What’s on in the Dales in 2016

These pages feature some of the great events taking place in the Dogs are welcome at many March in 2016. events, but please assume they Monday 1 February to Sunday 20 March National Park Event: A Celebration of Dark Skies are NOT permitted unless Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT Events listed are hosted by a wide variety of organisations. Please use the Photography exhibition. Included in museum otherwise stated, and always contact details given to find out more information on the event you are admission. Part of our Dark Skies Festival 2016 - contact the organiser see yorkshiredales.org.uk/stargazing interested in - booking is essential for some activities. You can also ring Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. beforehand to avoid or call in at a National Park Centre where staff will be happy to give you Wednesday 2 March disappointment. Cheese and Wine Evening: A Taste of Italy guidance. 18:00 Where dogs are allowed they Swinton Park, , HG4 4JH Don’t forget to dress appropriately for walks and outdoor activities - the Bring some friends for a fun night out. Browse the must be fit enough to negotiate tasting tables and explore treats, both familiar and weather in the Dales can be changeable. Bring drinks and snacks, wear surprising. £10. stiles and steep ascents, be well- 01765 680972 suitably stout footwear and carry clothing to suit all conditions. [email protected] behaved and be kept under www.swintonpark.com Visit www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/events for further details on these and close control at all Saturday 5 March many more across the region throughout 2016. Guided Walking Tour: times. Assistance Vibrant Community West Burton dogs are 10:30 to 15:30 Disclaimer Meet Village Hall, West Burton, , DL8 4JY always This free ‘behind the scenes’ tour includes a visit to The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority cannot be held responsible for any omissions, subsequent Cauldron Force. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome. changes or revisions that may occur with events information supplied by external agencies. welcome. 01756 749400 [email protected] You are STRONGLY ADVISED to contact the event provider to confirm the information given before www.yds.org.uk setting out. All information included is believed to be correct at the time of going to press. Sunday 6 March National Park Event: Make Something for Mum Listings marked ‘National Park Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Event’ are organised by the Key Be safe 11:00 to 16:00 Drop in kids crafts - create something special for Yorkshire Dales National Park Guided walk Our event leaders have discretion Mothers Day. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Authority. We are holding over 150 not to accept participants who Created for kids Wednesday 9 March fantastic activities in the National are not suitably equipped or Arnhemland to Vanuatu Park in 2016, from guided walks to 19:30 to 21:30 Arts and crafts whom they consider unable to United Reformed Church Rooms, Joss Lane, workshops, all led by our participate safely. Although all Sedbergh, LA10 5AB (SD658921) Workshop An illustrated talk on developments in aboriginal knowledgeable Dales Volunteers, reasonable steps have been sustainable resources by world traveller Myles Ripley. 015396 21138 specialist staff or invited experts. Use Demonstration taken to ensure safety, [email protected] this handy key to help you make participants join in at their Saturday 12 March Talk your choice. own risk. A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn 20:00 to 22:00 Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT An introduction to stargazing and constellations, led by National Trust rangers. Event weather dependent, Give your Booking retail.yorkshiredales.org.uk, as so if we can’t see the stars we will take you on a well as through a National Park night walk instead. Children must be accompanied. car a break Some of our most popular events Booking essential - £5. Centre (see page 5). 01729 830416 must be pre-booked and pre-paid [email protected] Many National Park events can www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate be reached by bus or train. to guarantee a place. We offer free car parking for walks starting from a National Park Monday 14 March For more information visit For others, places are allocated Champagne Lover’s Dinner Centre - ask for a ticket inside. 18:00 to 21:00 www.transportdirect.info or on the day on a ‘first come, first Swinton Park, Masham, HG4 4JH Enjoy a five course seasonal gourmet menu at a www.dalesbus.org, call served’ basis so do turn up early luxury castle hotel with a different champagne with Traveline on 0871 200 22 33 or each course. £80. to avoid disappointment. 01765 680972 call in at a National Park Centre. [email protected] You can now book events www.swintonpark.com through our online shop at Thursday 17 March Guided Walk in Upper 09:30 The Buck Inn, Buckden, BD23 5JA This pretty 4.5 mile circular walk includes a working days, and don’t forget a hot farm, the Quaker burial ground at Scar House, and Guided walks St Michael & All Angels church in , known drink on cold days. for its ‘Mouseman’ furniture and as the resting place • Our guided walks of author J B Priestly. £15 suggested donation. 015242 51002 cost £5 - FREE to • For your own safety and [email protected] insurance purposes we will ask www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-walk- those 16 and under. upper-wharfedale-14400 you for your name and • Sturdy footwear and waterproofs Friday 18 March emergency contact details National Park Event: Black Bolton are required - walk leaders can when you register for one of Access for all 19:30 to 20:30 only accept participants who Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT our outdoor events, as well as We are working hard to improve the A talk by Lee Cartledge from Betham Pottery about are appropriately prepared for the once thriving pottery industry in Burton-in- an email address for your accessibility of our events - please Lonsdale. Part of the Friends of the Museum annual conditions on the day. contact National Park Centres to lecture programme. Free - donations welcome. feedback - the information will Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. check whether an event listed here • Bring warm clothes (including be treated as strictly confidential. Saturday 19 March is suitable for your needs. gloves and hat) in winter and Wensleydale Concert Series - Piano & Violin Recital • Where events are held off the 19:30 sun protection in summer. Assistance dogs are always welcome St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, DL8 3SR beaten track we have included International soloists Daniel Grimwood (piano) and and all activities held at the Dales • Bring plenty to drink and a Fenella Humphreys (violin) perform Prokofiev, Schubert a grid reference to help you Countryside Museum are fully and Faure. Adult £12.50 (£15 on door), child/conc £3. snack, or a packed lunch on full 01969 663026 find the meeting point. accessible to wheelchair users. [email protected] www.wensleydaleconcertseries.co.uk

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 15 Thursday 31 March Wednesday 6 April Introduction to geocaching in Upper Wharfedale Introduction to geocaching at Hudswell Woods 13:00 to 15:30 13:00 to 15:30 Meet YDNPA car park, Buckden, BD23 5JA Meet Round Howe Car Park, DL10 4TJ Fancy having a go at geocaching but not sure how For details see 31 March. to go about it? Join us to learn the basics and then practise on a walk. Suitable for children up to age Friday 8 April 12 - must be accompanied. Booking essential - National Park Event: In the Kitchen adult £5, child £3.50. 11:00 to 15:00 01729 830416 Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT [email protected] Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale costumed Friends of the Museum will explain the work that went on there. Included in Museum admission. Thursday 31 March Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Cocktail Masterclass 18:00 to 19:00 Saturday 9 April Swinton Park, Masham, HG4 4JH Introduction to Upholstery Our in house mixologist has found inspiration in the 10:00 to 17:00 walled garden, creating cocktails flavoured with Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ seasonal herbs and spices. Try them at our new Sue Marsden of Tuffett explains the basic principles 2016 evening masterclasses. £12. of upholstery as you make a children’s stool or your 01765 680972 own footstool. £75 - includes lunch. [email protected] 01969 667320 www.swintonpark.com [email protected] www.gaylemill.org.uk

April Saturday 9 April A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn Friday 1 to Sunday 3 April 20:00 to 22:00 Settle Stories Festival Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Escape to Alice’s Wonderland, relax with the mystery For details see 12 March. of the Arabian Nights, and discover global thinkers using stories for radical change. With 40+ events, Saturday 9 April your journey awaits. Hannah James’ Jig Doll 0871 976 4350 20:00 [email protected] Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT www.settlestories.org.uk Adult £10/12, child £5/6. Saturday 2 April 01748 884759 Trail Race - DT20 memorialhall@.org 11:00 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Meet Fremington Village Hall, DL11 6AR An exciting introduction to the Dales Trail Series Sunday 10 April Watch the livestock judging at a traditional Dales agricultural show with testing ascents, spectacular ridge-running and National Park Event: fast technical descents over a 20km fully marked Explore the Villages of Upper Wensleydale course. Over 18s only. £20. 13:30 to 16:00 Saturday 19 March Saturday 26 to Monday 28 March 01748 880298 Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Lino Printing Easter Weekend at Kilnsey [email protected] Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this 10:30 to 16:30 11:00 to 16:00 www.dalestrailseries.uk moderate 3½ mile (5.6km) guided walk to see an Gayle Mill, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS old , early 19th century shooting Kath Lockhart provides expert tuition on this Follow the chocolate Easter Egg Trail and help feed Sunday 3 April lodge and the highest single drop waterfall in creative workshop, from design and cutting the lambs. Face painting, pony rides, Easter chick National Park Event: Rugmaking at Hardraw. techniques to inking and multi-colour printing of handling and special guest, the Easter Squirrel. 11:00 to 16:00 Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. your original pieces. £55. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 01969 667320 01756 752150 Learn the basics on a full day workshop with Friday 15 April [email protected] [email protected] internationally renowned rug maker Heather Ritchie National Park Event: Conservation of www.gaylemill.org.uk www.kilnseypark.co.uk and create a unique piece for your home. Materials books in the Macfie and Calvert Collection and a locally sourced lunch included. Adult £40. 19:30 to 20:30 Wednesday 23 March Saturday 26 March to Sunday 10 April Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Upper Dales Family History Group meeting Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. The Great Studfold Easter Egg Hunt A talk by Steve and Pam Allen. Part of the Friends of 14:00 Studfold, Lofthouse, , HG3 5SG the Museum annual lecture programme. Free - Fremington Village Hall, near Reeth, DL11 6AR Monday 4 to Friday 8 April Pick up a clue sheet, discover large willow nests donations welcome. ‘Albert’s story’ - Mary Randle’s fascinating research Family Fun in the Dales with brightly coloured eggs and gold rabbits and Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. into the mysterious roots and Dallowgill connections make an Easter badge. Adult £6, child £5 (under 3s of her mother’s half-brother. £2. Visitors welcome. Go mammal trapping, bat detecting and free), family £19. 0743 2677 783 geocaching with our enthusiastic staff. Adult £195, Saturday 16 April 01423 755228 [email protected] child £125. Malham Photography Workshop www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk [email protected] 01729 830331 10:30 to 16:30 www.studfoldtrails.co.uk [email protected] Meet Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA Friday 25 to Sunday 27 March www.field-studies-council.org Learn about camera settings and the fundamentals Sheafstock Sunday 27 to Monday 28 March of photographic composition, and boost your 19:00 to 23:00 Sir William Petty - Time Traveller Tuesday 5 April creativity with the help of our expert tutor. Open to The Wheatsheaf, Ingleton, LA6 3AD Castle, BD23 1AW National Park Event: all levels. £40. Fabulous and free live music in our large marquee 11:00 to 17:00 (10:00 Mon) Drystone Walling Demonstration 07717 213604 with bar and outdoor catering. Witness seventeenth century natural philosopher Sir 11:00 to 15:00 [email protected] 015242 41275 William Petty’s exciting experiment to travel Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.yorkshirephotowalks.com www.facebook.com/sheafstock forwards in time to March 2016! Adult £7.80, child For details see 29 March. Sunday 17 April £4.90, conc £6.80. Friday 25 March to Sunday 10 April Tuesday 5 April National Park Event: 01756 792442 National Park Event: Run, Rabbit, Run! Track Wildlife at Malham Tarn Discover Lower Wensleydale [email protected] 10:00 to 17:00 13:00 to 16:00 13:00 to 16:30 www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Hop in for some eggstravagant Easter fun. Get your Look out for footprints, feathers, fur and poo! Help Join our experienced Dales Volunteers for an easy 5 bobtails moving, find the letters on the bunnies hidden Tuesday 29 March our top tracker and pick up some tips. Booking mile (8 km) guided walk to discover two villages, around the Museum and make a word to win a National Park Event: essential - adult £5, child £3.50 (must be two follies and two fine waterfalls in this glorious prize. Themed crafts in the Creation Station on our Drystone Walling Demonstration accompanied). little patch of Wensleydale. train outside. Included in Museum admission. 11:00 to 15:00 01729 830416 Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT [email protected] see page 5. Join our Dales Volunteers as they showcase the www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Saturday 26 March traditional craft of drystone walling - one of the most Swinton Park’s 15th Birthday Lunch Monday 18 to Sunday 24 April Wednesday 6 April 12:30 iconic features of the National Park landscape. From Richmond Shakespeare Festival Cheese and Wine Evening: A Taste of Spain Swinton Park, Masham, HG4 4JH the foundations to the top stones, during five short April 23rd is the date recognised as Shakespeare’s 18:00 Join us for a fabulous champagne reception and drop in sessions they will talk through the process birthday as well as the day he died and 2016 marks gourmet three course lunch. £55. of turning a pile of stones into something that will Swinton Park, Masham, HG4 4JH 400 years since his death. A series of fantastic events 01765 680972 last for centuries. Included in museum admission. For details see 2 March. are being planned to celebrate. [email protected] Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. 01748 818402 www.swintonpark.com Wednesday 6 April [email protected] National Park Event: Hawes Town Trail Tuesday 29 March to Friday 8 April Saturday 26 March 14:00 to 16:00 Eggcellent Easter Sedbergh School offers Easter and Summer Easter Egg Hunt at Hudswell Woods Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 10:00 to 16:00 residential courses in sports, arts and 10:30 to 14:30 Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this easy 2 Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET technology for 10-15 year olds, coached by Hudswell Woods, Richmond, DL10 4TJ mile (3.2km) guided walk exploring the historical, Eggciting Easter egg hunts, eggstravagant egg leading professionals in horse riding, golf, Hunt for Easter Eggs in meadows and ancient industrial and natural beauty of Gayle and Hawes, rugby, drama, coding and more. woodland at this drop in event on the banks of the decorating, eggstraordinary bonnet making. Adult home to Wensleydale Creamery. The name Hawes . Dogs on leads only. £2 per trail sheet. £8.50, child/conc £7, family £30. comes from Old Norse ‘hals’ - a pass between Find out more on 015396 22616 or 01729 830416 01969 623981 mountains”. Free event, donations welcome. [email protected], or visit [email protected] [email protected] Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. summercourses.sedberghschool.org www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hudswell-woods www.boltoncastle.co.uk

