 21 May 01729 830416 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Fly Fishing Weekend [email protected] 16:00 to 15:00 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale

30 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Peter Higginbotham looks at children’s homes and how Enjoy the experience of fly fishing for wild brown trout children were looked after. £2. Key for National Park Authority-organised events. on the Tarn. Learn the many techniques involved in 07432677783 For more advice - see page 23. fishing still waters and rivers, and the life of the trout [email protected] and its diet. £285 - £420. 1 Guided walk (for grading, see p23) 01729 830331 Wednesday 23 May [email protected] Keld in Swaledale 1870-1970: The Decline of an Created for kids Talk www.field-studies-council.org Upland Community 19:30 to 21:00 Friday 18 May Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX Arts and crafts Dark Skies A Thousand Hay Times A Friends of the Museum talk by Duncan Bythell. £4 19:30 to 20:30 (non-members £5). Workshop Cheese Festival Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 01748 884118 An illustrated talk by archaeologist Tom Lord about the [email protected] hay meadows at Winskill in Upper Ribblesdale, past, www.swaledalemuseum.org Demonstration Life & Tradition present and future. Part of the Friends of the Museum annual lecture programme. Free - donations welcome. Wednesday 23 May Saturday 26 May 01969 666210 Bats around Grassington 2 Westmorland Dales Hay Time Survey - [email protected] 20:30 to 22:00 refresher training www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Meet: Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB 10:00 to 16:00 A short 2 mile walk with Wildlife Conservation Officer Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU Saturday 19 May Tony Serjeant down to the river and around the A course designed for new or less confident botanists CRO Ingleborough Challenge 2018 village to discover where bats like to fly. Bring a torch - who would like to refresh their meadow plant Cave Rescue Organisation, Clapham, LA2 8HH the walk home will be dark! Adult £3, under 16s free. identification skills. CRO’s provides a volunteer cave, mountain and animal 01756 751690 01539 816300 rescue service for the Three Peaks and Malham areas [email protected] [email protected] of the Yorkshire Dales. Walk or run the 26 miles of the www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk Ingleborough Marathon or the12 mile Clapham Circuit as part of their annual fundraiser. £25/£15. Saturday 26 May to Saturday 9 June Saturday 26 to Wednesday 30 May [email protected] Swaledale Festival Malham Safari 2018 www.cro.org.uk Award-winning annual celebration of music, arts and 10:00 to 16:00 walking in the three northernmost dales - Swaledale, Life-sized animals take over the beautiful village of Saturday 19 May Wensleydale and - attracting the finest Malham, this year on the theme of ‘Around the World Road Cycling Challenge Ride: Norwood Edge, artists from all over the world. in 80 days’. Follow the quiz trail and count the hot air Arncliffe and Langbar 01748 880018 balloons to win prizes. Enjoy refreshments from the 9:00 to 17:00 [email protected] Safari Café and plenty of family entertainment. Meet: Wheatley Arms, Ilkley, LS29 8PP www.swalefest.org 01729 830662 Unashamedly based on the route of Ilkley Cycling [email protected] Club’s brilliant annual summer sportive, the White Saturday 26 May to Sunday 3 June www.facebook.com/malhamsafari Rose Classic, this 74 mile ride covers much of the same Go Wild Week ground, but throws in the awesome climb of the Cote Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS Saturday 26 May to 3 June de Arncliffe. For further details on Yorkshire Velo Tours A chance to do your thing in the great outdoors. Catch Clapham Art Exhibition 2018 Challenge Rides, see 24 March. a fish, build a den and make a tree spirit - then enjoy 11:00 to 18:00 marshmallows over a crackling campfire. Park Clapham Village Hall, LA2 8HR Saturday 19 May admission applies. Clapham Art Group members meet throughout the BLS Introduction to Lichens 01756 752 150 year to paint, share ideas and explore techniques, and 10:00 to 17:00 [email protected] produce original work in a variety of media for sale. Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU www.kilnseypark.co.uk 50p entry. Discover the world of lichens through this one-day 01729 822476 course and use simple charts and keys to help you Saturday 26 May to Friday 1 June [email protected] identify them with confidence. £40. Gaping Gill Winch Meet 01729 830331 8:00 to 17:00 Sunday 27 May [email protected] 8am to 5pm approx. (1pm Fri) Source of the Swale Guided Walk www.field-studies-council.org Experience the thrill of being lowered down this huge 11:00 to 13:00 natural chamber by bosun’s chair with Pothole Meet: Hoggarth’s Bridge parking area, Keld Saturday 19 May Club and discover a hidden underground world. £15. A gentle 2.5 mile stroll through meadows to discover Ritchie Parrish Ritchie www.bpc-cave.org.uk the source of the River Swale at the confluence of 20:00 to 22:30 Birkdale and Sleddale becks. Dogs on leads welcome. Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT Saturday 26 May to Wednesday 6 June Adult £3.50, children free. The seasoned performers create a rich and memorable How I See the World 07790 401476 interfusion of music and stories, alongside 9:00 to 21:00 [email protected] percussionist, singer-songwriter Beaker Granger. Adult The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD www.eventbrite.co.uk £14 (£16 on door), child £7 (£8). A collection of photographs inspired by nature, by 01748 884759 16-year-old Jacq Whitehead. Sunday 27 May [email protected] 01748 850123 Dent: Sunnyside and Moneyside 3 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk [email protected] 13:30 to 16:30 www.thestation.co.uk Meet: Dent car park, LA10 5QL Sunday 20 May Join us on this 4 mile (6.4km) walk in beautiful The King’s Highway and an Ancient Woodland 4 Saturday 26 May Dentdale. Stroll along the through pleasant 10:45 to 15:15 Sedbergh Artisan Market flower meadows by the River Dee, and return on a Meet: Settle Market Cross, BD24 9EJ 9:30 to 15:00 centuries-old route linking the farms and what was the A 4½ mile (7km) walk to Cleatop Park Wood to For details, see 28 April. old Dent workhouse. Adult £3, under 16s free. experience the beauty of springtime and hear how the 01969 666210 woodland is managed - you may even see wild deer. Saturday 26 to Monday 28 May [email protected] Adult £3, under 16s free. 15th Century Wars of the Roses www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 01729 833200 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sunday) [email protected] Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Monday 28 May www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Journey back to the 15th century with the Red Wyvern Austwick Cuckoo Festival & Street Market Society. See a recreation of a medieval campsite within Austwick Village Green, LA2 8BB Wednesday 23 May the castle grounds and the garrison demonstrate their A fun day out for all the family - stalls, entertainment, No place like home arms and armour. Adult £8.30, child £5.20, conc £7.30. fell race and fabulous Yorkshire food. 14:00 to 16:00 01756 792442 austwick.org Fremington Sunday School, DL11 6AR [email protected] Known for his research into workhouses, this talk by www.skiptoncastle.co.uk

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 31 Monday 28 May [email protected] Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX West Burton May Fair www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk A 3-day course for those starting out, but wanting 13:00 to 16:00 guidance to get to grips with this lovely medium. Local West Burton Village Green, DL8 4JY Friday 1 to Sunday 3 June landscape artist Kevin Brown covers the various aspects Lots of family fun with maypole dancing, junior fun Identifying Bees with Steven Falk that make this medium so versatile and effective. £85. run, dog show, 135 foot inflatable assault course, 16:00 to 15:00 015242 51002 sheep dog demo, Morris dancers, and water slide. Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU [email protected] 01969 663642 Learn how to record and identify bees under the www.ydmt.org [email protected] microscope and on a field trip to develop skills. £150 - www.westburton-yorkshire.co.uk £260 depending on board basis. Wednesday 6 June 01729 830331 The Craven Limeworks 2 Tuesday 29 May [email protected] 14:00 to 16:00 Go Wild! www.field-studies-council.org Meet: Craven Limeworks car park (SD824663) 11:00 to 15:00 Explore one of the area’s best kept archaeological Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA Saturday 2 June secrets - it has to be seen to be believed! Dogs on Go Wild! about wildlife. Discover your National Park Botany Beginnings: Wildflowers short fixed leads welcome. Adult £3, under 16s free. and join in the fun of the Malham Safari. Free drop-in 10:00 to 16:00 01729 833200 activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year olds, with lots Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU [email protected] of crafty stuff, wildlife investigations and stream This beginners’ course will cover wildflower anatomy, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks dipping, too. All you need to bring is an adult to help terminology, and common families, and teach simple you with any tricky stuff, shoes you can paddle in and methods of identification. £25. Thursday 7 June a towel. 01729 830331 Cheese, Cows and Dairies 01729 833200 [email protected] 10:00 to 15:30 [email protected] www.field-studies-council.org Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX www.yorkshiredales.org.uk A 2 mile talk and walk investigating the structures and Sunday 3 to Sunday 17 June settings of old Dales farmhouses and barns built Tuesday 29 May Sedbergh Music Festival against limestone scars. £5 - booking essential. Villages of Lower Wensleydale 3 An enticing mix of international and local talents, with 01969 666210 11:00 to 15:00 music ranging from medieval to modern folk and [email protected] Meet: Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH exuberant brass band via string quartets, groups and Join our experienced Dales Volunteers for a 6 mile aspiring young soloists. Friday 8 to Monday 11 June (10km) guided walk to discover two villages, two [email protected]. One Third of British Sedges in Three Days follies and two fine waterfalls. Part of Swaledale www.sedbergh.org.uk 16:00 to 15:00 Festival. Adult £7, under 25s free. Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU 01748 880018 Sunday 3 June Learn to identify sedges for surveys and observe them [email protected] Springtime in Oxenber and Wharfe Woods 4 in diverse habitats at this superb site where it is www.swalefest.org 11:00 to 15:30 possible to see one third of all British Sedges within Meet: Knight Stainforth Hall Camping & Caravan Park, three miles. A course for beginners and intermediates. Wednesday 30 May BD24 0DP £235-£350 depending on board basis. Woodland Adventure in Upper Wharfedale A lovely 6 mile (10km) guided walk in the company of 01729 830331 10:30 to 15:00 Wildlife Conservation Officer Tony Serjeant. On the [email protected] Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA way, we visit the mysterious Celtic Wall.. Adult £3, www.field-studies-council.org We’ll be lighting fires, making dens and shelters and under 16s free. playing games. Suitable for accompanied children aged 01729 833200 Friday 8 June 7-11. Booking essential - £5. No dogs. [email protected] Wild Flowers at Malham Tarn 01729 830416 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 19:00 to 21:00 [email protected] Meet: Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale Sunday 3 June A 2 mile guided walk to marvel at the variety of Discover Ancient Arkengarthdale 3 flowers in this peaceful and important National Nature Wednesday 30 May 11:00 to 15:00 Reserve. Children must be accompanied by an adult. From Tarn to Cove - Where Did the Water Go? 2 Meet: Charles Bathurst Inn, Arkengarthdale, DL11 6EN £5 - booking essential. 13:30 to 16:30 Join our Dales Volunteers for a 6 mile (10km) guided 01729 830416 Meet: Malham Tarn (Water Sinks) car park walk to explore this fascinating landscape steeped [email protected] (grid ref SD 8941 6580) in leadmining history. Part of Swaledale Festival. Adult www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate A spectacular 3 mile (4.8km) walk through classic £7, under 25s free. Park in Langthwaite car park, DL11 limestone scenery. See a river disappear and discover 6RE (pay and display). Saturday 9 June why the valley runs dry. Adults £3, under 16s free. 01748 880018 Orton Farmers’ Market 01729 833200 [email protected] 9:00 to 14:00 [email protected] www.swalefest.org Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks For details, see 10 Feb. Sunday 3 June Thursday 31 May Traditional Knitting Demonstration Saturday 9 June Jericho Tour - Ribblehead 13:30 to 16:30 Wildflower Photo Walk Ribblehead Railway Station, LA6 3AS Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 11:00 to 13:00 A free guided tour of the site of the shanty towns (as Join Dales knitting expert Kate Trusson for a Muker featured in ITV’s Jericho) and the history behind the demonstration with four needles and knitting sticks using Learn how to take spectacular photographs of building of the Settle-Carlisle Railway Line and iconic traditional patterns. Included in museum admission. wildflowers with a tutor, from wide angle landscape viaduct. Optional visit to Garsdale Station’s statue of 01969 666210 shots to close ups. Open to all levels. £25. Ruswarp, the only dog to sign the closure petition! [email protected] 07717 213604 Donations welcome. www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk [email protected] 01729 825454 www.yorkshirephotowalks.com [email protected] Tuesday 5 June www.sandctrust.org.uk/Jericho Social History around Reeth Saturday 9 June 13:00 to 15:00 Landscape Photography Composition Photo Walk JUNE Meet: Reeth Green bus shelter 14:30 to 17:00 An easy walk, focussing on the village’s architectural Muker Friday 1 June and occupational history and referencing Dales authors A walk in Swaledale for an in-depth look at composing In the Kitchen - Wash Days Marie Hartley and Joan Ingliby. £7. landscape photographs. Open to all levels. £25. 11:00 to 15:00 01748 880018 07717 213604 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] [email protected] Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where Mrs. www.yorkshirephotowalks.com H will explain all about wash days in times gone by. Weds 6, Tues 12 and Weds 20 June Included in museum admission. Introduction to Watercolour Painting Sunday 10 June 01969 666210 9:30 to 16:00 The Peregrines at Malham Cove 1