Page 16 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Wednesday 27 April Monday 2 May Tuesday 26 April to Monday 2 May Upper Dales Family History Group meeting National Park Event: Highway Key for National Park Authority- 14:00 R2S Ride2stride Walking Festival R2S to an Ancient Woodland organised events - for more Harmby Village Hall, Near Leyburn, DL8 5PG 10:45 to 15:15 A week long festival of walks, talks and music Jennifer Stacey: ‘A Family Foundling’ - the story of a Meet Settle Railway Station BD24 9AA (SD 817 635) advice, please see page 15. taking place in the Western Dales along the foundling from the Thomas Coram Foundling A moderate 5½ mile (9km) free guided walk on the fabulous Settle to Carlisle railway line. Hospital in who was sent up to Ackworth in old King’s Highway to Cleatop Park Wood to enjoy Guided walk Walks start and finish at railway stations and Yorkshire. £2. Visitors welcome. springtime flowers - you may even see wild deer. Learn are led by experienced leaders from local 0743 2677 783 about Settle and how it turned through 90 degrees! organisations. There is music in the pubs at the [email protected] www.skyware.co.uk/scwf/program/program Created for kids end of each day and talks from National Park www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk rangers, historians and archaeologists. Monday 2 May Wednesday 27 April Dales Insight Talk: The Settle-Carlisle Arts and crafts 2016 is the 5th Ride2stride and this year it Guided Walk: Clapham to Settle R2S celebrates the new Yorkshire Dales National R2S Line and the Three Peaks 11:55 19:00 Park boundary extension with walks from Clapham Village Store, LA2 8DP Workshop Appleby and Kirkby Stephen stations as well as Friends Meeting House, Kirkgate, Settle, BD24 9DX Join Colin Speakman on this free, linear 8 mile walk Three Peaks Project Manager Steve Hastie talks from Settle, Horton, Ribblehead, Dent and via Austwick and Feizor with spectacular views from Garsdale. about the importance of the famous railway line in Demonstration Giggleswick Scar. Well behaved dogs on leads accessing Yorkshire’s famous Three Peaks and its See www.ride2stride.org.uk for a full listing. welcome. close links to the project. £3 (includes tea & 01756 749400 biscuits). Talk [email protected] 01756 749400 Saturday 23 April www.yds.org.uk [email protected] Sedbergh Spring Show www.yds.org.uk Sunday 8 May The People’s Hall, Howgill Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 Thursday 28 April National Park Event: Discover Lower Wensleydale 5DE National Park Event: Iconic R2S Saturday 7 May Crafts, handmade toys, flowers & plants, garments, Landscapes of Upper Ribblesdale 13:00 to 16:30 Long Preston May Day Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH home produce, art and photography and special 10:00 to 15:30 www.longpreston.info children’s sections. Meet Horton-in-Ribblesdale Station, BD24 0HE For details see 17 April. www.sedbergh.org.uk/events/annual-events-in- A stunning 7½ mile (12km) walk through classic Saturday 7 May Tuesday 10 May sedbergh limestone scenery with views of the Three Peaks, Birds of Upper Swaledale Guided Walk - National Park Event: Discover Aisgill Force exploring the influence of humans on this special morning session Saturday 23 April landscape. We will follow the Pennine Way, Ribble 10:00 to 12:30/13:30 to 16:00 13:30 to 16:00 St George’s Day 1950’s Dance Way and Pennine Bridleway, including the award- Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 19:30 winning new bridge across the Ribble at Far Moor. Spend a full or half day with knowledgeable Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this Ingleborough Community Centre, Ingleton, LA6 www.skyware.co.uk/scwf/program/program.htm volunteer Rev David Peel observing birds in their moderate 4 mile (6½ km) journey, passing the 3HG moorland, woodland and river habitats. Booking home of Wensleydale Cheese and alongside the Dress up and celebrate St. George’s Day with a Friday 29 April essential. Over 8s accompanied by an adult beck through a narrow wooded gorge to reach the buffet, live band and bar. £10. North Heritage Trust Talk R2S welcome. Adult £5/£3, children free. spectacular falls. 015242 41647 19:30 01748 885845 Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. www.thisisingleton.co.uk St John’s Methodist Church, Church St, Settle, BD24 9JJ [email protected] ‘Settle-Carlisle Railway 1850-1990: Decisions, keld.org.uk Wednesday 11 May Saturday 23 April decisions, decisions’ by Martin Pearson. £2, NCHT National Park Event: Make a Pig in a Day members free. Sunday 8 May Highway to an Ancient Woodland www.northcravenheritage.org.uk 10:00 to 16:00 Birdsong walk in Upper Wharfedale 10:45 to 15:15 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ 08:00 to 10:30 Meet Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA (SD 817 635) Friday 29 April Back again by popular demand, our expert Josie will Meet Buckden YDNPA car park, BD23 5JA A moderate 5½ mile (9km) guided walk on the old An evening with Anita Harris show you how to make your very own willow pig to Join our ranger for a guided 2.5 mile walk with a King’s Highway to Cleatop Park Wood to enjoy 20:00 trot away with you at the end of the course. All focus on bird identification and bird song. Suitable Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT springtime flowers - you may even see wild deer. Learn materials, tuition and lunch included. £70. for over 7s accompanied by an adult. Booking A journey through a showbiz life, with a wonderful about Settle and how it turned through 90 degrees! 01969 667320 essential. Adult £5, child £3.50. cocktail of song, glitz, chat and humour. Adult Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. [email protected] 01729 830416 £12/14, child £6/7. [email protected] www.gaylemill.org.uk Saturday 14 May 01748 884759 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale [email protected] Choral Concert at Priory Church Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 April 19:30 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Sunday 8 May Medieval Household Priory Church, Bolton Abbey, Near Skipton, BD23 6AL Introduction to Blacksmithing 10:00 to 17:00 Friday 29 April to Monday 2 May An evening of song performed by the highly Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET 10:00 to 16:00 Annual Art Exhibition Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ accomplished Yorkshire Dales chamber choir Experience life in a Medieval household as the Castle 10:00 to 17:00 (12:00 Sun) Cantores Salicium including Handel’s ‘Hallelujah is brought to life by our fantastic living historians. Expert blacksmith Adrian Wood and his assistant Leyburn Methodist Hall Andy make the art of hot forging and shaping steel Chorus’ and ‘Music for the Royal Fireworks’. Adult Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. Free admission. Preview 28 April 7pm - all welcome. seem so easy on this full day course. £95 - includes £10, child free. 01969 623981 01748 824514 lunch. 015242 51002 [email protected] [email protected] 01969 667320 [email protected] www.boltoncastle.co.uk [email protected] www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-choral- Saturday 30 April www.gaylemill.org.uk concert-11693 Sunday 24 April Life is Sweet - Get Buzzing! National Park Event: By Castle & Byway Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS 10:00 to 15:30 Join us for a fun family weekend of wildflower Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH planting, face painting and beekeeping demos, then Join our experienced Dales Volunteers for an easy 7 make a bee-line to our café for a honey milkshake mile (11.3 km) walk along byways and field paths before peering into the extraordinary world of the between historic Bolton Castle, with its picturesque beehive. Adult £4, child/conc £3. village and fine views across to Pen Hill, and 01756 752150 Aysgarth Falls, the jewel of Lower Wensleydale. [email protected] Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - www.kilnseypark.co.uk see page 5. Saturday 30 April Tuesday 26 April Hands-on Heritage Wheelwrighting Guided Walk: Woods & Water R2S 09:00 to 17:00 09:50 to 15:00 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ Meet Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA Join us, as Guy Martin did in Channel 4’s, ‘How Join our chairman Mark Corner on a varied and Britain Worked’, for a hands-on experience in fascinating 8 mile walk along the Pennine Bridleway making a traditional steel-hooped hot bonded towards Long Preston, including a visit to Mark’s cartwheel from scratch. £80 - includes lunch. own woodland to hear about conservation work. 01969 667320 Well behaved dogs on leads welcome. [email protected] 01756 749400 www.gaylemill.org.uk [email protected] www.yds.org.uk Saturday 30 April to Sunday 1 May Kidz Crafts Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG Tuesday 26 April Create a grass head, plant a sunflower to celebrate Walk: Settle, Little Stainforth and R2S Le Tour de Yorkshire (available before 2.30pm) and Feizor Thwaite Triangle don’t forget an item for the secret swap box. Adult 09:50 to 17:00 £6, child £5 (under 3s free). Meet Settle Railway station 01423 755228 Join Dr David Johnson of Ingleborough Archaeology [email protected] Group on a free, 8 mile circular walk from Settle www.studfoldtrails.co.uk station to look at the archaeology and geology of this fascinating area. www.ride2stride.org.uk May

Tuesday 26 April Sunday 1 May Old Inns of the Yorkshire Dales R2S National Park Event: 19:30 to 21:00 Pathfinder - Introduction to Map Reading Friends Meeting House, Kirkgate, Settle, BD24 9DX 12:30 to 16:30 Join Dr David Johnson of Ingleborough Archaeology Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Group for a fascinating illustrated talk. £3. See highlights box on page 18 for details. www.ingleborougharchaeologygroup.org.uk Find out what it takes to be a National Park ranger - 2 June, Dales Countryside Museum

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 17 Saturday 14 May Sunday 15 May to Sunday 19 June Saturday 21 May Wednesday 25 May Wensleydale Concert Series - Orchestral Charity Wild About Orchids Month BLS Introduction to Lichens National Park Event: Hawes Town Trail Concert Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU 14:00 to 16:00 19:30 Celebrate the wonderful world of orchids and get Learn to recognise the most common lichens and Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT St Andrew’s Church, Aysgarth, DL8 3SR close to the ten different types growing on our use simple charts and keys to help you identify For details see 6 April. The Northern Camerata with conductor Andy species with confidence on this one-day course for nature reserve. Learn the incredible story of the UK’s Jackson are joined by international cellist Corinne beginners. £40. Wednesday 25 May rarest, the Lady’s Slipper, feared extinct until it was Morris to raise funds for Help Musicians UK. Adult 01729 830331 Spring flower walk in Wensleydale £12.50, child/conc £5 (£15 on door). rediscovered in the Dales. Free event, but please [email protected] 10:00 01969 663026 note there is a charge for entry to the Kilnsey Trail www.field-studies-council.org Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH [email protected] 01756 752150 A scenic 6 mile walk to Castle Bolton, via Aysgarth www.wensleydaleconcertseries.co.uk [email protected] Saturday 21 May to Sunday 4 September Falls and Freeholders’ Wood and our first major www.kilnseypark.co.uk Overground Underground Saturday 14 May A festival of activities celebrating the environment of supporter woodland - St Joseph’s Wood - planted in 1998/99. £15 suggested donation. Wensleydale’s Waterfalls Photography Workshop Tuesday 17 May Ingleborough to suit all ages, interests and pockets. 015242 51002 10:30 National Park Event: By Castle & Byway 015242 41843 [email protected] [email protected] Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH 10:00 to 15:30 Join a photography masterclass as we explore four www.ogug.co.uk www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-walk- Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH of these awe-inspiring icons. Learn about capturing spring-woodland-flowers--11807 For details see 24 April. the movement of the water, camera settings and Sunday 22 May composition with the help of our expert tutor. Open CRO Challenge 2016 Thursday 26 May Friday 20 May to all levels. £40. 08:00 to 18:00 National Park Event: By Castle & Byway National Park Event: Tan Hill Tales The Cave Rescue Organisation provides a vital above 07717 213604 10:00 to 15:30 19:30 to 20:30 and below ground rescue service in the Dales, [email protected] Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT entirely through volunteers. Choose from the www.yorkshirephotowalks.com For details see 24 April. A talk by Neil Hanson, author of the The Inn on the Ingleborough Marathon (26 miles) or Clapham Circuit (12 miles) on this important CRO fundraising Saturday 14 May Top. Part of the Friends of the Museum annual event. Friday 27 May Classic Countryside Guided Walk: Spring lecture programme. Free - donations welcome. 07970 988557 National Park Event: In the Kitchen Wildflowers of Oxenber Wood Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. crochallenge @gmail.com 11:00 to 15:00 11:00 https://crochallenge.wordpress.com Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT Meet Austwick Bridge, LA2 8BY Saturday 21 May For details see 8 April. This lovely 4 mile guided walk led by Trustee Dr Monoprinting at Malham Tarn Sunday 22 May Tony Smith takes us through the woods near 10:00 to 17:00 National Park Event: Austwick, to see fresh spring flowers. Friday 27 to Monday 30 May Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Falls, Freeholders and Flagstones 01756 749400 Redmire Beer Festival A workshop suitable for beginners with local 13:00 to 16:30 [email protected] Travel on Wensleydale Railway services to the beer printmaker Hester Cox, exploring monoprinting Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH www.yds.org.uk festival, with dozens of tastings and a plethora of using three different methods characterised by line, An easy 5 mile (8km) walk around the fascinating landscape of Carperby parish. Join our experienced pubs - a great weekend for beer appreciation. tone and texture. Booking essential - £55 (includes Saturday 14 May Dales Volunteers to discover its geology, history, culture 01677 425805 Introduction to Relief Wood Carving lunch). and industrial heritage. Why not arrive early and have [email protected] 10:30 to 16:30 01729 830331 lunch in the Centre’s Coppice Café before you set off. www.wensleydalerail.com Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ [email protected] Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - A superb day of wood carving under the expert www.field-studies-council.org see page 5. Saturday 28 May tuition of Peter Berry. All materials, tuition and lunch Go Wild Week included. £65. Saturday 21 May Wednesday 25 May Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS 01969 667320 Sedbergh Gala Upper Dales Family History Group meeting Do you remember the thrill of climbing your first [email protected] 12:30 to 17:00 14:00 tree? A celebration of the natural things that make Fremington Village Hall, Near Reeth, DL11 6AR www.gaylemill.org.uk Lupton Field, Back Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AQ the countryside so fun - try your hand at den Lynne Ditchburn - ‘Raleigh, Spice and Roanoke’. The Sedbergh’s yearly gala is a high point in the life of building, help build a bug hotel and learn how to Saturday 14 May to Sunday 12 June story of the early settlers in the Americas. Visitors the town - a procession with the town band starts light a fire without matches. Child £3. Buttercups and Bluebells welcome. £2. proceedings, with a full programme of afternoon 01756 752150 Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG 0743 2677 783 and evening entertainment. Enjoy this spectacular time of the year - there will [email protected] [email protected] not be a more beautiful countryside experience. sedberghgala.webs.com www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk www.kilnseypark.co.uk Collect, colour and make our latest bluebell badge. Adult £6, children £5 (under 3’s free). 01423 755228 [email protected] www.studfoldtrails.co.uk

Sunday 15 May National Park Event: Rugmaking Workshop 11:00 to 16:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details see 3 April. Find a new path Learn how to use a map and compass on our popular Pathfinder courses and navigate your way to new skills. Adults £15. (the Introduction course is suitable for children over 12 and accompanied by an adult - £10).

Sunday 1 May Pathfinder - Introduction to Map Reading 12:30 to 16:30 A four-hour introductory navigation course covering basic techniques to give you confidence on low level clear paths. Working in small groups, we begin learning indoors and then put theory into practice on a pleasant 3 mile (4.8km) walk.

Sunday 12 June and 3 July Pathfinder - Intermediate Navigation Course 10:30 to 16:30 A full day’s navigation course gaining further skills in map-reading, grid references and compass work and including a 5 mile (8km) walk.

Sunday 18 September Pathfinder - Advanced Navigation Course 10:00 to 16:30 A full day’s advanced navigation course practising and developing existing skills in remote, open country on a 5 ½ mile (8.9km) walk. Booking essential - contact Dales Countryside Museum (see page 14) for more details. Get crafty at the Dales Countryside Museum, including Fun Fridays throughout the summer holidays