32 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk 10:30 to 12:30 10:30 to 12:30 Meet: Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA Manor Farm, Cray, BD23 5JB Key for National Park Authority-organised events. An easy walk to Malham Cove with Wildlife A morning with a local farmer to learn about life and For more advice - see page 23. Conservation Officer Ian Court. Hopefully, you will see work on a traditional farm. Booking essential. these magnificent birds, the fastest creatures on earth, 01969 666210 1 Guided walk (for grading, see p23) flying to and from their nests on the cliff - you might [email protected] even see this year’s chicks! Adults £3, under 16s free. Created for kids Talk 01729 833200 Thursday 14 June [email protected] Steve Turner www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 20:00 to 22:30 Arts and crafts Dark Skies Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT Sunday 10 June The multi-instrumentalist stretches the boundaries of Workshop Cheese Festival Discover Lower Wensleydale 3 traditional forms, and has one of the best voices in the 13:00 to 16:00 business. £10 (£12 door), under 16s half price. Meet: Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH 01748 884759 Demonstration Life & Tradition Enjoy an easy going 5 mile (8 km) guided walk where [email protected] everything comes in twos: two Dales villages, two www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk garden gems, with live music throughout the village follies and two stunning waterfalls. Adult £3, under and refreshments in the hall. Sorry, no dogs. £6 (£4 16s free. Friday 15 to Saturday 30 June advance). 01969 662910 Grassington Festival 01756 749443 [email protected] Now in its 38th year, this annual multi arts and music [email protected] www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks festival brings together internationally renowned acts gargravevillagehall.org.uk and high quality performances. The village comes alive Tuesday 12 June daily with street theatre, workshops and creative Saturday 16 June Wayside Flowers of Orton 2 challenges. Family Meadow Walk 1 10:00 to 13:00 [email protected] 14:00 to 16:00 Meet: Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU www.grassington-festival.org.uk Meet: Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Join Wildlife Conservation Officer Sue Thurley for a 4 Join us as we do some basic wildflower identification, mile (6.4km) gentle stroll through the quiet lanes of Friday 15 June search for pollinating insects and do a little bit of arty Orton identifying the wildflowers found in its special Historical Quarrying in the Pennine Dales stuff. Suitable for accompanied children aged 8+. Dogs species-rich road verges. Adults £3, under 16s free. 19:30 to 20:30 on a short fixed lead welcome. Part of Grassington 01969 666210 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Festival. £3. [email protected] A free illustrated talk by Dr. David Johnson on the 01756 752691 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks history of quarrying from the Middle Ages to the [email protected] present. Donations welcome. www.grassington-festival.org.uk Tuesday 12 June 01969 666210 The Scoliotic Knight: Reconstructing the Real Richard III [email protected] Saturday 16 June 14:00 to 15:00 Buckden Gala Tennants Auction Rooms, Leyburn, DL8 5SG Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 June www.buckdengala.co.uk Dr. Toby Capwell, world authority on medieval armour, The Dales Festival of Food and Drink shares his expertise on the last Plantagenet King, Market Place, Leyburn, DL8 5DQ Sunday 17 June whose skeleton confirmed he had severe curvature of A free festival celebrating the very best food and drink Historical Quarrying in the Yorkshire Dales: Walk the spine. How could Richard have worn full armour the Dales has to offer. 10:00 to 15:30 and fought in three major battles? £8. 07817 711227 Meet: Cattle grid near Simonstone (grid ref SD 865 01969 650774 [email protected] 928) [email protected] www.dalesfestivaloffood.org A 4 mile guided walk with Dr. David Johnson on Abbotside Common looking at flagstone quarries and Wednesday 13 June Saturday 16 June mines at Stags Fell and limestone quarrying at Shutt Willow Curlews Road Cycling Challenge Ride: Askwith Moor, Gate. £5. 9:45 to 16:30 Lofthouse & the Druids Temple 01969 666210 Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX 9:00 to 17:00 [email protected] With the call of this iconic Dales bird in the Meet: Wheatley Arms, Ilkley, LS29 8PP surrounding fields, tutor Phil Bradley guides the class in This 69 mile route takes in sections of the 2017 Tour creating their very own curlew in sculptural willow. de Yorkshire route, as well as a ride past the famous Sheep dog trials are a traditional and much-loved part £70. Druid’s Temple near Masham. For further details on of Dales annual agricultural shows 015242 41357 Yorkshire Velo Tours 2018 Challenge Rides, see 24 [email protected] March. www.broadrake.co.uk Saturday 16 June Wednesday 13 June Botany Beginnings: Grasses, Sedges and Rushes Dent: Sunnyside and Moneyside 3 10:00 to 16:00 13:30 to 16:30 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Meet: Dent car park, LA10 5QL This beginners course covers anatomy and For details, see 27 May. terminology, and teaches simple methods of identification. £25. Wednesday 13 June 01729 830331 Wild Flowers at Malham Tarn [email protected] 19:00 to 21:00 www.field-studies-council.org Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT For details, see 8 June. Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 June Life & Traditions in Leyburn Wednesday 13 June 10:00 to 16:30 The Garths of Crackpot: A Swaledale Yeoman Family St Matthew’s Church, Leyburn, DL8 5EG 19:30 to 21:00 An exhibition of words, photographs and floral Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX arrangements depicting the lives and trades which A talk by Christine Hallas. £4 (non-members £5). have been carved out in this market town. Booking essential. 01969 622204 01748 884118 [email protected] [email protected] www.swaledalemuseum.org Saturday 16 June Gargrave Open Gardens Thursday 14 June 11:00 to 17:00 A Visit to a Traditional Dales Farm in Upper Gargrave, BD23 3RD Wharfedale Come and discover the great variety of Gargrave’s A689