Page 18 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Saturday 28 to Sunday 29 May Monday 30 May Wednesday 1 June The Bluebell Experience West Burton May Fair National Park Event: Threshfield Quarry - Key for National Park Authority- Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG 13:00 to 16:00 A story of regeneration organised events - for more Come along and experience this fantastic sight. West Burton Village Green 10:00 to 13:00 Make your own bluebell badge and create a Lots of fun for all the family, including maypole Meet Threshfield Quarry entrance (SD 9825 6385) advice, please see page 15. bluebell to take home with you. Crafts before dancing, dog show, inflatable assault course, sheep Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this 3.7 mile (6km) guided walk. Discover recent work by 2.30pm. Adult £6, child £5 (under 3s free). dog demonstration and Morris dancers. Guided walk conservationists to regenerate this previous 01423 755228 01969 663551 industrial site with new access routes and [email protected] [email protected] www.westburton-yorkshire.co.uk opportunities for wildlife, demonstrating what can Created for kids www.studfoldtrails.co.uk be achieved after the quarrymen have left. Contact National Park Centre - see page 5. Saturday 28 to Monday 30 May Monday 30 May to Friday 3 June Arts and crafts Magical Mayhem 15th Century War of the Roses Thursday 2 June 10:00 to 17:00 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) National Park Event: Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET Workshop Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Highway to an Ancient Woodland Take a trip to our School of Magic: design your own Journey back to the 15th century with the Red 10:45 to 15:15 Wyvern Society. See a recreation of a medieval witch or wizard hat and wand, mix up some potions Meet Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA (SD 817 635) Demonstration campsite within the castle grounds and the garrison and watch the school owls practice their flying For details see 11 May. demonstrate their arms and armour. Adult £7.80, display. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. 01969 623981 Talk child £4.90, conc £6.80. Thursday 2 June [email protected] 01756 792442 National Park Event: What does a ranger do? www.boltoncastle.co.uk [email protected] 14:00 to 15:00 www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Tuesday 31 May The kettle’s on so come and have a brew with Matt National Park Event: Neale, the Upper Wensleydale Area Ranger. Matt Saturday 28 May to Friday 3 June Spring Flowers in Ancient Woodlands will talk about how he helps to keep the area Gaping Gill Winch Meet 11:00 to 15:30 special. Included in museum admission. 08:00 to 13:00 Meet Knight Stainforth Caravan & Camping Site, Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Experience the thrill of being lowered down this BD24 0DP (SD 815 672) huge natural chamber by bosun’s chair and discover A moderate 6 mile (10km) walk to ancient Oxenber Thursday 2 June Take part in a range of exciting events that a hidden underground world. £15. and Wharfe Woods, through limestone pavement, Become a Malham Tarn National celebrate the Yorkshire Dales’ wonderful 01484 683260 Trust Ranger for a Day grassland and wood pasture, and visiting the wildflowers, their habitats and the species [email protected] 10:00 to 15:00 mysterious Celtic Wall. that they support. Guided walks, talks, www.bpc-cave.org.uk Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. Come and experience a day helping us with family activities, arts and crafts, Saturday 28 May to Sunday 5 June important conservation tasks and a few fun activities identification courses, conservation Tuesday 31 May Clapham Art Group 65th Annual Exhibition along the way. Suitable for accompanied primary activities, photography workshops… with National Park Event: Grinton Mines & Mills 11:00 to 18:00 school aged children. £10 - booking essential. more than 100 events, there’s something 13:30 to 16:30 Clapham Village Hall, LA2 8DZ 01729 830416 for everyone to enjoy! Meet Grinton Youth Hostel, DL11 6HS (SE 048975) Around 80 new and original pictures by local artists, [email protected] A moderate 2 mile (3.2 km) guided walk to discover with cards, sketches and mounted pictures for sale. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate The annual Flowers of the Dales Festival is the leadmining history of Grinton Moor. Join our 01729 822476 co-ordinated by local charity Yorkshire expert Dales Volunteers to explore hushes, levels, a Thursday 2 to Saturday 4 June Dales Millennium Trust, and all events are flue system and the finest of the smelt mills in the Dales. Skipton Beer Festival 2016 Saturday 28 May to Saturday 11 June run by local organisations and individuals. Contact Reeth National Park Centre - see page 5. Ermysted’s School, Gargrave Road, Skipton, BD23 Swaledale Festival 1PL Look out for the flower icon in A two week festival of music, arts and walking in Tuesday 31 May Thu 3-10pm £1.50; Fri, Sat 11am-10pm £2.50 Swaledale, Wensleydale and - 2016 these pages to find participating National Park Event: (CAMRA members free). Around 65 cooled real ales, highlights include The Hallé Orchestra. events, and visit www.ydmt.org/ Drystone Walling Demonstration food and a Mild Trail. 01748 880018 Festival2016 to download the full 11:00 to 15:00 01756 796167 [email protected] programme. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] www.swalefest.org www.skiptonbeerfestival.camra.org.uk For details see 29 March. Sunday 29 May Friday 3 June Sunday 5 June Tuesday 31 May National Park Event: In the National Park Event: You’ve Been Framed National Park Event: National Park Event: Go Wild Meadow - Print Workshop 13:00 to 16:00 Falls, Freeholders and Flagstones 11:00 to 15:00 10:00 to 17:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 13:00 to 16:30 Malham National Park Centre, BD24 4DA Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Search for natural materials and create a fabulous Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Free drop-in activities for accompanied 5 to 12 year Enjoy a printmaking workshop with lino artist Helen artwork within our frames on the woodland floor. For details see 22 May. olds, with lots of crafty stuff and wildlife investigations Roddie using the Dales’ meadows as inspiration. Part of our Fun Friday events programme. Included to have a go at. Drop in at any time - all you need to in museum admission. £50 - locally sourced lunch included. Sunday 5 June bring is an adult to help you with any tricky stuff. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. National Park Event: Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. Dent - Sunnyside & Moneyside Saturday 4 June 13:30 to 16:00 Sunday 29 May Wild Food Foraging National Park Event: Discover Lower Wensleydale June 10:00 to 17:00 Meet Dent car park, LA10 5QL (SD704871) 13:00 to 16:30 Malham Tarn Field Centre, BD24 9PU Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this easy Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Wednesday 1 June Learn about the wild edibles all around us, how to 4 mile (6.4km) walk along the popular For details see 17 April. Leadmining book launch identify and use around 30 different species and through flower meadows and returning on a 19:30 differentiate them from possible lookalikes. Booking centuries-old route. The dale has one of the remotest Sunday 29 May Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX essential. Adults only - £30. breweries in Britain, the highest railway station, and National Park Event: Circular Walk Roger Preston will discuss his Museum exhibition 01729 830331 was home to the Terrible Knitters and Dent Vampire. Exploring Grassington Moor and Conistone ‘The Eye of the Beholder’ focussing on photographs [email protected] Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. 11:00 to 15:00 of the local leadmines, and David Joy will introduce www.field-studies-council.org Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB his new book ‘Men of Lead, Mining in the Yorkshire Monday 6 June Saturday 4 June Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this 6.8 Dales’. Copies available at a special reduced rate on Mount up for Manorlands National Park Event: mile (11km) guided walk and discover how the the night. The Coniston Estate, Coniston Cold, BD23 4EA Willow Workshop landscape has been transformed over the ages. 01748 884118 11:00 to 16:00 Fun and challenging charity horse ride through The walk rises to Bare House, descends Conistone [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT stunning scenery. Adult £20, child £18, teams of 5 Dib and returns via Dib Beck and Grass Wood. www.swaledalemuseum.org Learn to work with willow and create something £90 advance. Contact Grassington National Park Centre - see page 5. unique such as giant meadow flowers or useful 01535 640176 Wednesday 1 June such as plant support structures and baskets. [email protected] Sunday 29 May to Wednesday 1 June National Park Event: Kisdon Classic Ten places available. www.mountupformanorlands.org.uk Malham Safari 10:30 to 15:00 £40, plus additional materials on the day. www.malhamdale.com/safari.htm Meet Farmers Arms, Muker, DL11 6QG (SD910 978) Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Tuesday 7 June Join our experienced Dales Volunteers for a moderate National Park Event: Scenic Swaledale Sunday 29 May to Sunday 12 June 6½ mile (10.5km) spectacular walk around Kisdon Sunday 5 June 13:30 to 17:00 Sedbergh Music Festival Hill along the Swale gorge to the ruins of Crackpot The Yomp Mountain Challenge Meet Reeth National Park Centre, DL11 6TB St. Andrew’s Church, Main Street, Sedbergh, LA10 5BL Hall and on to Keld before a return by the Corpse 07:00 to 18:00 Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this Since 2000, St Andrew’s and other town venues Road. Adult £7, child £3. Part of Swaledale Festival. Kirkby Stephen Grammar School, CA17 4HA moderate 5½ mile (8.9km) guided walk discovering have been hosting this annual collection of musical 01748 880019 Established in 1983, this running/walking event on local industrial and cultural heritage whilst enjoying recitals, concerts, talks, lunches and dinners. www.swalefest.org the Cumbrian fells has a choice of three course [email protected] waymarked routes with manned checkpoints and the delightful scenery of this beautiful part of Swaledale. www.sedbergh.org.uk/musicfestival Wednesday 1 June electronic timing. Contact Reeth National Park Centre - see page 5. Wild Wharfedale Woodland Art 017683 72091 or 07887 683831 [email protected] Monday 30 May 11:00 to 14:30 Tuesday 7 June www.yomp.org Austwick Annual Street Market & Cuckoo Festival Buckden YDNPA car park, BD23 5JA National Park Event: 10:00 to 16:00 Get creative with our rangers amongst the giant Linton Heritage Trail - A Bridge Too Far Sunday 5 June 14:00 to 16:30 Join the villagers for their annual Street Market trees of Wharfedale and make some wild art using National Park Event: Traditional Knitting Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB against the glorious backdrop of Crummackdale - natural objects like leaves, twigs and stones. 14:00 to 16:00 Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this easy including the ever popular Austwick Amble Fell Suitable for children up to age 14 (must be Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Race, street entertainment and a display of classic accompanied). Adult £5, child £3.50 - booking Demonstration of knitting with four needles and guided 4.3 mile (7km) discovering local geology, cars. essential. knitting sticks using traditional Dales patterns. Linton Falls and Mill, and the village’s connection with 015242 51185 01729 830416 Included in museum admission. the Plague, Great Fire of London and Castle Howard. [email protected] [email protected] Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Contact Grassington National Park Centre - see page 5. www.austwick.org www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale

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B6265 A59 THRESHFIELD HEBDEN STUMP CROSS District Council Today the competition is as fierce as ever. Top show winners mean more B6478 LOWER CAVERNS BARDENSETTLE RESERVOIR MALHAM LINTON BLUBBERHOUSES FOREST OF HELLIFIELD GIGGLESWICK R car parks and are available from LANCASTER A1M sales of stock bred from their lines and bring their own satisfaction after A65 R A59 A658 RIVER RIBBLE KIRKBY MALHAM BURNSALL HARROGATE National Park Centres for £15. CONISTON RIPLEY A6059 all the hard work on the farm. BOWLAND BOLTON ABBEY SIMON’S SEAT EMBSAY AIRTON CRACOE A61 GARGRAVE HETTON SWINSTYUPPER RESERVOIR BEAMSLEY BEACON RYLSTONE BARDEN RESERVOIR THRUSCROSS B6451 LONG PRESTON SHAWFIELDRESERVOIR KNARESBOROUGH

A682 B6160 SLAIDBURN Soaking up the atmosphere at a traditional annual show is a Dales treat not to be missed! AONB B6265 HEAD PANNAL A59 B6478 DRAUGHTON LOWER B6451 SPOFFORTH FOREST OF RIVER AIRE SKIPTONHELLIFIELD BARDEN RESERVOIR B6161 BLUBBERHOUSES A59 R A65 ADDINGHAM R A658 Find out more about these and many other events in our ‘What’s on’ listing on pages 15 to 28. RIVER RIBBLE A59 HARROGATE CONISTON FEWSTON RESERVOIR BOWLAND EMBSAY BOLTON ABBEY A61 B6251 GARGRAVE SWINSTY RESERVOIR GISBURN A629 BEAMSLEY BEACON August September THORNTON A682 A65 SHAWFIELD AONB SLAIDBURN CONONLEY HEAD WETHERBYPANNAL DRAUGHTON B6451 BOSTON 20 August Gargrave Show 4 September Moorcock Show B6478 IN-CRAVEN BARNOLDSWICK RIVER AIRE A658 SPOFFORTH ILKLEY SKIPTON B6161 SPA A59 R ADDINGHAM COLLINGHAM 20 & 21 August The Witton Feast 7 September Muker Show EARBY GISBURN B6251 A629 27 August Wensleydale Show 11 September Hardraw Scaur Brass THORNTON OTLEY A65 HAREWOOD WETHERBY A629 CONONLEY BOSTON B6478 IN-CRAVEN BARNOLDSWICK ILKLEY A658 SPA 27 August Malham Show Band Festival CLITHEROE ECCUP COLLINGHAM EARBY RESERVOIR 29 August Reeth Show 19 September Nidderdale Show COWLING KEIGHLEY A658 OTLEY HAREWOOD A629 30 August Kilnsey Show 24 & 25 September Masham Sheep Fair CLITHEROE ECCUP RESERVOIR COWLING KEIGHLEY A658 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 21 Wednesday 8 June Friday 17 June Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 June Wednesday 22 June National Park Event: Red Squirrels and An Evening with The Dreamers Wensleydale Railway Dales Festival of Food & Upper Dales Family History Group meeting other wildlife of Snaizeholme 20:00 Drink Special 19:30 14:00 to 16:30 Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT Wensleydale Railway will be running its special rail Wensley Village Hall, DL8 4HT Meet Mirkpot House, Snaizeholme, Hawes, DL8 3NB Alan Mosca and Bryan Byng are joined by Steven services to Leyburn for the annual festival. Dr Jenny Stephenson - ‘Taking the Medicine, 145 years of a Family Doctor’s House.’ The GP (SD828871) and Colin Temple to play the band’s favourite songs 01677 425805 talks about the history of her practice and how the Join us for a gentle 1½ mile (2.4km) guided walk from the 60s plus The Beatles and Everly Brothers. [email protected] team adapted through challenges such as cholera, searching for tracks and signs of local wildlife, Adult £14/16, child £7/8. www.wensleydalerail.com two World Wars, and the new NHS. £2. ending at Snaizeholme Red Squirrel Viewpoint. 01748 884759 0743 2677 783 Find out how we have protected and recorded the [email protected] Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 June www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk 12th Century Castle Life [email protected] squirrels in the National Park over recent years. www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk A must for wildlife spotters and photographers. 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) Friday 17 to Saturday 18 June Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Adult £7, child £3. Part of Swaledale Festival. Wednesday 22 June Woodland Open Days Be transported back in time with living history 01748 880019 Wildflower Meadow Walk 10:00 to 16:00 group, The Feudal Archers, based on the period www.swalefest.org 10:00 SD962827 1135 to 1216, spanning the reigns of four kings - Meet The Crown Inn, Askrigg, DL8 3HQ Visit Longridge Wood, a new 100 acre woodland Stephen, Henry II, Richard I and John. Adult £7.80, Saturday 11 June An excellent 2.5 mile circular walk taking in some of with beautiful views of Bishopdale, planted with Swaledale’s Meadows, Barns & Waterfalls child £4.90, conc £6.80. the best traditional wildflower hay meadows in the 40,000 native broadleaf trees thanks to generous Photography Workshop 01756 792442 region, led by Hay Time project officer Tanya St. Pierre donations. Part of the Dales Woodland Restoration 11:00 [email protected] and farmer Allen Kirkbride. £15 suggested donation. Programme, a partnership including Yorkshire Dales Meet Muker car park, DL11 6QG (SD 910 978) www.skiptoncastle.co.uk 015242 51002 Millennium Trust, Yorkshire Dales National Park Master a wide variety of photographic techniques as [email protected] Authority and The Forestry Commission. we explore the stunning rolling landscape of Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 June www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-summer- 015242 51002 Swaledale. Open to all levels. £40. Sedbergh Cycling Festival meadow-walk-13470 [email protected] 07717 213604 Lupton Field, Back Lane, Sedbergh, LA10 5AQ www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt- [email protected] A great weekend of all things cycling - races, rides, Friday 24 to Sunday 26 June woodland-open-day-13389 www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Grass Track on Saturday. Dentdale Music & Beer Festival [email protected] Dent Friday 17 June to Saturday 2 July Sunday 12 June www.sedbergh.org.uk/view-event/sedbergh-cycling- www.dentmusicandbeer.com Grassington Festival 2016 Escape To The Dales Cycle Sportive festival Grassington, BD23 5AT Meet Escape Bikes cycle shop, Near Ingleton, LA6 Saturday 25 June One of Yorkshire’s leading multi-arts festival 3NJ Sunday 19 June Waterfalls of the Swale Guided Walk celebrates its 36th year with another cracking line Join our Cycle Sportive, part of the Overground Father’s Day at Studfold 13:30 to 16:00 up of artists and events. Meet Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ Underground Festival. There are two distances - 40 Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG 01756 752691 Keld has the highest concentration of waterfalls in and 70 miles - taking in stunning scenery around Experience the Studfold Adventure Trail at one of www.grassington-festival.org.uk England - nine within a one-mile radius. Led by the Dales. the most beautiful times of the year. Discover clues experienced volunteers. Children must be [email protected] and find secret boxes. Adult £6 (free to dads and Saturday 18 June accompanied. Dogs on a lead welcome. Adult £3, www.ogug.co.uk grandads accompanying their children), child £5 Day in the Dales (under 3s free). child free. Horton-in-Ribblesdale 01748 886845 Sunday 12 June 01423 755228 A fantastic new sponsored walking challenge in the [email protected] National Park Event: Discover Lower Wensleydale [email protected] Three Peaks, plus a great Family Fun Day with games www.keld.org.uk 13:00 to 16:30 www.studfoldtrails.co.uk and stalls. Choose from the 25-mile Three Peaks trail; Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Saturday 25 June a less strenuous 15-mile valley route; or a flat, but Sunday 19 June For details see 17 April. National Park Event: equally scenic 5km nature walk. This flagship National Park Event: fundraising event is a partnership between Heart Grassington Heritage Trail Sunday 12 June Falls, Freeholders and Flagstones Research UK and the Yorkshire Dales National Park 14:00 to 16:30 National Park Event: 13:00 to 16:30 Authority’s Three Peaks Project. Raising money to Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Pathfinder Intermediate Navigation Course Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this 3 mile help people live healthier, longer, happier lives, as For details see 22 May. 10:30 to 16:30 well as caring for the Three Peaks much-loved - and (4.8km) guided walk around Grassington’s historical Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT much-used - footpath network. Entry fees: Three and industrial past - find out who the notorious Sunday 19 June Tom Lee was and what jakeys were. For details see highlight box on page 18. Peaks walk, £25; Valleys walk £15, nature walk £5, Open Garden, Swale Cottage, Richmond Part of Grassington Festival. under 12s free. Sunday 12 June 13:00 to 17:00 [email protected]. 0113 234 7474 Swale Cottage, Station Road, Richmond, DL10 4 LU Queen’s 90th Birthday, Sports & Community Tea [email protected] Open for the National Gardens Scheme, a half-acre Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 June Party www.heartresearch.org.uk/events/join-our-family- urban oasis featuring enclosed garden rooms, pond, Stone Carving Association Ingleborough Community Centre, Ingleton, LA6 day-dales 3HG orchard and paddock with sheep and hens. Adult 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) £3, child free. Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Fun for all the family, organised by Ingleton Rural Saturday 18 June 01748 829452 Demonstration from a group who share a keen Communities Association. Buckden Gala [email protected] interest in the craft of stone carving, which they 015242 41701 www.buckdengala.co.uk www.thisisingleton.co.uk promote through public exhibitions. Come and have Sunday 19 June a go! Adult £7.80, child £4.90, conc £6.80. Saturday 18 June National Park Event: Father’s Day 01756 792442 Tuesday 14 June Gayle Mill Summer Fayre & Beer Festival 11:00 to 16:00 [email protected] National Park Event: Old Gang Mines 11:00 to 23:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.skiptoncastle.co.uk 13:30 to 16:30 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ Celebrate with Dad on his special day with Meet Surrender Bridge near Reeth (SD 989999) Heritage skills demonstrations, wood and craft traditional games like wallops, quoits and skittles. Sunday 26 June An easy 3½ mile (5.6 km) stroll around the stalls, duck racing on the leat and a showcase of Included in museum admission. National Park Event: The Erratic Boulders of fascinating remains of the leadmining industry of locally brewed beers. Free admission. Norber and a Secret Dale Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Swaledale with experts, visiting two smelt mills and 01969 667320 11:00 to 15:30 associated buildings, flues, levels, adits and tips. [email protected] Meet YDNPA car park, Clapham, LA2 8EQ (SD 745 691) Tuesday 21 June Contact Reeth National Park Centre - see page 5. www.gaylemill.org.uk A moderate 5½ mile (9km) walk among the famous Wild Flowers at Malham Tarn Norber Erratics - huge boulders carried here by an 19:00 to 21:00 Wednesday 15 June Saturday 18 June Ice Age glacier. We will visit Nappa Scar for evidence Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT National Park Event: National Park Event: of an ancient sea, hear about the Craven Faults, A 2 mile guided walk to marvel at the variety of The Power & Industry of the Ribble Leadmining on Grassington Moor and glimpse into little known Crummackdale with flowers in this peaceful and important National 10:30 to 15:30 14:00 to 17:00 its fossil waterfall. Nature Reserve. Meet Knight Stainforth Caravan & Camping Site, Meet car park 2 miles up Moor Lane, Yarnbury, Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. 01729 830416 BD24 0DP (SD 815 672) Grassington [email protected] A moderate 6 mile (10km) walk discussing the (SE 015 658) Sunday 26 June www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate industries which depended on the river in the past. Join our archaeologist on this 4.3 mile (7km) guided National Park Event: Discover an Archimedes screw, visit Langcliffe, a walk exploring leadmining remains and discussing Rugmaking Workshop quiet village with a violent past, and Craven issues in present management of the landscape. Tuesday 21 June 11:00 to 16:00 Limeworks with its Hoffmann Kiln - one of the Part of Grassington Festival. National Park Event: Hawes Town Trail Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT area’s best kept archaeological secrets. 01756 752691 14:00 to 16:00 For details see 3 April. Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. [email protected] Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Sunday 26 June www.grassington-festival.org.uk For details see 6 April. Wednesday 15 June National Park Event: Kisdon Classic Circular 11:00 to 16:00 Will Swales - ‘Harkerside Hill Farms 1700 to the Saturday 18 June Wednesday 22 June Meet Farmers Arms, Muker, DL11 6QG Present’ In Search of the Bird’s Eye Primrose National Park Event: Join our experienced Dales Volunteers for a 19:30 10:30 to 15:00 Threshfield Quarry - A story of regeneration moderate 6½ mile (10.5km) spectacular walk Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX Meet Blue Bell Inn, Kettlewell, BD23 5QX 10:00 to 13:00 around Kisdon Hill along the Swale gorge to the Learn about the fascinating stories of feuds, Meet Threshfield Quarry entrance (SD 9825 6385) This free 8 mile walk guided by our Chairman Mark ruins of Crackpot Hall and on to Keld before a hardships, and triumphs among the hill farmers of For details see 1 June. Corner will find (hopefully!) the flower symbol of return by the Corpse Road. Harkerside, together with an account of the radical the Society - what better way to celebrate our 35th Contact Reeth National Park Centre - see page 5. changes in some aspects of farm life. £4. anniversary. We follow the Dales Way to Buckden Wednesday 22 June Wild Flowers at Malham Tarn 01748 884118 then climb above Eshber Wood onto Knuckle Bone Sunday 26 June 14:00 to 16:00 [email protected] Pasture. Expect lovely views and an abundance of Meadow and Woodland Flowers of Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT www.swaledalemuseum.org wildflowers. Well behaved dogs on leads welcome. Yockenthwaite For details see 21 June. 01756 749400 11:00 to 14:00 Wednesday 15 June [email protected] Meet Yockenthwaite Bridge, BD23 5JH (SD 904 790) National Park Event: www.yds.org.uk For souvenirs of a great trip or books to Experience the colours and scents of meadows, Explore the Villages of Upper Wensleydale help you plan one, visit our National limestone pavement and woodland on this 4 mile 13:30 to 16:00 Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 June guided walk. £5. Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Dales Festival of Food and Drink Park Centres or online shop at 01729 830416 For details see 10 April. Leyburn retail.yorkshiredales.org.uk [email protected] www.dalesfestivaloffood.org www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale