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B6251 Skipton 01756 792809 [email protected] GISBURN A629 THORNTON A65 CONONLEY WETHERBY BOSTON B6478 BARNOLDSWICK IN-CRAVEN ILKLEY A658 COLLINGHAM SPA EARBY R Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at | 35 OTLEY HAREWOOD www.yorkshiredales.org.uk A629 CLITHEROE COWLING KEIGHLEY ECCUP RESERVOIR A658 Sunday 17 June Muker Tuesday 26 June The 48th Beamish Safety & Reliability Run A 4 mile walk examining some of Muker’s isolated field Learn to Scythe 11:00 to 15:00 barns and colourful hay meadows, and a celebration of 10:00 to 16:30 Bainbridge Village Green, DL8 3EH the remarkable photographs and drawings of Dales Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX Beginning and finishing at Beamish, the run - which farming captured in the 1960s by Marie Hartley. Join England’s leading scything instructor on this day features 170 vintage cars, motorcycles and commercial Booking essential - £5. course. Learn how to set a scythe to your body, and vehicles registered before 1960 - will follow a 150-mile 01969 666210 use, sharpen and maintain it. £40. route around County Durham and , [email protected] 015242 41357 with a lunch stop in Bainbridge. Corn Mill Tearoom will [email protected] be serving refreshments on the village green. Saturday 23 June www.broadrake.co.uk 01969 650769 Sedbergh Artisan Market [email protected] 9:30 to 15:00 Wednesday 27 June For details, see 28 April. Wildflower Meadow Walk Sunday 17 June 10:00 to 13:00 Settle’s Hinterland 4 Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 June Meet: Slaidburn car park, BB7 3ES 11:00 to 16:00 Re-live 1308 Medieval life A lovely 2 mile walk around Slaidburn and the River Meet: Stainforth YDNPA car park, BD24 9PF 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sunday) Hodder, led by Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s 01729 833200 Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW meadow restoration and wildflower expert. Sorry, no [email protected] Journey back to the 14th Century with Tournee and dogs. £15 suggested donation to support YDMT’s work. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks see a glimpse of Skipton Castle’s medieval life. Adult 015242 51002 £8.30, child £5.20, conc £7.30. [email protected] Sunday 17 June 01756 792442 www.ydmt.org/events Grassington Festival: Gala Concert [email protected] 20:00 to 22:30 www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Wednesday 27 June Bolton Abbey Priory Church, BD23 6AL Scything - Improvers Soprano Peyee Chen, violinist Sophie Rosa and former Sunday 24 June 10:00 to 16:30 BBC Music Fellow Ben Crick join Skipton Building Big Bike Sunday Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX Society Camerata for an exciting programme of 12:00 to 17:00 Take your newly learned skills to new heights on this Mozart. Adults £25, under 16s £15. Skipton Auction Mart, BD23 1UD follow up day with England’s leading scything [email protected] Girder Fork and Classic Motorcycle Club charity show instructor. £40. www.grassington-festival.org.uk with over 100 classic and modern bikes and trikes on 015242 41357 show. Adults £3, children free. [email protected] Tuesday 19 June 01535 630215 www.broadrake.co.uk Archaeology of Lea Green 2 [email protected] 13:00 to 16:00 www.facebook.com/bigbikesunday Wednesday 27 June Meet: Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB And the bride wore… Join our archaeologist on a 3 mile guided walk Sunday 24 June 19:30 to 21:00 exploring the lives of the people who have lived and A Hay Rake-Making Business at Askrigg Fremington Sunday School, DL11 6AR farmed on Lea Green and Bastow Wood. Part of 14:30 to 16:30 Gill Parkes from Durham County Record Office has Grassington Festival. Adults £6, under 16s free. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT selected wedding photos from the archives to illustrate 01756 752691 For a century, West Mill at Askrigg was the centre of changing fashions and styles over the decades. £2. [email protected] the hay rake making business. This talk by Shaun 07432677783 www.grassington-festival.org.uk Richardson of Ed Dennison Archaeological Services [email protected] examines its history and how rakes were made and Tuesday 19 June used. Included in museum admission. Wednesday 27 June Hawes Town Trail 1 01969 666210 Grassington Festival: Smokie 14:00 to 16:00 [email protected] 20:00 to 22:30 Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Festival in the Field Marquee, Grassington, BD23 5LB Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this short 2.5 Sunday 24 June The platinum selling band from Bradford in concert. £27. mile (3.5km) guided walk to explore the history of Grassington Festival: Benyounes Quartet [email protected] Hawes and the village of Gayle, and discover the origins 16:00 to 18:00 www.grassington-festival.org.uk of Wensleydale cheese. Adults £3, under 16s free. Scargill House, Kettlewell, BD23 5HU 01969 666210 Currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, the quartet Thursday 28 June [email protected] has forged a reputation for vivid performances at Washfolds & Sheepwashing - www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks venues such as Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. Adults a glimpse into the past £16, under 16s £10. Ingleborough National Nature Reserve, LA6 3JF Thursday 21 June [email protected] 14:00 to 17:00 Barns, Booses & Boskins www.grassington-festival.org.uk Learn about sheep farming in the Dales and see a 10:00 to 15:00 restored traditional washfold in use. An introductory talk by a local farmer followed by a demo. Booking Serious business: judging Swaledale sheep at Muker Show essential. Free - donations welcome. 015242 42021 [email protected] www.gov.uk/natural-england www.yas.org.uk

Thursday 28 June Jericho Tour - Ribblehead 12:00 to 16:30 Meet: Ribblehead Railway Station, LA6 3AS For details, see 31 May.

Friday 29 June to Monday 2 July Limestone Flora 16:00 to 15:00 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU A course for botanists looking at the specialist flora of limestone habitats, with excursions to improve skills in identifying species in the field. £235 - £350 depending on board basis. 01729 830331 [email protected] www.field-studies-council.org Friday 29 June under 16s free. Grassington Festival: Friday Night’s Party Night - 01969 666210 Key for National Park Authority-organised events. British Electric Foundation + DJ [email protected] For more advice - see page 23. 19:00 to 23:30 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Festival in the Field Marquee, Grassington, BD23 5LB 1 Guided walk (for grading, see p23) Formed in 1980, the brain child of Martyn Ware (The Wednesday 4 July Human League) to showcase different artists Catrigg Force and Winskill 3 Created for kids Talk performing classic songs with an electronic slant. The 11:30 to 15:00 stellar line-up features Peter Hooton (The Farm), Glen Meet: Stainforth YDNPA car park, BD24 9PF Matlock (Sex Pistols), Jaki Graham, Mari Wilson, and A varied 3 mile walk to see the glorious meadows and Arts and crafts Dark Skies Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17). £35. pastures at Winskill, erratic boulders, fossils and a [email protected] majestic waterfall. Adults £3, under 16s free. Workshop Cheese Festival www.grassington-festival.org.uk 01729 833200 [email protected] Saturday 30 June www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Demonstration Life & Tradition The Wharfedale Three Peaks Challenge 6:30 to 19:00 Friday 6 to Monday 9 July Kettlewell, BD23 5QZ Yorkshire Dales Flowers in Summer Tuesday 10 to Thursday 12 July Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association’s main 16:00 to 15:00 Great Yorkshire Show fundraising event of the year - participants walk (or Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU 7:30 to 18:30 run) Birks Fell, Buckden Pike and Great Whernside (22 A course for anyone interested in learning more about Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ miles), just the first two (13.5 miles), or enjoy a 4.5 native flora. Explore the plants of this special habitat England’s premier rural event celebrates its 159th show mile valley walk. and record their extraordinary features in a watercolour with exciting entertainment, top class animals [email protected] drawing. £235 - £350 depending on board basis. competing for prestigious awards, and plenty of www.uwfra.org.uk 01729 830331 shopping. [email protected] 01423 541000 Saturday 30 June www.field-studies-council.org www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk Flowers of Upper Swaledale Ramble 11:00 to 16:00 Friday 6 to Monday 9 July Wednesday 11 July Meet: Keld Resource Centre, DL11 6LJ Grass Identification Settle Town Trail 1 A 7 mile flower identification walk along the path of 16:00 to 15:00 14:15 to 16:15 the famous Muker hay meadows and back via Malham Tarn Field Centre, Settle, BD24 9PU Meet: Settle Market Cross, BD24 9EJ Hartlakes (3.5 miles if returning via local bus service). A course introducing the structure of grasses and the For details, see 4 April. Dogs on leads welcome. £5.50. terminology used in identification. £235-£350 07790 401476 depending on board basis. Thursday 12 July [email protected] 01729 830331 An Afternoon Ramble from Reeth 2 www.keld.org.uk [email protected] 13:30 to 16:30 www.field-studies-council.org Meet: Hudson House, Reeth, DL11 6SZ Saturday 30 June A delightful 2.5 mile (4km) walk in scenic Swaledale. Grassington Festival: Festival in the Field Day - The Saturday 7 July After admiring the view from the swing bridge, we’ll Fratellis + family day Road Cycling Challenge Ride: Tour of the Yorkshire Dales see a prehistoric burial mound and mysterious 12:00 to 23:00 9:00 to 17:00 earthworks, and visit the fine parish church in Grinton, Festival in the Field Marquee, Grassington, BD23 5LB Meet: Wheatley Arms, Ilkley, LS29 8PP the ‘cathedral of the dale’. Adults £3, under 16s free. The Fratellis top off a whole day of fun for all the To celebrate Tour de France month, this 101 mile epic 01748 884059 family, featuring a fabulous mix of bands, food and ride will follow a large part of the 2014 Grand Depart [email protected] drink, magic and entertainment. day 1 route, including four of the most iconic climbs in www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks [email protected] the UK, as well as three beautiful dales. For further www.grassington-festival.org.uk details on Yorkshire Velo Tours 2018 Challenge Rides, Friday 13 to Monday 16 July see 24 March. Identifying Freshwater Invertebrates JULY 16:00 to 15:00 Saturday 7 July Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Sunday 1 July Waterfalls of Wensleydale Photo Walk A course including field collection techniques, Skipton Sheep Day 10:30 to 16:30 preservation and curation of specimens, and use of 10:00 to 16:00 Meet: Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH identification keys. £255-£375 depending on board Skipton, BD23 1FD Gain invaluable knowledge about photographing these basis. A fun packed free family event celebrating Skipton’s Dales icons with the help of our expert tutor. Open to 01729 830331 heritage - its Anglo Saxon name ‘Sceap Tun’ means all levels. £50. [email protected] Sheep Town. The famous ‘Sheep Show’ will take place 07717 213604 www.field-studies-council.org at regular intervals throughout the day. [email protected] 01756 700553 www.yorkshirephotowalks.com [email protected] Friday 13 to Monday 16 July Lichens in the Dales www.welcometoskipton.com Sunday 8 July 16:00 to 15:00 Hay Meadow Walk Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Sunday 1 July 10:00 to 16:00 A course covering collection techniques, using simple Flower Walk in Upper Wharfedale Piper Hole, Ravenstonedale, CA17 4NN identification keys, and chemical tests. £235-£350 11:00 to 14:30 A scenic guided or self-guided walk through traditional depending on board basis. Meet: Yockenthwaite Bridge (SD 905791), Buckden hay meadows on an upland farm presenting Cumbria`s 01729 830331 Experience the colours and scents of meadows and first Coronation Meadows [email protected] limestone pavement on a lovely 4 mile walk through 01539 816300 www.field-studies-council.org Langstrothdale. Children must be accompanied. No [email protected] dogs. £5. www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk 01729 830416 Saturday 14 to Sunday 15 July Local History Exhibition and so much more: [email protected] Sunday 8 July Upper Wharfedale 1918 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale Discover Orton Scar 3 Grassington Town Hall, BD23 5AA 13:00 to 16:30 Learn about life at the end of WWI, with photos and Sunday 1 July Meet: Orton market square car park, CA10 3RU written accounts, and a chance to hear local ballads Discover Aisgill Force 3 A 4½ mile (7km) walk with spectacular views of the and folk songs once so familiar. 13:30 to 16:00 Howgills and Lakeland fells. Beautiful limestone 01756 770350 Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT pavements, local farms and barns, and a prehistoric [email protected] Hidden waterfalls are a fascinating feature of the stone circle. www.uwals.co.uk Dales’ limestone landscape. Join us a moderate 4 mile Adults £3, under 16s free. (6½ km) journey past the home of Wensleydale 01969 666210 Cheese, the sleepy hamlet of Gayle, and through a [email protected] wooded gorge to spectacular Aisgill Force. Adults £3, www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 37 Saturday 14 July Friday 20 July Sunday 22 July Orton Farmers’ Market `On’t Hills` Barns, Walls & Bridges 3 9:00 to 14:00 19:30 to 20:30 13:30 to 16:00 Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details, see 10 Feb. Dales stories and poems performed by Margaret Rule Discover the important features that played a crucial and Marilyn Longstaff. Part of the Friends of the part in the development of local industry and Sunday 15 July Museum Annual Gift Day. Free - donations welcome. agriculture on this 4 mile (6.4km) walk, and explore Afternoon Tea at Ravenseat 01969 666210 the hidden gem that is the woodland and waterfalls of (Home of the Yorkshire Shepherdess) [email protected] Shaw Gill. Adults £3, under 16s free. 13:00 to 16:30 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk 01969 666210 Meet: Keld Resource Centre, DL11 6LJ [email protected] Drive up to Ravenseat for afternoon cream tea served Saturday 21 July to Wednesday 5 September www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks by the Owen family, then enjoy a gentle 3 mile walk Spot on the Wall with stunning views across open moorland. Dogs on The Station, Richmond, DL10 4LD Tuesday 24 July leads welcome. £7.50. The popular free open art exhibition returns. Artists Drystone Walling Demonstration 07790 401476 book a spot on the wall or hire a cabinet to display 11:00 to 15:00 [email protected] their work, then hold their breath and wait. Once a Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.eventbrite.co.uk piece sells, the artist replaces it with another. For details, see 3 April. 01748 850123 Sunday 15 July [email protected] Tuesday 24 July Old Gang Mines 2 www.thestation.co.uk Secret Squirrel 2 13:30 to 16:30 14:00 to 16:30 Meet: Surrender Bridge (grid ref SD 989998) Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 July Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT An easy 3½ mile (5.6 km) stroll around the fascinating Leyburn 1940s Weekend Our Wildlife Conservation Officer Ian Court will show remains of the leadmining industry of Swaledale with Leyburn Market Place, DL8 5DQ you how to find red squirrels and other wildlife on this expert guides. This walk is barrier-free and accessible With vintage music, dancing, stalls and all manner of gentle 1½ mile (2.4km) stroll through the woods. A for all-terrain mobility scooters. Dogs on short fixed vehicles. must for wildlife spotters and photographers. leads welcome. Adults £3, under 16s free. 07817 711227 Adult £5, under 16s £2 (includes transport to 01748 884059 [email protected] Snaizeholme). [email protected] www.leyburn1940sweekend.org 01969 666210 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks [email protected] Saturday 21 July www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Monday 16 to Friday 20 July Ingleton Gala Day and Mountain Race Butterflies and Moths Community Centre Sports Field, Ingleton, LA6 3HG Wednesday 25 July 16:00 to 15:00 Fun for all the family with a parade, stalls, fancy dress, Barbon to Casterton Round 4 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU and fell race. 10:30 to 15:00 Many nationally-scarce species can be found in the [email protected] Meet: Barbon Village Hall, LA6 2LL tarn’s unique habitat. Learn about their ecology and www.fellrunner.org.uk A pleasant low-level 8 mile (12.9km) walk through the how to identify them on this course. £325-£495 Lune Valley, with lovely views across to the hills. Points depending on board basis. Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 July of interest include the Bronte sisters’ connection to 01729 830331 Yorkshire Dales Food and Drink Festival Casterton, a sculpture by Andy Goldsworthy, and the [email protected] 9:00 to 19:00 Roman road from Ribchester to Carlisle. Adults £3, www.field-studies-council.org Funkirk Farm, Carleton, Skipton, BD23 3AB under 16s free, 300 local exhibitors, local chef demonstrations, a fun 01969 666210 Wednesday 18 July day out for all the family. [email protected] Leadmining of Grassington Moor 2 Adult £11.86, child £7.20, under 7s free. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 14:00 to 17:00 [email protected] Meet: Yarnbury car park (grid ref SE015658) www.yorkshiredalesfoodanddrinkfestival.com Wednesday 25 July Join us on a 4 mile (6.4km) guided walk and discover Dales Discovery why this corner of the National Park became a place of Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 July 20:00 to 21:00 heavy industry. Visit well-preserved leadmining Masham Steam Engine Rally, Marfield St Margaret’s Church, Hawes, DL8 3QL remains, and enjoy stunning views. Dogs on short 9:30 to 16:00 A series of audio-visual shows and talks on the fixed leads welcome. Adults £3, under 16s free. An annual happening since 1965, 45 full-size steam Yorkshire Dales, held weekly throughout the summer 01756 751690 engines and 800 other exhibits will arrive from all over holidays. Adults £3, children £1. [email protected] Britain to celebrate the history of Yorkshire’s farming 01969 666849 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks community and rural activities. Adults £10, conc £8, [email protected] children £2, under 5s free. Wednesday 18 July 01765 689702 Thursday 26 July Lime kilns in Swaledale & Arkengarthdale: the where, [email protected] Go Wild! the when and the what for? www.mashamsteamrally.com 11:00 to 15:00 19:30 to 21:00 Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 July Go Wild! about wildlife. Can you spot a bullhead or A talk by David Johnson. £4 (non-members £5). 15th Century Castle Life catch a caddis fly nymph? Come paddle with us and 01748 884118 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) find out. We’ll be stream dipping, doing wildlife [email protected] Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW investigations and making crafty stuff from nature. Free www.swaledalemuseum.org Buckingham’s Retinue recreates life as it may have drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year olds - been in Skipton during the Wars of the Roses. Adult all you need to bring is an adult to help you with any Thursday 19 July £8.30, child £5.20, conc £7.30. tricky stuff, shoes you can paddle in and a towel. Hawes Rural Heritage 3 01756 792442 01729 833200 11:00 to 16:00 [email protected] [email protected] Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.skiptoncastle.co.uk www.yorkshiredales.org.uk A lovely 5.5 mile (8.8km) walk in ‘Herriot country’, through fields and along old bridleways, identifying Friday 27 July remains of old industries and rural traditions. Adults Taste in Time - Farmhouse Food £3, under 16s free. 23 to 29 July 13:30 to 16:30 01969 666210 Discover National Parks 2018 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] Our annual celebration of some of the UK’s most Drop in and taste old-fashioned farmhouse food. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks treasured and inspirational landscapes. With Hear how cheese, butter and oakcakes were made in events week-long throughout the family of 15 a traditional Dales farmhouse. Included in museum Thursday 19 July National Parks, there’s no better time to get out admission. Jericho Tour - Ribblehead and explore. 01969 666210 12:00 to 16:30 Find out more at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/ [email protected] Meet: Ribblehead Railway Station, LA6 3AS nationalparksweek www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk For details, see 31 May.