Page 22 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Tuesday 28 June Sunday 3 July Saturday 9 July National Park Event: National Park Event: To the Source of the Swale Guided Walk Key for National Park Authority- Grassington Heritage Trail Pathfinder - Intermediate Navigation Course 11:00 to 13:00 organised events - for more 14:00 to 16:30 10:30 to 16:30 Meet Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB A gentle 2.5 mile stroll through meadows to the advice, please see page 15. For details see highlights box on page 18. Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this confluence of Birkdale and Sleddale Becks - the 3 mile (4.8km) guided walk around Grassington’s official source of the Swale. Children must be Guided walk Sunday 3 July historical and industrial past - find out who the accompanied. Dogs on leads welcome. Adult £3, Arthington Show child free. notorious Tom Lee was and what jakeys were. 08:00 Created for kids Contact Grassington National Park Centre - see page 5. 01748 886845 Pool in Wharfedale, LS21 2QA [email protected] A fun day out for all the family at the 99th www.keld.org.uk Tuesday 28 June agricultural and horticultural show. Exhibiting Arts and crafts Meadow and Woodland Flowers of Yorkshire’s finest cattle, sheep and horses. Sunday 10 July Yockenthwaite 07792 698539 National Park Event: Workshop 11:00 to 14:00 [email protected] Falls, Freeholders and Flagstones Meet Yockenthwaite Bridge, BD23 5JH (SD 904 790) www.arthingtonshow.co.uk 13:00 to 16:30 For details see 26 June. Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Demonstration Sunday 3 July For details see 22 May. Skipton Sheep Day Wednesday 29 June Talk ‘Swaledale and the Cold War’ www.sheepday.co.uk Tuesday 12 July 19:30 National Park Event: Linton Heritage Trail - Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX Sunday 3 July A Bridge Too Far National Park Event: Discover Aisgill Force 14:00 to 16:30 Shaun Richardson will introduce the history of the Friday 15 to Sunday 17 July Royal Observation Corps bunker at Grinton. Come 13:30 to 16:00 Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Wensleydale Railway Annual Diesel Gala and tell us your story if you remember it or were in Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details see 7 June. For details see 10 May. Leeming Bar Station, DL7 9AR the local ROC at the time of its construction and This annual family event brings together a super operation. £4. Tuesday 12 July Sunday 3 July range of engines from all over the country. Each 01748 884118 National Park Event: Scenic Swaledale Carperby Village Open Gardens train has a buffet service offering real ale. [email protected] 13:30 to 17:00 11:00 to 17:00 Meet Reeth National Park Centre, DL11 6TB 01677 425805 www.swaledalemuseum.org Approximately 20 gardens open to the public, plus For details see 7 June. [email protected] an art exhibition and refreshments in the Village www.wensleydalerail.com Wednesday 29 June Hall. Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 July Wild Flowers at Malham Tarn Great Yorkshire Show Saturday 16 July 19:00 to 21:00 Wednesday 6 July greatyorkshireshow.co.uk Trail Race - DT30 Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Meadows and Walls of Coverdale walk 10:00 For details see 21 June. 14:00 Wednesday 13 July Meet Usha Gap Campsite, Muker, DL11 6DW St Botolph Church, Horsehouse, National Park Event: Ascending almost 3,000ft up to Tan Hill Inn Thursday 30 June Join Robert Hall and Yoredale Natural History Society Dent - Sunnyside & Moneyside National Park Event: By Castle & Byway for a walk to look at Coverdale’s meadows and 13:30 to 16:00 (Britain’s highest pub), this 30km race takes you on 10:00 to 15:30 drystone walls on this 4 mile walk. Booking Meet Dent car park, LA10 5QL (SD704871) sections of the C2C, including a steep, rocky Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH essential. Children must be accompanied. Adult £2, For details see 5 June. descent into Swinner Gill, and across some of the For details see 24 April. child free. country’s most remote expanses of moorland. £25. [email protected] Thursday 14 to Sunday 17 July 01748 880298 www.yoredalenaturalhistory.com Gargrave Summer Art Exhibition [email protected] July 11:00 to 19:00 www.dalestrailseries.uk Wednesday 6 July Village Hall, Gargrave, BD23 3RD Friday 1 to Sunday 3 July National Park Event: Hawes Town Trail Annual exhibition of paintings, prints, and Saturday 16 July 14:00 to 16:00 Sedbergh Bunting Festival sculptures by local artists - most for sale, plus Ingleton Gala and Mountain Race Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT workshops and artists in residence. Dogs allowed. Celebrating the life and work of modernist poet Ingleton, lA6 3HG For details see 6 April. 01756 749686 Basil Bunting (1900-1985), whose last major poem, Fun for all the family with stalls, entertainment, [email protected] ‘Briggflatts’, celebrates his connection with the food, and the infamous Mountain Race up Sedbergh area. Wednesday 6 July gargravearts.webs.com Ingleborough. 015396 20125 National Park Event: 015242 41701 [email protected] Threshfield Quarry - A story of regeneration Thursday 14 July 10:00 to 13:00 www.thisisingleton.co.uk www.sedbergh.org.uk National Park Event: Meet Threshfield Quarry entrance (SD 9825 6385) The Power & Industry of the Ribble For details see 1 June. 10:30 to 15:30 Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 July Saturday 2 July Meet Knight Stainforth Caravan & Camping Site, 15th Century Castle Life Flowers of Upper Swaledale Ramble Wednesday 6 July BD24 0DP (SD 815 672) 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) 10:30 Phil Batman - ‘Sink or Swim: Kinship Families and For details see 15 June. Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Meet Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ the Collapse of Leadmining in Victorian Flower identification walk in association with Buckingham Retinue recreates life as it may have Swaledale’ Friday 15 July been in Skipton during the Wars of the Roses. Adult Yoredale Natural History Society. Dogs on a lead 19:30 National Park Event: Friends of the Dales £7.80, child £4.90,conc £6.80. welcome. Adult £5, child free. Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX Countryside Museum Gift Day 01756 792442 01748 886845 Join Phil Batman, retired professor of pathology, to 19:30 to 20:30 [email protected] learn about his research into families in rural and Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] www.keld.org.uk urban areas of Yorkshire which saw massive migration Bring your donations and enjoy a social evening www.skiptoncastle.co.uk in the 19th century, including Swaledale. £4. followed by a talk by Betsey Everett and Eleanor Saturday 2 July 01748 884118 Scarr on the Askrigg Village Book. Part of the Friends Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 July National Park Event: Rivers & Roots [email protected] of the Museum annual lecture programme. Masham Steam Rally 14:00 to 16:00 www.swaledalemuseum.org Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. www.mashamsteamrally.co.uk Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this 4 ½ mile (7km) guided walk taking in the historical and cultural landscapes of lower Wharfedale. Part of Grassington Festival. 01756 752691 [email protected] www.grassington-festival.org.uk

Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 July National Meadows Day Celebration Weekend 10:00 to 16:00 Nerthergill Farm, , Buckden, BD23 5JS Join us in celebrating the delights of a summer’s meadow with wildflower walks, talks, crafts and bug hunting at this free drop in event. Discover what’s being done to protect these precious places and find out how you can help. Donations welcome. 01756 761126 or 07854 602060 [email protected] www.nethergill.co.uk

Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 July Tudor Life 10:00 to 17:00 Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET Travel back in time to learn more about the Castle’s fascinating Tudor past and enjoy an authentic living history experience. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. 01969 623981 [email protected] www.boltoncastle.co.uk Discover great cycling trails as well as lesser known routes in the National Park - see www.cyclethedales.org.uk

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 23 Tuesday 26 July National Park Event: Monday 25 to Sunday 31 July Drystone Walling Demonstration National Parks Week 2016 11:00 to 15:00 Our annual celebration of some of our most Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT treasured landscapes - and this year’s theme is For details see 29 March. Adventure! There's no better time to get out and explore our incredible National Parks. Get Tuesday 26 July active, let your imagination run wild and National Park Event: Grassington Heritage Trail discover new worlds. 14:00 to 16:30 Become a nature detective and go stream Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB dipping for mini-beasts on a ‘Wild Wednesday’ For details see 25 June. at Aysgarth Falls (Weds 27 July). Uncover 'Bugs Galore' (Fri 29 July) using a magnifying glass Wednesday 27 July and identify what you can find living in the National Park Event: Let’s Go Fly a Kite! woods and in our very own high rise bug hotel. 11:00 to 12:00/14:00 to 15:00 Make your own kite and then fly it (Weds 27 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT July), see 'Magical Moths' up close (Sun 31 Let’s go make a kite and fly it as well! Join our July) or take a 'Walk Through Time' (Sat 30 morning or afternoon workshop. £3. July) as part of the national Festival of Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Archaeology. Find out more about these any many other Wednesday 27 July activities at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/ National Park Event: Wild Wednesday nationalparksweek 11:00 to 15:00 Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Do you have what it takes to track a Bullhead? Saturday 30 to Sunday 31 July Drop in and spend a day river dipping and making Yorkshire Dales Food & Drink Festival crafty things with us at Aysgarth Falls. We provide Skipton Auction Mart all equipment and materials - all you need to bring A new event showcasing the finest food, drink and is an adult to help you with any tricky stuff, shoes chefs, with over 270 traders selling regional produce for paddling in the river and a towel. and featuring the Hairy Bikers and Simply Good Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - presenter, Peter Sidwell, (Sat) and event patron see page 5. James Martin (Sun). www.yorkshiredalesfoodanddrinkfestival.com Thursday 28 July Den Building and Geocaching at Malham Tarn Saturday 30 July to Monday 29 August 13:00 to 16:00 Wild Weekends Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS Enjoy a spot of nostalgia on a 1940s weekend, including Leyburn (July) and Grassington Come on an adventure in our woodlands, Have fun Do you remember the thrill of climbing your first (September) learning to geocache and then build a den to hide tree? A celebration of the natural things that make from the grown-ups. Adult £5, child £3.50. the countryside so fun. Try your hand at den 01729 830416 building, make your own tree faces with clay and Saturday 16 to Sunday 17 July [email protected] Saturday 23 July learn how to light a fire without matches. Child £3, 25% discount to RSPB Members at Studfold Bug Hunting www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Adventure Trail 01756 752150 Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG [email protected] Go bug hunting, check out our bug hotel in the Thursday 28 July Membership cards needed for proof of identity. www.kilnseypark.co.uk mini beast area and make a crazy bug in the activity National Park Event: Kisdon Classic Circular Adult £6, child £5 (under 3s free), 11:00 to 16:00 01423 755228 barn. Adult £6, child £5 (under 3s free). Sunday 31 July Meet Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ [email protected] 01423 755228 Lead Mines of Beldi Hill Guided Walk Join our experienced Dales volunteers on this www.studfoldtrails.co.uk [email protected] 11:00 to 15:30 moderate 6½ mile (10 ½km) walk in the www.studfoldtrails.co.uk Meet Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ spectacular Swale gorge, taking in the Corpse Way Sunday 17 July A guided walk with leadmining enthusiast Helen and one of the finest views of the Dales. After lunch, National Park Event: Discover Lower Wensleydale Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 July Guy and experienced volunteer David Pemberton, return via the famous wildflower meadows and 13:00 to 16:30 Home-Front Vintage Fair exploring the history and practices of leadmining. ruins of the ancient lead mines at Crackpot Hall. Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH 10:00 to 16:30 (16:00 Sun) £5. For details see 10 April. Contact Reeth National Park Centre - see page 5. Thornborough Hall, Leyburn, DL8 5AB 01748 886845 Part of Leyburn’s 1940s Weekend. Indoor and [email protected] Sunday 17 July Thursday 28 July outdoor stands, fashions, jewellery, music, dancing www.keld.org.uk National Park Event: Explore the Villages of and refreshments, amid a spiffing atmosphere. National Park Event: Seeing Red Upper Wensleydale 14:00 to 15:00 07779 342782 Sunday 31 July 13:30 to 16:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] Mad Professor’s Bug Day Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Come and join Area Ranger Matt Neale to hear www.brevents.co.uk Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS For details see 10 April. about red squirrel conservation work and the best places to spot squirrels in the National Park. Step into a wonderful mini-Universe with our very Wednesday 20 July Sunday 24 July own Mad Professor of Bug-ology. Nets, vacuums National Park Event: Hawes’ Rural Heritage Included in museum admission. ‘Read All About It!’ Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. and pots provided. Event is free but there is a charge 19:30 11:00 to 16:00 for the Kilnsey Trail. Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX Friday 29 July 01756 752150 Helen Bainbridge and Marion Moverley present local Our Dales Volunteers welcome you on this 7 mile National Park Event: In the Kitchen [email protected] scandals, sensations, long hidden secrets and more (11.3km) rural walk along old bridleways, picking 11:00 to 15:00 www.kilnseypark.co.uk culled from 19th and early 20th century press. £4. out signs of old industries. At Burtersett we find Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 01748 884118 old miners’ cottages and the family seat of Sir For details see 8 April. Sunday 31 July [email protected] Edmund Hillary, at Gayle we look at the restored National Park Event: Magical Moths www.swaledalemuseum.org 19th century state-of-the-art sawmill, and in Friday 29 July 11:00 to 16:00 Hawes an 18th century lime kiln and quarry. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Wednesday 20 July National Park Event: Bugs Galore Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Drop in to see moths up close, learn how to identify National Park Event: 13:00 to 16:00 these beautiful creatures and talk to knowledgeable Threshfield Quarry - A story of regeneration Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Sunday 24 July staff and volunteers about moths in the National 10:00 to 13:00 Become a nature detective: use a magnifying glass National Park Event: Meet Threshfield Quarry entrance (SD 9825 6385) and identify what you can find living in the woods Park. Included in museum admission. Walling Experience Day For details see 1 June. or in our very own high rise bug hotel. Learn how Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. 09:30 to 16:30 to create the perfect habitat. Part of our Fun Friday Thursday 21 July Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT events programme. Included in museum admission. Sunday 31 July National Park Event: By Castle & Byway Join the Dales Volunteer walling team for a Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. National Park Event: 10:00 to 15:30 hands-on day helping to conserve traditional walls Falls, Freeholders and Flagstones Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH in the National Park. Three places available - £30. Saturday 30 July 13:00 to 16:30 For details see 24 April. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. National Park Event: Walk Through Time Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH 13:30 to 16:30 For details see 22 May. Saturday 23 July Sunday 24 July Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Wensleydale Railway 1940s Weekend National Park Event: Grinton Mines & Mills Learn all about the history of the landscape from Sunday 31 July Travel to Leyburn’s annual vintage weekend by train 13:30 to 16:30 prehistoric time to now on this 3 mile circular walk. National Park Event: By Castle & Byway as the town turns back time. Meet Grinton Youth Hostel, DL11 6HS Part of the Festival of Archaeology. Adult £5, child free. 10:00 to 15:30 01677 425805 For details see 31 May. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH [email protected] For details see 24 April. www.wensleydalerail.com Monday 25 to Friday 29 July Saturday 30 July A Captive Queen National Park Event: Sunday 31 July Saturday 23 July to Sunday 4 September 10:00 to 17:00 National Park Event: Dent Town Trail Magical Summer Fun at Studfold’s Fairy An Industrial Gem - The Hoffmann Kiln Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET 13:30 to 16:00 and Pixie Trail 13:00 to 16:30 Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned at Bolton Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG Meet Knight Stainforth Caravan & Camping Site, Meet Dent car park, LA10 5QL (SD704871) Dress up in fairy wings and pixie hats, make a Castle for 6 months after her escape from Scotland. BD24 0DP (SD 815 672) Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this short badge, discover poems and stories and explore our Find out what life was like for the captive queen and An easy 4½ mile (7.2km) walk alongside the easy 1½ mile (2.4km) guided walk looking at tiny fairy/pixie houses. Adult £6, child £5 (under 3s her jailers. With children’s crafts, jewellery making Ribble, with its relics of an industrial past, to historic buildings and the story of the dale and its free), and costume collages. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. Langcliffe and the impressive Hoffmann Kiln, people, including Adam Sedgwick, the Terrible 01423 755228 01969 623981 a hidden archaeological gem. Knitters and the Dent Vampire. [email protected] [email protected] Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. www.studfoldtrails.co.uk www.boltoncastle.co.uk