38 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Saturday 28 July 10:00 to 12:00 Sedbergh Artisan Market Reeth Evangelical Congregational Church, DL11 6TE Key for National Park Authority-organised events. 9:30 to 15:00 Free crafts, Bible stories, games, songs and quizzes For more advice - see page 23. For details, see 28 April. daily for children of primary school age, plus a family fun evening Fri 3 Aug at 6pm. 1 Guided walk (for grading, see p23) Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 July 01748 884759 The Queen’s Regiment [email protected] Created for kids Talk 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) www.reethecc.co.uk Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW See the regiment prepare for battle against the 1715 Tuesday 31 July Arts and crafts Dark Skies Jacobite Rising. Adult £8.30, child £5.20, conc £7.30. Drystone Walling Demonstration 01756 792442 11:00 to 15:00 Workshop Cheese Festival [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.skiptoncastle.co.uk For details, see 3 April. Demonstration Life & Tradition Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 July AUGUST Haymaking Weekend demonstration in besom broom making using birch 10:00 to 16:00 Wednesday 1 August tops. Included in museum admission. Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX Surveying the Architecture of Swaledale & 01969 666210 Help mow our meadow using traditional scything and Arkengarthdale for the New Pevsner [email protected] hand methods to make hay. New and experienced 19:30 to 21:00 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk mowers welcome, as well as others to help dry the hay Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX ready for hand hay baling. Free - children must be A talk by Jane Greville. £4 (non-members £5). Sunday 5 August accompanied by an adult. 01748 884118 Keld Resource Centre Open Day 015242 41357 [email protected] 10:00 to 18:00 [email protected] www.swaledalemuseum.org Keld Resource Centre, DL11 6LJ www.broadrake.co.uk Thursday 2 August Join us for our annual open day, with afternoon cream teas. See the new visitor centre display panels and Saturday 28 July Go Wild! audio booth for the YDNPA ‘Every Barn Tells a Story’ The Wills and Inventories in 11:00 to 15:00 project and the progress of the Community Orchard. 17th Century Yorkshire Devils Bridge, Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2DF 07790401476 10:00 to 15:00 Learn about your National Park and Go Wild! about [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT wildlife. Free drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 www.eventbrite.co.uk Members of Ingleborough Archaeology Group present year olds, with lots of crafty stuff and wildlife a dramatic re-enactment (11.15am) and talks (10am, investigations. All you need to bring is an adult to Sunday 5 August 2pm). Part of Council for British Archaeology Festival. help you with any tricky stuff. Mountain Biking in Upper Wharfedale Included in Museum admission. 01729 833200 10:30 to 15:00 01969 666210 [email protected] Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA [email protected] www.yorkshiredales.org.uk An exciting 20 mile ride into the far reaches of Langstrothdale Chase and Greenfield Forest on quiet Sunday 29 July Thursday 2 August road, forest tracks and open moorland. Ideal for your Westmorland Dales Day The Medieval Tavern at Bolton Castle first experience of a longer ride. Aged 10+ only - 10:00 to 17:00 19:00 to 23:00 must be accompanied. Booking essential. Adults £10, Kirkby Stephen Bolton Castle, Leyburn, DL8 4ET children £5. Arts and crafts, breakfast and afternoon teas, guided An evening of music and entertainment from medieval 01729 830416 walks, and cycling and running events for all the minstrels, with roaring fires, and ales and wines from the [email protected] family. bar. Adults £10, children/conc £8 - includes a light supper. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale 017683 71199 07931 357618 [email protected] [email protected] Sunday 5 August www.visituppereden.org.uk www.medievalmusicinthedales.co.uk Grinton Mines & Mills 2 13:30 to 16:30 Sunday 29 July Friday 3 August Meet: Grinton Youth Hostel, DL11 6HS By Castle and Byway 4 In the Kitchen - Dairying Join our local expert on this 2 mile (3.2 km) walk to 11:00 to 16:30 11:00 to 15:00 explore Grinton Moor and its fascinating leadmining Meet: Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT remains, including one of the finest smelt mills in the A pretty 7 mile (11.3km) walk along idyllic Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where Mrs Dales. Wensleydale byways and field paths between historic H will explain the dairying process. Included in Adults £3, under 16s free. Bolton Castle, with its picturesque village and fine museum admission. 01748 884059 views across to Pen Hill, and Aysgarth Falls, the jewel 01969 666210 [email protected] of Lower Wensleydale. Adults £3, under 16s free. [email protected] www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 01969 662910 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk [email protected] Sunday 5 August www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Friday 3 August Fun Fridays - Woodland Crafts Traditional Textiles 13:30 to 16:30 Sunday 29 July 13:30 to 16:30 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Rag Rugmaking Workshop Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Textile artist Carole Bowman will demonstrate 11:00 to 16:00 Discover the wonderful natural materials around the techniques including spinning wool and weaving using Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT museum and use what you have found to make a wall a table loom. Included in museum admission. For details, see 13 May. hanging, mobile or picture frame. Included in museum admission. 01969 666210 [email protected] Monday 30 July 01969 666210 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Den Building and Bush Craft at Malham Tarn [email protected] 13:00 to 16:00 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Tuesday 7 August Meet: Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Drystone Walling Demonstration Become a woodland explorer, build a den, learn Saturday 4 to Monday 6 August 11:00 to 15:00 woodland skills, and maybe even toast marshmallows Wild Weekends at Kilnsey Park Estate Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT on a campfire. Children must be accompanied by an Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS For details, see 3 April. adult. Booking essential. No dogs. £5. For details, see 5 May. 01729 830416 [email protected] Saturday 4 August www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Besom Demonstration 10:30 to 16:30 Monday 30 July to Tuesday 7 August Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Holiday Bible Club Join crafts specialist Lorna Singleman for a

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Saturday 11 to Sunday 12 August Wild Weekends at Kilnsey Park Estate Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS For details, see 5 May.

Saturday 11 August Road Cycling Challenge Ride: Malham & Littondale 9:00 to 17:00 Meet: Wheatley Arms, Ilkley, LS29 8PP The majesty of Malham Cove has been attracting visitors for centuries. For cyclists, it just happens that a classic road climb runs up its left hand side. We have blended a visit to Malham with a loop back through the untouched gem, Littondale, the hidden valley. Distance 78 miles. For further details of Yorkshire Velo Tours 2018 Challenge Rides, see 24 March.

Saturday 11 August Orton Farmers’ Market 9:00 to 14:00 Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU For details, see 10 Feb.

Walk with us: we are holding over 50 guided walks this year, including a tour of the former quarry site at Saturday 11 to Sunday 12 August Threshfield (8 August) Meet the Governor 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) Tuesday 7 August olds - all you need to bring is an adult to help you with Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Pond Dipping at Malham Tarn any tricky stuff, shoes you can paddle in and a towel. Come and meet Sir John Mallory Governor of Skipton 13:00 to 15:00 01729 833200 Castle during the English Civil War. Hear about the Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT [email protected] castle’s siege and skirmishes its garrison have already Use nets to become an aquatic explorer and look for www.yorkshiredales.org.uk fought and how the King’s cause is faring in Yorkshire. wildlife in our ponds. Suitable for accompanied primary Adult £8.30, child £5.20, conc £7.30. school children. Free - booking essential. Thursday 9 August 01756 792442 01729 830416 The Medieval Tavern at Bolton Castle [email protected] [email protected] 19:00 to 23:00 www.skiptoncastle.co.uk www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Bolton Castle, Leyburn, DL8 4ET For details, see 2 August. Saturday 11 August Tuesday 7 August Littondale Fete 2018 Secret Squirrel 2 Friday 10 to Friday 17 August 13:00 to 17:00 14:00 to 16:30 Gaping Gill Winch Meet Amerdale Hall, BD23 5QD Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Gaping Gill Entertainment and competitions for all the family - For details, see 24 July. Experience the thrill of being lowered down this huge Skipton Brass Band, Littondale ‘4’ Road Race, fell natural chamber by bosun’s chair with Craven Pothole races, fancy dress, dog show, stalls and refreshments. Wednesday 8 August Club and discover a hidden underground world. £15. 01756 770235 The Magic of Threshfield Quarry 3 [email protected] [email protected] 11:00 to 14:00 cravenpotholeclub.org www.littondale.net Meet: Skirethornes Lane entrance, BD23 5PH Join this 3.7 mile (6km) guided walk to see the impact Friday 10 August Sunday 12 to Monday 13 August of recent work by conservationists and historians to Taste in Time - Farmhouse Food Wild Weekends at Kilnsey Park Estate regenerate this previous industrial site on a massive 13:30 to 16:30 Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS scale, showing what can be achieved after the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details, see 5 May. quarrymen have left. For details, see 27 July. Adults £3, under 16s free. Sunday 12 August Muker to Ivelet Pasture 01756 751690 Friday 10 August 3 [email protected] Fun Fridays - Bushcraft 13:30 to 16:30 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 13:30 to 16:30 Meet: Farmers Arms, Muker, DL11 6QG Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Join us on this classic 4 mile (6.4km) walk through Thursday 9 August Whittle a stick to cook treats over an open fire, and stunning countryside to explore the history behind the A Morning Stroll Through Three Villages 1 learn how to make and cook damper bread. Included many barns (known locally as ‘cow houses’) dotted 11:00 to 12:30 in museum admission. across Upper Swaledale. Adults £3, under 16s free. Meet: Reeth National Park Centre, DL11 6TE 01969 666210 01969 666210 Join us on a short 1 mile walk around the Swaledale [email protected] [email protected] settlements of Reeth, Fremington and Grinton. See www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks evidence of the leadmining industry, mysterious earthworks, and several historic houses along the way. Friday 10 August Sunday 12 August Adults £3, under 16s free. Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards Boots and Clogs 01748 884059 20:00 to 22:30 13:30 to 16:30 [email protected] Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Their new album, California Calling, has been Come and meet cobbler Daniel Nelson and see how described as ‘post-folk that seriously rocks’. £13 (£15 boots are made in the traditional way. Included in Thursday 9 August on door). museum admission. Go Wild! 01748 884759 01969 666210 11:00 to 15:00 [email protected] [email protected] Franks Bridge, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4AB www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Go Wild! about wildlife. Can you spot a bullhead or Sunday 12 August catch a caddis fly nymph? Come paddle with us and Saturday 11 to Sunday 19 August 3 find out. We’ll be stream dipping, doing wildlife Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival The Power & Industry of the Ribble investigations and making crafty stuff from nature. Kettlewell, BD23 5QZ 14:00 to 17:00 Free drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year Celebrated annual themed display of scarecrows Meet: Settle Market Cross, BD24 9EJ This 3.5 mile (5.6km) explores past industries which