Page 24 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Wednesday 3 August Wednesday 10 August August Pond Dipping at Malham Tarn National Park Event: Willow Flowers Key for National Park Authority- 13:00 to 15:00 14:00 to 16:00 Monday 1 to Friday 5 August organised events - for more Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT A Captive Queen Become an aquatic explorer looking for wildlife in Drop in and create your own meadow flower advice, please see page 15. 10:00 to 17:00 our ponds. Booking essential. Adult £5, child £3.50. using willow with expert Josie East. Suitable for Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET 01729 830416 For details see 25 July. over 5s. Child £3. Guided walk [email protected] Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Tuesday 2 August Created for kids National Park Event: Wednesday 10 August Thursday 4 August National Park Event: Linton Heritage Trail - A Bridge Too Far National Park Event: What does a ranger do? 14:00 to 16:30 Threshfield Quarry - A story of regeneration Arts and crafts 14:00 to 15:00 10:00 to 13:00 Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details see 7 June. Meet Threshfield Quarry entrance (SD 9825 6385) For details see 2 June. For details see 1 June. Workshop Tuesday 2 August Friday 5 August National Park Event: Thursday 11 August National Park Event: Make a Den! Demonstration Drystone Walling Demonstration Fossil Fun at Malham Tarn 13:00 to 16:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 13:00 to 15:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT For details see 29 March. Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Talk Build a tree-mendous den on our sculpture trail Become a fossil hunter and explore the geological using sticks and rope and woodland materials. Tuesday 2 August past of the Dales. Make your own fossils and use Part of our Fun Friday events programme. Track Wildlife at Hudswell Woods modern technology to find hidden fossils that give Included in museum admission. 13:00 to 16:00 clues to the past tropical oceans. Suitable for Tuesday 16 August Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Meet Round Howe Car Park, Richmond, DL10 4TJ accompanied primary school aged children. Malham Tarn Bush Craft Explorer Join our rangers to look for tracks and signs of wild Booking essential. Adult £5, child £3.50. 10:00 to 15:00 Saturday 6 to Sunday 7 August animals, hunt for mini-beasts and learn to identify 01729 830416 1715 Jacobite Rising Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT our butterflies. Adult £5, child £3.50. [email protected] 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) Become a woodland explorer and learn basic 01729 830416 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate bushcraft skills. Suitable for accompanied primary [email protected] Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW See the Queen’s Regiment prepare for battle against school aged children. Booking essential - £10. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hudswell-woods Friday 12 August a rebellion of red coated soldiers. Adult £7.80, child 01729 830416 National Park Event: Nature Printing £4.90, conc £6.80. [email protected] Tuesday 2 August 13:00 to 16:00 01756 792442 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate National Park Event: Red Squirrels and Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT other wildlife of Snaizeholme [email protected] Gather leaves from our sculpture trail, then use Tuesday 16 August 14:00 to 16:30 www.skiptoncastle.co.uk them to paint and print your own leafy picture. National Park Event: Red Squirrels and Meet Mirkpot House, Snaizeholme, Hawes, DL8 3NB Part of our Fun Friday events programme. Sunday 7 August other wildlife of Snaizeholme (SD828871) Included in museum admission. National Park Event: Stonecarving 14:00 to 16:30 Join us for a gentle 1½ mile (2.4km) guided walk Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. searching for tracks and signs of local wildlife, 13:00 to 16:00 Meet Mirkpot House, Snaizeholme, Hawes, DL8 3NB Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT (SD828871) ending at Snaizeholme Red Squirrel view point. Find Saturday 13 August Drop in and learn to get creative with stone. Guided For details see 2 August. out how we have managed to protect and record Summer Fun Weekend by sculptor Jennifer Tetlow you will be able to learn the squirrels in the National Park over recent years. Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS the basics and make your own carving to take Tuesday 16 August A must for wildlife spotters and photographers. Join us for family activities and entertainment, with home. Morning or afternoon sessions. Child £3. National Park Event: By Castle & Byway Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. bushcraft, bug safaris, family fishing competition, Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 4. 10:00 to 15:30 pony rides, face painting, guided walks and live Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Wednesday 3 August music. Free event - there is a charge for the Kilnsey Sunday 7 August For details see 24 April. National Park Event: Trail. Let’s Make a Meadow National Park Event: Walling Experience Day 01756752150 14:00 to 16:00 09:30 to 16:30 Tuesday 16 August [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT National Park Event: www.kilnseypark.co.uk Get your green fingers at the ready and help us sow For details see 24 July. Drystone Walling Demonstration and grow wildflowers of a hay meadow. Plants will Saturday 13 to Sunday 14 August Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT be used to help restore meadows across the Dales, Sunday 7 August The Yorkshire Highwayman For details see 29 March. as part of the YDMT Hay Time project. Suitable for National Park Event: Discover Lower Wensleydale Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW over 5s. £3. 13:00 to 16:30 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) Wednesday 17 August Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH National Park Event: Wild Wednesday For details see 17 April. John Nevison was a famous 17th century highwayman who robbed the length of the Great 11:00 to 15:00 Wednesday 3 August Meet opposite Malham National Park Centre, Monday 8 to Friday 12 August North Road. Adult £7.80, child £4.90, conc £6.80. National Park Event: Wild Wednesday BD24 4DA (SD900627) 11:00 to 15:00 Teddy Bears’ PIcnic 01756 792442 For details see 3 August. Meet opposite Malham National Park Centre, 10:00 to 17:00 [email protected] BD24 4DA (SD900627) Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET www.skiptoncastle.co.uk Wednesday 17 August Can you spot a bullhead or catch a caddis nymph? Bring your favourite teddy and join us for a fun National Park Event: Fun with Feathers Come paddle with us - we’ll be stream dipping and packed day of Teddy trails, picnicking and activities Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 August 14:00 to 16:00 making crafty stuff from nature. Drop in any time - including Dress the Teddy and finger puppet Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT all you need to bring is an adult to help you with making. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. 10:00 to 17:00 Find out all about feathers, try our quiz, then paint any tricky stuff, shoes you can paddle in and a towel. 01969 623981 Annual display of scarecrows around the village, Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. [email protected] with themed trails for adults and children. write or draw using feathers for inspiration. www.boltoncastle.co.uk 01756 760235 Maximum 12 children at any one time. £3. [email protected] Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Tuesday 9 August kettlewellscarecrowfestival.co.uk National Park Event: Wednesday 17 August Drystone Walling Demonstration Sunday 14 August National Park Event: Discover Aisgill Force Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Thoralby Village Fete 13:30 to 16:00 For details see 29 March. 14:00 Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Thoralby Village Hall, DL8 3SU (SE 001868) For details see 10 May. Tuesday 9 August A traditional village fete with children’s sports, National Park Event: Hawes Town Trail afternoon teas, fancy dress, bouncy castle and Thursday 18 August 14:00 to 16:00 coconut shy. National Park Event: Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 01969 663747 An Industrial Gem - The Hoffmann Kiln For details see 6 April. [email protected] 13:00 to 16:30 Meet Knight Stainforth Caravan & Camping Site, Tuesday 9 August Sunday 14 August BD24 0DP (SD 815 672) National Park Event: Scenic Swaledale West Burton Chapel Anniversary with Reeth Band For details see 30 July. 13:30 to 17:00 18:30 Meet Reeth National Park Centre, DL11 6TB 01969 663481 Thursday 18 August For details see 7 June. [email protected] Brough Agricultural Show 08:30 to 17:00 Wednesday 10 August Sunday 14 August Popping Lane, Kaber, Kirkby Stephen, CA17 4EF National Park Event: Wild Wednesday National Park Event: The local agricultural show for the Upper Eden 11:00 to 15:00 Falls, Freeholders and Flagstones Valley, with pony riding and driving classes, Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH 13:00 to 16:30 mounted fancy dress, gymkhana, sheep, For details see 27 July. Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH horticulture and more. Adult £6, child £1. For details see 22 May. 017683 72091 or 07887 683831 Wednesday 10 August [email protected] Monday 15 August to Friday 19 August Guided Walk & Creative Writing Workshop www.brough-show.org.uk 14:00 Teddy Bears’ Picnic YDNPA car park, Clapham, LA2 8EF 10:00 to 17:00 An inspirational nature walk with experienced local Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET The Field Studies Council offers a range of writer of prose and poetry, Jean Harrison, foraging For details see 8 August. fully residential courses from May to for words and images followed by a writing September at Malham Tarn Field Centre on workshop. Raising money for Yorkshire Dales Tuesday 16 August subjects such as flyfishing, wildflower and bird Come streamdipping or make bark boats Millennium Trust - £20 suggested donation. National Park Event: Grassington Heritage Trail identification, lichens, butterflies and moths, and pebble pets on our Wild Wednesdays 015242 51002 14:00 to 16:30 felting and watercolours. Visit at Malham and Aysgarth Falls in the [email protected] Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB www.field-studies-council.org for more www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-guided- For details see 25 June. information. summer holidays walk-creative-writing-workshop-20303