40 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk depended on the River Ribble. Discover an Archimedes Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT screw and visit one of the area’s best kept Search for the creatures that live around the museum. Key for National Park Authority-organised events. archaeological secrets, the Hoffmann Kiln. Adults £3, Examine them under a microscope then draw their For more advice - see page 23. under 16s free. wiggle legs, boggle eyes and weird antennae. Included 01729 833200 in museum admission. 1 Guided walk (for grading, see p23) [email protected] 01969 666210 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks [email protected] Created for kids Talk www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Sunday 12 August West Burton Chapel Anniversary with Reeth Band Friday 17 August Arts and crafts Dark Skies 18:30 to 20:00 The Bats of Malham Tarn West Burton village green, DL8 4JY 20:00 to 22:00 Workshop Cheese Festival 01969 663481 Meet: Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT [email protected] A walk at dusk to view our nocturnal woodlanders. www.westburtonchapel.com Learn about these special creatures and listen to their Demonstration Life & Tradition conversations using bat detectors. Children to be Monday 13 August to Friday 7 September accompanied. £5 - booking essential. Hall and the charming village of Keld, before returning Real Family Holidays 01729 830416 over Kisdon Hill via the Corpse Road and one of the 8:00 to 17:00 [email protected] finest views in the Dales. Adults £3, under 16s free. Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate 01748 884059 A chance to escape the pressures of modern life and [email protected] get outdoors with the kids, taking in nature’s sights Saturday 18 August www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks and sounds. With full board and expert staff on hand, Gargrave Show you’re guaranteed an affordable family holiday full of Gargrave Thursday 23 August fun and memorable experiences. £30 per night. Traditional agricultural show. Insect Day with Craven Conservation Group 01729 830331 07908 663582 10:00 to 14:00 [email protected] [email protected] Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX www.real-family-holidays.org www.gargraveshow.org.uk Learn to identify a wide range of insect species in an upland hay meadow, amongst young native tree Tuesday 14 August Saturday 18 to Monday 20 August planting, and in a wildlife pond. Children must be Drystone Walling Demonstration Wild Weekends at Kilnsey Park Estate accompanied by an adult. 11:00 to 15:00 Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS 015242 41357 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details, see 5 May. [email protected] For details, see 3 April. www.broadrake.co.uk Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 August Wednesday 15 August 12 Century Knights Thursday 23 August Malham Landscape Trail 3 10:00 to 17:00 Go Wild! 11:15 to 15:15 Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW 11:00 to 15:00 Meet: Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA Hear the walls echo to the sounds of swords and shields Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA Join us for this classic walk, taking in three of from re-enactors, Historia Normannis. See medieval Go Wild! about wildlife. Can you spot a bullhead or Malham’s limestone wonders: enchanting waterfall craftsmen demonstrate their trades, knights display catch a caddis fly nymph? Come paddle with us and Janet’s Foss, majestic gorge Gordale Scar, and world their prowess. Adult £8.30, child £5.20, conc £7.30. find out. We’ll be stream dipping, doing wildlife famous natural amphitheatre Malham Cove. Adults £3, 01756 792442 investigations and making crafty stuff from nature. under 16s free. [email protected] Free drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year 01729 833200 www.skiptoncastle.co.uk olds - all you need to bring is an adult to help you with [email protected] any tricky stuff, shoes you can paddle in and a towel. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Sunday 19 August 01729 833200 The Erratic Boulders of Norber 3 [email protected] Thursday 16 August 11:00 to 15:30 www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Brough Agricutural Show Meet: Clapham YDNPA car park, LA2 8EQ 8:30 to 16:30 Join this 4½ mile (7km) wander among the famous Thursday 23 August The Show Field, Popping Lane, Kaber, Kirkby Stephen, Norber Erratics - huge boulders carried here by an Ice The Medieval Tavern at Bolton Castle CA17 4EF Age glacier. Discover evidence of an ancient sea at 19:00 to 23:00 Pony, sheep and poultry classes, mounted fancy dress, Nappa Scar, hear about the Craven Faults, and glimpse Bolton Castle, Leyburn, DL8 4ET gymkhana and, dog show, plus trade stands, crafts and into beautiful but little known Crummackdale with its For details, see 2 August. refreshments. fossil waterfall. Adults £3, under 16s free. 017683 72091 01729 833200 Thursday 23 August [email protected] [email protected] The Bats of Upper Wharfedale www.brough-show.org.uk www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 20:00 to 22:00 Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA Thursday 16 August Sunday 19 August A 2 mile walk at dusk to see, hear and learn a bit more Go Wild! Rag Rugmaking Workshop about these special nocturnal creatures. Children must 11:00 to 15:00 11:00 to 16:00 be accompanied. £5 - booking essential. No dogs. Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 01729 830416 Go Wild! about wildlife. Can you spot a bullhead or For details, see 13 May. [email protected] catch a caddis fly nymph? Come paddle with us and www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale find out. We’ll be stream dipping, doing wildlife Tuesday 21 August investigations and making crafty stuff from nature. Drystone Walling Demonstration Friday 24 August Free drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year 11:00 to 15:00 In the Kitchen - Preserves olds - all you need to bring is an adult to help you with Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 8:00 to 17:00 any tricky stuff, shoes you can paddle in and a towel. For details, see 3 April. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 01969 662910 Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where [email protected] Tuesday 21 August Mrs H will explain the methods of preserving foods. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Old Gang Mines Included in museum admission. 13:30 to 16:30 01969 666210 Thursday 16 August Meet: Surrender Bridge (grid ref SD989998) [email protected] The Medieval Tavern at Bolton Castle For details, see 15 July. www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk 19:00 to 23:00 Bolton Castle, Leyburn, DL8 4ET Wednesday 22 August Friday 24 August For details, see 2 August. Kisdon Classic Circular 4 Pond Dipping at Malham Tarn 10:30 to 16:00 10:00 to 12:00 Friday 17 August Meet: Farmers Arms, Muker, DL11 6QG Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Fun Fridays - Mini Beast Safari A 6½ mile (10.5km) walk through the spectacular For details, see 7 August. 13:30 to 16:30 Swale gorge. Visit the ruined lead mines of Crackpot

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 41 Friday 24 August 015242 41397 Sunday 26 August Fun Fridays - Miniature Scavenge Hunt [email protected] Footsteps of Ella Pontefract Guided Walk 13:30 to 16:30 11:00 to 15:30 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 August The Keld Resource Centre, DL11 6LJ Fill an egg box with exciting finds around the museum. The Yorkshire Highwayman A 5 mile guided walk in the footsteps of authors Ella Make prints and crazy birds from your finds. Included 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) Pontefract and Marie Hartley to Crackpot Hall, in museum admission. Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Swinnergill and Hartlakes. Dogs on leads welcome. 01969 666210 John Nevison was a famous late 17th century Yorkshire Adult £5.50, child free. [email protected] highwayman who robbed the length of the Great 07790 401476 www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk North Road. Adult £8.30, child £5.20, conc £7.30. [email protected] 01756 792442 www.eventbrite.co.uk Saturday 25 August [email protected] Wensleydale Agricultural Show www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Sunday 26 August Wensleydale Showground, Nr. Leyburn, DL8 5JG Village Songs of Praise A traditional Dales show with competitive events for Saturday 25 August 15:00 to 17:00 livestock, ring displays, and many trade stands. £10, Malham Show Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT under 16s £5, under 5s free. www.malhamdale.com Free open air Songs of Praise with Reeth Brass Band on 01969 623138 the village green, or in the hall if wet. wensleydaleshow.org.uk Sunday 26 August 01748 884759 Characters of Malhamdale 2 [email protected] Saturday 25 to Monday 27 August 10:30 to 13:00 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk West Witton Feast Meet: Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA West Witton A 3 mile (5 km) stroll to learn about the source of the Monday 27 August Sat 25 - Cottage Show, evening fell race, Burning of River Aire, the tragic men of Hanlith, and a Dales Reeth Show the Bartle; Sunday 26 - Fun Day; Mon 27 - Quoits cathedral’s watery grave, with views of Malham Cove www.reethshow.co.uk Knockout. and Gordale Scar. Adult £3, under 16s free. www.wittonfeast.org.uk 01729 833200 Monday 27 August [email protected] Hebden Sports Day Saturday 25 to Monday 27 August www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 13:00 to 17:00 Wild Weekends at Kilnsey Park Estate Hebden, BD23 5DX Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS Sunday 26 August Family Fun Day - flat and novelty races, traditional For details, see 5 May. Traditional Rugmaking games and stalls, fell races 3.30pm, fancy dress Demonstration competition 7pm. £5.50. Saturday 25 August 10:30 to 16:30 01756 752025 Sedbergh Artisan Market Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] 9:30 to 15:00 Join Jane Cook and Elaine Foster as they demonstrate For details, see 28 April. the traditional methods of making proddy and hooked Tuesday 28 August rugs. Have a go or buy a rug or kit to take home. Kilnsey Show Saturday 25 August to Monday 27 August Included in museum admission. Kilnsey, BD23 5PS Photography Exhibition 01969 666210 Traditional agricultural show and sports - a showcase 10:00 to 17:00 [email protected] of life and farming in the Yorkshire Dales. Clapham Village Hall, LA2 8HR www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk 01756 753259 Settle Photographic Group’s 10th Annual Show. [email protected] www.kilnseyshow.co.uk A Swaledale ram is the emblem of Yorkshire Dales National Park: visit a local agricultural show to find out more Tuesday 28 August about upland farming in the Dales Drystone Walling Demonstration 11:00 to 15:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details, see 3 April.

Tuesday 28 August Hawes Town Trail 1 14:00 to 16:00 Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT For details, see 19 June.

Tuesday 28 August The Bats of Malham Tarn 20:00 to 22:00 Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT For details, see 17 Aug.

Wednesday 29 August Amanda Owen - The Yorkshire Shepherdess 20:00 to 21:30 St Margaret’s Church, Hawes, DL8 3QL Meet TV personality and author, Amanda Owen, and hear about her life looking after 1,000 sheep, combined with being mother of nine children. 01969 666849 [email protected]

Thursday 30 August Bats at Aysgarth Falls 1 19:30 to 21:00 Meet: Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Join Wildlife Conservation Officer Tony Serjeant on a short 1½ mile walk looking for and learning about these wonderful animals around the Falls and Freeholders’ Wood. Adults £3, under 16s free. 01969 662910 [email protected] www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks 01969 667071 Thursday 30 August Key for National Park Authority-organised events. Go Wild! [email protected] 11:00 to 15:00 www.moorcockshow.co.uk For more advice - see page 23. Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Guided walk (for grading, see p23) Go Wild! about wildlife. Do you know how to make a Sunday 2 September 1 cosy home or feeding station for wildlife? Come and Blacksmithing Demonstration make feeders and roosting boxes. You can take them 10:30 to 16:30 Created for kids Talk home or leave them with us to help local wildlife. Free Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year olds - Join the Wild Stick Man Stuart Lawrence for a Arts and crafts Dark Skies all you need to bring is an adult to help you with any demonstration in blacksmithing. Included in museum tricky stuff. admission. 01969 662910 01969 666210 Workshop Cheese Festival [email protected] [email protected] www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/events Demonstration Life & Tradition

Thursday 30 August Sunday 2 September From Hawes to Hardraw 2 Jericho Tour - Ribblehead Sunday 9 September 13:30 to 15:30 12:00 to 16:30 Hardraw Scaur Brass Band Festival Meet: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Ribblehead Railway Station, LA6 3AS 10:00 Take a 3.5 mile (5.8km) afternoon stroll with us from the For details, see 31 May. Green Dragon Inn, Hardraw, DL8 3LZ market town of Hawes to the pretty hamlet of Hardraw. This iconic annual open air brass band festival has taken The walk might be short but the scenery is wonderful. Thursday 30 August place in the gorge beneath Hardraw Force since 1881. A breath of fresh air. Adults £3, under 16s free. The Medieval Tavern at Bolton Castle [email protected] 01969 666210 19:00 to 23:00 www.yhbba.org.uk/hardraw1.html Bolton Castle, Leyburn, DL8 4ET [email protected] www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks For details, see 2 August. Sunday 9 September Delightful Dentdale 4 Wednesday 6 September Thursday 30 August 10:30 to 15:00 Muker Show The Bats of Hudswell Woods Meet: Dent village car park, LA10 5QL A small and friendly traditional Dales agricultural show 19:45 to 21:30 A lovely 6.5 mile (10.5km) walk climbing quickly up held in the village’s meadows. Meet: Round Howe car park, DL10 4TJ through beautiful Flintergill onto the Occupation Road, www.mukershow.co.uk A 1 mile walk at dusk to view and learn about our then gently back down to follow the Dales Way nocturnal woodlanders. Children must be accompanied through meadows by the River Dee. Adults £3, under Friday 7 September to Sunday 9 September by an adult. Booking essential. £5. 16s free. Medieval Music in the Dales 01729 830416 01969 666210 Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET [email protected] [email protected] The UK’s only festival of medieval music. With www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hudswell-woods www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks concerts, workshops, instrument makers, crafts people, dance, and a great deal of informal music-making, it’s Friday 31 August Sunday 9 September a truly unique weekend. Fun Fridays - Stickman Quilting Demonstration 07931 357618 13:30 to 16:30 13:30 to 16:30 [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.medievalmusicinthedales.co.uk Make your own stick man and a place for him to live. Join Kate Trusson for a demonstration and a chance to Listen to his story deep in the woods behind the look at some of the quilts in the collection. Included in Friday 7 September to Monday 10 September museum, then have a go at making your own stories. museum admission. Identifying & Recording Adult Caddisflies, Included in museum admission. 01969 666210 Stoneflies & Mayflies 01969 666210 [email protected] 16:00 to 15:00 [email protected] www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU An introductory course on how to collect and handle Monday 10 to Friday 14 September these insects and use identification keys. £230-£345 Landscape Adventures in Watercolour depending on board basis. 16:00 to 15:00 SEPTEMBER 01729 830331 Malham Tarn Field Centre, Settle, BD24 9PU Saturday 1 September [email protected] Explore the wonders of landscape painting in the Bentham Agricultural Show www.field-studies-council.org inspirational Yorkshire Dales with this week long Bentham Auction Mart, LA2 7HF course. £310 - £465 depending on board basis. Traditional show with livestock, handicrafts, Friday 7 to Friday 14 September 01729 830331 horticulture, dog show, trade stands and children’s Fly Fishing in the Dales [email protected] entertainer. Adult £6, child £1, conc £5. 16:00 to 15:00 www.field-studies-council.org 015242 41315 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU [email protected] Learn to fish more successfully during this week-long Wednesday 12 September www.nwshows.co.uk/shows/bentham-agricultural- course. Malham Tarn holds an excellent stock of genuinely Through the Woods to Trow Gill 3 show wild brown trout. £535-£800 depending on board basis. 14:00 to 17:00 01729 830331 Meet: Clapham YDNPA car park, LA2 8EQ Saturday 1 September [email protected] A lovely 4.5m (7km) stroll, taking in part of Clapham Firth Fell Race in Upper Wharfedale www.field-studies-council.org village and the historic wooded nature trail, past 10:00 to 12:00 Clapham Cave to dramatic Trow Gill gorge. Learn Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA Saturday 8 September about Victorian plant collector Reginald Farrer, and A challenging run of 12.5km (7.8m) to the summit trig Road Cycling Challenge Ride: Park Rash, Alice Kettyl’s magic powers. Adults £3, under 16s free. point of Firth Fell. 18 years+, fell runner association and Nought Bank 01729 833200 rules. £6 - booking essential. No dogs. 9:00 to 17:00 [email protected] 01729 830416 Meet: Wheatley Arms, Ilkley, LS29 8PP www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks [email protected] An undulating 20 miles up the Wharfe Valley to the www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale foot of infamous Park Rash, one of the toughest climbs Thursday 13 September in the Dales, followed by a superb 12 mile descent to RANT Sunday 2 September Middleham. Total distance 75 miles. For further details on 20:00 to 22:30 Moorcock Show Yorkshire Velo Tours 2018 Challenge Rides, see 24 March. Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT 10:30 to 16:30 Nominated in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014, Mossdale showground, on A684 Hawes/Sedbergh Saturday 8 September RANT are four of Scotland’s finest fiddle players. £15 Road, DL8 3LS Orton Farmers’ Market - 200th celebration (£17 on door). One of the oldest traditional sheep shows in the 9:00 to 14:00 01748 884759 Yorkshire Dales, where you can see the best local Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU [email protected] breeds competing against each other. Local crafts, food Celebrating its 200th Farmers Market in September www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk and trade stalls, plus Hawes Silver Band. £5, children free. 2018. For details, see 10 Feb.

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 43 Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 September Meet: Wensleydale Creamery, DL8 3RN 01748 824 243 Cheese Festival For details, see 24 July. [email protected] Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes, DL8 3RN www.castlehillbookshop.co.uk Our hub event - a two-day mini-festival and big Tuesday 18 September cheese celebration, with cheese making and tasting The Milky Way 2 Saturday 22 September demos, presentations and workshops. 13:00 to 16:00 Words and Meanings: 01969 666210 Meet: Askrigg Market Cross, DL8 3JW The Yorkshire Historic Dictionary Project [email protected] Join us for a 3 mile (5km) walk following the old 19:00 to 20:30 www.wensleydale.co.uk railway track to Grange and Coleby Hall. Meet Eleanor Museum of Northern Craven Life, Settle, BD24 9HS Scarr who will tell us about dairying and providing milk A talk by archivist Alexandra Medcalf on the meanings Saturday 15 to Saturday 22 September for the Wensleydale Creamery in Hawes - home of the that can be found in archaic languages and links with Yorkshire Cheese Tasting famous cheese. Adults £3, under 16s free. our heritage, communities and landscape. £7. The Churchmouse, Barbon, LA6 2LL 01969 666210 015242 51388 Come along and experience a different Yorkshire [email protected] [email protected] Cheese every day during the week of the Cheese www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks www.ncbpt.org.uk Festival. 01524 276 224 Tuesday 18 September Sunday 23 September [email protected] Taste in Time Farmhouse Food Traditional Wensleydale Cheese 13:30 to 16:30 Making - a step back to the 1930s Saturday 15 to Sunday 23 September Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 9:30 to 13:30 Brymor Ice Cream: Farmers Market For details, see 27 July. The Courtyard Dairy, Austwick, LA2 8AS Brymor Ice Cream, High Jervaulx Farm, An informative half day event producing Wensleydale Masham, HG4 4PG Wednesday 19 September cheese to 1930s recipes, as recorded by Dales author Come along and meet local producers and try their Discover Orton Scar 3 Marie Hartley. The day looks at the difference between products at our special farmers market. 13:00 to 16:30 modern-day Wensleydale cheese and that of the past 01677 460377 Meet: Orton market square car park, CA10 3RU made by hand on small family farms, plus a tasting, [email protected] For details, see 8 July. cheese-making session and lunch. Booking essential. £50. www.brymordairy.co.uk 01729 823 291 Thursday 20 September [email protected] Saturday 15 September Taste in Time Farmhouse Food www.thecourtyarddairy.co.uk Sedbergh Artisan Market 13:30 to 16:30 9:30 to 15:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Monday 24 September For details, see 28 April. For details, see 27 July. Nidderdale Show 7:45 to 18:00 Saturday 15 September Friday 21 September Pateley Bridge, HG3 5BD Monoprinting In the Kitchen - Making cheese Traditional Dales agricultural show. £12, under 12s 10:00 to 17:00 in Victorian times free. Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU 11:00 to 15:00 [email protected] A one-day workshop exploring monoprinting using Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.nidderdaleshow.co.uk three different methods characterised by line, tone and Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where Mrs texture with local printmaker Hester Cox. £65. H will explain about the making and marketing of cheese Wednesday 26 to Thursday 27 September 01729 830331 in the nineteenth century. Included in museum admission. English Basket Making [email protected] 01969 666210 Broadrake, Chapel-le-Dale, LA6 3AX www.field-studies-council.org [email protected] A two day workshop on how to make a traditional www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk round English basket using sustainable willow. Saturday 15 September Maximum 8 people. All materials and tools provided. Whey Hey! 2 Friday 21 September £130. 13:00 to 16:00 Cheese Themed Bistro Night 015242 41357 Meet: Wensleydale Creamery, DL8 3RN 18:00 to 21:30 [email protected] Visit the historic milking exhibits at the Dales The Churchmouse, Barbon, LA6 2LL www.broadrake.co.uk Countryside Museum, before heading along the A delicious menu of local Yorkshire produce, including Pennine Way to Hardraw. We’ll call in at a farm to learn a celebration of local Yorkshire cheese. Friday 28 September about the history of milking in the National Park and 01524 276224 Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan providing milk to the Creamery. Adults £3, under 16s free. [email protected] 20:00 to 22:30 01969 666210 Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT [email protected] Friday 21 September The multi award winning singer and leading figure of www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Glorious Game Celebration the Scottish folk scene, with musical collaborator and 19:00 to 22:30 husband on guitar and fiddle. £14 (£16 on door), Saturday 15 September Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET under 16s half price. History of the Swaledale Sheep Bolton Castle’s talented chef, Guy Fairhurst, will 01748 884759 14:00 to 16:30 showcase some of the area’s best game. Join the team [email protected] The Keld Resource Centre, DL11 6LJ in the Old Kitchen for a spectacular evening including www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk A national Heritage Open Day event. A free talk and dinner, a talk and demonstrations. £40. exhibition on the history and farm management of the 01969 624668 Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 September hardy Swaledale sheep - the iconic emblem of the [email protected] Yarndale National Park. Skipton Auction Mart, BD23 1UD 07790401476 Friday 21 September 10:00 to 17.30 (16.30pm Sun) [email protected] Big Dig at Bainbridge A festival of creativity, celebrating all things woolly - www.eventbrite.co.uk 19:30 to 20:30 knitting, spinning, crochet, felting, weaving, dying, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT stitching and more. Advance day ticket £12, weekend Saturday 15 September An illustrated talk about the results of the YDNPA’s £19.20 (online booking fee applies). Cheese, Chutney & Wine Tasting Evening 2017 community archaeology dig at Bainbridge. Part 01756 770323 19:00 to 22:00 of the Friends of the Museum annual lecture [email protected] Barbon Village Hall, LA6 2LL programme. Free - donations welcome. www.yarndale.co.uk The Churchmouse host a tasting evening with local 01969 666210 cheeses, Claire’s Handmade Chutney and Lakeland [email protected] Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 September Vintners. www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Masham Sheep Fair 01524 276 224 10:00 to 17:00 [email protected] Saturday 22 to Sunday 30 September A weekend of sheep events around town - sheep Richmond Walking & Book Festival show, sheep racing, spinning and weaving demos, Sunday 16 September 9:00 to 21:30 fleece sale, sheepdog demo, Morris dancing, children’s Secret Squirrel 2 Castle Hill Bookshop, Richmond, DL10 4QL fair and trips around the breweries. 13:00 to 15:30 Enjoy a choice of daytime walks around Richmond and [email protected] the northern Dales and an author event each evening. www.mashamsheepfair.com

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olds. All you need to bring is an adult to help you with any tricky stuff. 01969 662910 [email protected] Saturday 15 to Saturday 22 September www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/events Yorkshire Dales Cheese Festival 2018 Saturday 27 October to Sunday 4 November After an exciting inaugural event last year, we Halloween at Kilnsey Park Estate are holding our second celebration of local Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS produce and all things cheese! An action-packed week of spooks and adventure for Throughout the Yorkshire Dales National Park all the family - in the company of a real-life witch! and Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Spell making, campfire stories, Halloween Trail, Beauty there will be tastings, cheese and wine pumpkin carving, kids crafts and face painting, plus evenings, forest schools, special menus and lantern workshop and parade. Park admission applies. opportunities to meet local producers, at many Enjoying a tasting at Wensleydale Creamery, Hawes, 01756 752150 different venues. Find out more at during last year’s festival [email protected] www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/cheesefestival www.kilnseypark.co.uk Friday 19 October Saturday 27 October A History of Askrigg Part 2: 1880 to 1950 The Legacy of the Kearton Brothers 19:30 to 20:30 14:00 to 16:00 Sunday 30 September Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Keld Resource Centre, DL11 6LJ Lead Mines of Gunnerside Gill A talk by Dr. Christine Hallas. Free - donations welcome. Informative talk and exhibition on the lives and legacy 10:30 to 16:00 01969 666210 of Richard and Cherry Kearton. From growing up in Meet: Kings Head, Gunnerside [email protected] Thwaite, where they developed their interest in the A 6 mile guided walk with Helen Guy through this rich www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk natural world, to becoming celebrated pioneers of leadmining landscape, covering the Sir Francis, wildlife photography. £4.50. Lowanthwaite and Blakethwaite mine remains. Dogs Saturday 20 October to Sunday 4 November 07790 401476 on leads welcome. £5.50, children free. Enchanted Wood Halloween Trail [email protected] 07790 401476 8:00 to 17:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk [email protected] Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH www.eventbrite.co.uk The witches of Freeholders’ Woods have had their Sunday 28 October broomsticks stolen by some mischievous sprites - can From Tin to Treasure you help find them? Do the spooky scavenger hunt, OCTOBER 10:30 to 16:30 find some skeleton leaves and traces of midnight Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Friday 12 October hunters - but be careful, you might get spooked! Join crafts specialist Michelle Pilkington to learn the A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn 01969 662910 basics of repurposing metal to create stunning 20:00 to 22:00 [email protected] decorative objects. £55. Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT www.yorkshiredales.org.uk For details, see 16 March. 01969 666210 [email protected] Saturday 20 October www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Saturday 13 October Exploring Local and Village History Orton Farmers’ Market 10:30 to 15:30 Wednesday 31 October 9:00 to 14:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Geocaching and Den Building in Upper Wharfedale Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU An interactive workshop led by staff from North 11:00 to 15:00 For details, see 10 Feb. Yorkshire County Record Office. Learn how to Meet: Buckden YDNPA Car Park, BD23 5JA interpret local maps, estate records and title deeds. Find your way to our site in the woods on a 3 mile Saturday 13 October Included in museum admission. geocaching walk, then have a go at building a den. Autumn Concert 01969 666210 Suitable for accompanied primary school age children. 19:30 to 21:30 [email protected] Grassington Town Hall, BD23 5AA Adult £5, child £3.50. 01729 830416 Students from the prestigious Royal Northern College Saturday 20 October [email protected] of Music perform a programme of music. John Tams & Barry Coope www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale 01756 770350 20:00 to 22:30 [email protected] Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT Wednesday 31 October www.uwals.co.uk Award-winning musical duo. £15 (£17 on door), under Spooktastic Fun! 16s half price. 11:00 to 16:00 Sunday 14 October 01748 884759 Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH The River Ribble and Leaping Salmon 3 [email protected] A fun-filled day of free Halloween activities in 13:30 to 16:30 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Meet: Stainforth YDNPA car park, BD24 9PF Freeholders’ Wood. Make some magic potions or spooky badges. Decorate a biscuit with a really scary face and A 4 mile (6.4km) walk alongside the River Ribble to Thursday 25 October eat it if you dare! All sorts of fearful fun for everyone. explore the legacy of the industries which depended on Go Wild! 01969 662910 it in the past. With luck, we will see salmon leaping up 11:00 to 15:00 [email protected] the Stainforth Force waterfall. Adults £3, under 16s free. Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH www.yorkshiredales.org.uk 01729 833200 Go Wild! about wildlife. Come and get stuck in with [email protected] lots of autumnal crafty stuff and wildlife investigations. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/guided-walks Free drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year

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Saturday 1 December Christmas Concert at Malham Cove 14:00 to 15:30 Malham Cove Skipton Brass Band play seasonal favourites in the awe-inspiring setting of Malham Cove. Mulled wine and mince pies, everyone welcome. Free entry - charge for refreshments. 01729 830416 [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate

Sunday 2 December Richmond Town Christmas Market 10:00 to 16:00 Richmond Market Place, DL10 4HY The beautiful Georgian market town hosts its annual event, with an eclectic mix of original inspirational Christmas gift ideas, plus carol singing. 07950 211218 [email protected] www.richmondtownchristmasmarket.co.uk

Watch out for spooktacular happenings at Aysgarth Falls this October Wednesday 5 December Sedbergh Christmas Late Night Opening 17:30 to 20:00 Wednesday 31 October Friday 16 November Sedbergh If You Go Down To The Woods… Family History of Bolton Castle An evening of festive family fun. Many of the shops 16:00 to 18:00 19:30 to 20:30 and restaurants will remain open, and there will be a Meet: Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT craft market, and street food and entertainment. A thrilling opportunity to experience the woods at A talk by the Hon.Tom Orde-Powlett about his family dusk. Join our qualified forest school event leader history. Part of the Friends of the Museum annual Wednesday 5 December Kirsten Civil to create stick wind chimes and spirits of lecture programme. Free - donations welcome. ‘Goday, my Lord Sir Christemas,’ the forest floor art. With storytelling as you cook 01969 666210 19:30 to 21:30 round the campfire. Supervised under 16s only - [email protected] Grassington Town Hall, BD23 5AA sorry, no under 3s. £5. www.dalescountrysidemuseum.org.uk Medieval and Tudor music for the festive season 01969 662910 performed by The York Waits with singer Deborah [email protected] Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 November Catterall. www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Frank Gordon’s 17th Annual Open Studio 01756 770350 11:00 to 17:00 [email protected] NOVEMBER Haymeads, Giggleswick, BD24 0AX www.uwals.co.uk The Dales landscape painter and his wife Sheila open Monday 5 November their home for their annual pre-Christmas get together Thursday 6 December Family Fireworks and Bonfire and a chance to view Frank’s work over a glass of A Dickensian Christmas with GreenMatthews 19:00 to 19:30 wine. 20:00 to 22:00 Reeth village green, DL11 6QT 01729 824638 Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT Judging of the guys 6pm, bonfire lit 6.30pm, fireworks [email protected] A brand-new retelling of the best-loved Yuletide display 7pm. Barbecue available throughout evening. www.frankgordon.co.uk adventure of them all, A Christmas Carol - with a Admission free, donations welcome. fusing of traditional English folk tunes and storytelling. 01748 884759 Saturday 24 November £12 (£14 on door), under 16s £3. [email protected] Littondale Christmas Fair 01748 884759 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk 10:00 to 15:00 [email protected] Amerdale Hall, Littondale, BD23 5QD www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Friday 9 November Christmas shopping comes to the dale with a fine A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn selection of local crafts and produce. Father Christmas Saturday 8 December 20:00 to 22:00 will be making an appearance between 11am and 12 Orton Farmers’ Market Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT noon. Yummy homemade refreshments available all 8:00 to 17:00 For details, see 16 March. day. Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU 01756 770235 A celebration of seasonal food and local crafts with all Friday 9 November [email protected] the atmosphere of a village Christmas - bell ringing at Himmerland www.littondale.net the church, Appleby Silver Band in the square, and lots 20:00 to 22:30 of refreshments. For details, see 10 Feb. Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT DECEMBER The five piece band from Denmark perform an eclectic Saturday 8 to Sunday 9 December mix of traditional songs in new arrangements. £13 Saturday 1 December Dickensian Festival (£15 on door), under 16s half price. Leyburn Christmas Festival 11:00 to 17:00 01748 884759 10:00 to 17:00 Grassington [email protected] Leyburn Market Place, DL8 5DQ For details, see 1 Dec. www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Arts, crafts and gift stalls, music, hot food, and Santa in his grotto. Saturday 15 December Saturday 10 November 07817 711227 Yorkshire Christmas Carols Workshop Orton Farmers’ Market [email protected] 10:00 to 16:00 9:00 to 14:00 www.eventsleyburn.co.uk Museum of Northern Craven Life, Settle, BD24 9HS Orton Market Hall, CA10 3RU Join choir leader and musician Rebecca Denniff to A great opportunity to shop local ahead of Christmas, Saturday 1 to Sunday 2 December celebrate Yorkshire’s musical heritage, held in a with seasonal food and drink - and alpacas. For details, Dickensian Festival beautiful 17th century house. £10. see 10 Feb. 11:00 to 17:00 015242 51388 Grassington [email protected] Join us for a magical day out with a traditional www.ncbpt.org.uk

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