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 25 Friday 19 August Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 August Tuesday 23 August Saturday 27 to Sunday 28 August National Park Event: Just Hanging Around! 12th Century Knights National Park Event: Meet the Governor 13:00 to 16:00 Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Linton Heritage Trail - A Bridge Too Far 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 10:00 to 17:00 (11:00 Sun) 14:00 to 16:30 Skipton Castle, BD23 1AW Make a natural mobile with things gathered from Hear the walls echo to the sound of swords and Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Come and meet Sir John Mallory, governor of the woods. Part of our Fun Friday events shields from re-enactors, Historia Normannis. See For details see 7 June. Skipton Castle during the English Civil War. Hear programme. Included in museum admission. medieval craftsmen demonstrate their trades, about the castle’s siege - just how long can Sir John Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. knights display their prowess, and ladies describe Wednesday 24 August ‘stout it out’ for the King? Adult £7.80, child £4.90, life in the reign of Henry II. Adult £7.80, child £4.90, The Bats of Malham Tarn conc £6.80. Saturday 20 August conc £6.80. 20:00 to 22:00 01756 792442 Gargrave Show 01756 792442 Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT [email protected] www.gargraveshow.co.uk [email protected] Want to learn more about bats? Come and listen to www.skiptoncastle.co.uk www.skiptoncastle.co.uk their nocturnal conversations using bat detectors on Saturday 20 August this 2 mile walk. Booking essential - £5. Saturday 27 to Monday 29 August Family Fun Day Yorebridge Community Sport Settle Photographic Group Annual Exhibition Saturday 20 to Monday 29 August 01729 830416 and Leisure 11:00 to 17:00 Gaping Gill Winch Meet [email protected] 13:00 to 17:00 Clapham Village Hall, LA2 8HR Craven Pothole Club have been operating an annual www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Yorebridge Sport & Leisure Centre, Askrigg, DL8 3BJ winch to access the main chamber of Gaping Gill Annual exhibition of favourite images, chosen by Indoor and outdoor activities for all ages, plus Stage members showing their wide variety of interests and since 1931 - find out about the history of this Wednesday 24 August 1 Cycle’s popular Saturday Cycling club and soft skills. magnificent cave and experience the ride. £15. National Park Event: The Erratic Boulders of play for under 5s. Barbecue and refreshments. [email protected] [email protected] 01969 650060 Norber and a Secret Dale www.cravenpotholeclub.org www.settlephotos.org [email protected] 11:00 to 15:30 www.yorebridge-sport.co.uk Meet YDNPA car park, Clapham, LA2 8EQ (SD 745 691) Sunday 21 August Saturday 27 to Wednesday 31 August For details see 26 June. National Park Event: Circular Walk Exploring Buckden Art Group Annual Exhibition Saturday 20 August Grassington Moor and Conistone 11:00 to 17:00 Make a Pig in a Day Wednesday 24 August 11:00 Buckden Village Institute, BD23 5JA 10:00 to 16:00 George Edward Brown - ‘Remembering Up to 150 paintings for sale with a special Flowers Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ Meet Grassington National Park Centre, BD23 5LB Haverdale Mill, Low Row’ of the Dales Festival section. All welcome - children For details see 23 April. For details see 29 May. 19:30 must be accompanied. Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX 01756 760259 Saturday 20 August Sunday 21 August A special opportunity to hear a personal history of [email protected] Late Summer Flowers Walk National Park Event: Discover Lower Wensleydale one of our landmark buildings. £4. 10:00 13:00 to 16:30 01748 884118 Sunday 28 August Meet by War Memorial, Leyburn market place Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH [email protected] Swinner Gill in the footsteps of Join Charles and Jean Helm and Yoredale Natural For details see 17 April. History Society for a 6 mile walk along the Leyburn www.swaledalemuseum.org Ella Pontefract Shawl. Children must be accompanied. Adult £2, Sunday 21 August 11:00 to 15:30 child free. Meet the Yorkshire Shepherdess & Wednesday 24 August Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ 07561 163823 Guided Walk National Park Event: Wild Wednesday Guided walk with experienced volunteer David www.yoredalenaturalhistory.com 13:30 to 17:00 11:00 to 15:00 Pemberton to Crackpot Hall, Swinner Gill and Meet Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, DL11 6LJ Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Hartlakes in the footsteps of Dales authors Ella Saturday 20 August A visit to Ravenseat Farm to meet Amanda Owen, For details see 27 July. Pontefract and Marie Hartley. Adults only - £5. The Hot Seats the Yorkshire Shepherdess. After enjoying a chat 01748 886845 20:00 over one of her famous cream teas, walk back to Wednesday 24 August [email protected] Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT Keld on the Coast to Coast path. Adult £8, child £5. National Park Event: www.keld.org.uk Original material from this Virginia-based quintet, 01748 886845 Whittling and Wild Weaving combining bluegrass, old time, ragtime and rock [email protected] 14:00 to 16:00 Sunday 28 August and roll. Adult £12/14, child £6/7. www.keld.org.uk Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT National Park Event: Hawes’ Rural Heritage 01748 884759 Come and have a go at whittling sticks and use 11:00 [email protected] Monday 22 to Friday 26 August them to make a weaving frame using natural Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk For details see 24 July. A Spanish Invasion materials. Child £3. 10:00 to 17:00 Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 August Sunday 28 August Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET Spanish Armada Weekend National Park Event: Old Gang Mines Learn about the Spanish Armada and why the Thursday 25 August 10:00 to 17:00 13:30 to 16:30 invasion failed. Make a Spanish galleon or an English National Park Event: Explore the Villages of Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET Meet Surrender Bridge near Reeth (SD 989999) flag ship. Learn how to defend a castle and make Upper Wensleydale Meet characters from the castle’s household and For details see 14 June. garrison as they get ready for battle. Discover 16th your own helmet. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. 13:30 to 16:00 01969 623981 century cookery, herbal medicine and weaponry. Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Sunday 28 August [email protected] Take part in a spear drill or learn how to fire the For details see 10 April. National Park Event: www.boltoncastle.co.uk cannon. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. Lower Malhamdale - What Wonders! 01969 623981 Thursday 25 August 11:00 to 15:30 Tuesday 23 August [email protected] The Bats of Hudswell Woods Meet Malham National Park Centre, BD23 4DA National Park Event: www.boltoncastle.co.uk 20:00 to 22:00 A 6 mile (10 km) guided walk learning about the Drystone Walling Demonstration Meet Round Howe Car Park, Richmond, DL10 4TJ tragic men of Hanlith, a Dales cathedral’s watery 11:00 to 15:00 Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 August A 1 mile walk at dusk to view our nocturnal grave, a dissenter community and a Civil War battle. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT The Witton Feast woodlanders. Children must be accompanied. Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. www.wittonfeast.org.uk For details see 29 March. Booking essential. Dogs on leads welcome. £5. 01729 830416 Monday 29 August [email protected] Reeth Show www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hudswell-woods www.reethshow.co.uk

Thursday 25 August Monday 29 August National Park Event: Seeing Red Make an Imaginative Grasshead! 14:00 to 15:00 10:30 to 14:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Studfold, Lofthouse, Harrogate, HG3 5SG For details see 28 July. Adult £6, child £5 (under 3s free). 01423 755228 Friday 26 August [email protected] National Park Event: In the Kitchen www.studfoldtrails.co.uk 11:00 to 15:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Monday 29 to Thursday 1 September For details see 8 April. A Spanish Invasion 10:00 to 17:00 Friday 26 August Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET For details see 22 August. National Park Event: Make a Nature Collage 13:00 to 16:00 Tuesday 30 August Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Kilnsey Show Create a collage with leaves and other natural www.kilnseyshow.co.uk materials. Part of our Fun Friday events programme. Included in museum admission. Tuesday 30 August Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. National Park Event: Drystone Walling Demonstration Saturday 27 August Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Wensleydale Show For details see 29 March. 09:39 to 17:00 Leyburn Wednesday 31 August to Thursday 1 September Agricultural show with trade stands, featuring Overnight in the Woods in Upper Wharfedale Kangaroo Kid in the main ring. Adult £10, child £5. 13:00 to 12:15 01969 623750 YDNPA Car Park, Buckden, BD23 5JA [email protected] Join our rangers for an overnight adventure. Build a www.wensleydaleshow.org.uk shelter good enough to sleep in and cook dinner and breakfast on an open wood fire. £20. Saturday 27 August There’s plenty for your young nature detectives and artists to do year round, with special 01729 830416 Malham Show [email protected] activities throughout school holidays. www.malhamdale.com/showindex.htm www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale

Page 26 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Wednesday 31 August Wednesday 7 September Monday 19 September North West Dahlia Society Annual Show Muker Show Nidderdale Show Key for National Park Authority- 13:00 10:00 Pateley Bridge Ingleborough Community Centre, Ingleton, LA6 3HG Muker, DL11 6QQ www.nidderdaleshow.co.uk organised events - for more 015242 41701 Traditional agricultural show with Muker Silver advice, please see page 15. www.thisisingleton.co.uk Band, sheep dog trials, horticulture, home made Wednesday 21 September crafts and fell race. Adult £6, child £1. National Park Event: Guided walk 01748 886564 Grassington Moor Lead Industry September [email protected] 14:00 to 17:00 www.mukershow.co.uk Park 2 miles up Moor Lane, Yarnbury, Grassington Created for kids Thursday 1 September (SE 015 658) The Bats of Malham Tarn Saturday 10 September Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this 4 20:00 to 22:00 A History of Leadmining in Keld & Upper mile (6.4km) guided walk and discover this Arts and crafts Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Swaledale massively industrialised corner of the National Park For details see 24 August. 14:00 and mining related activity throughout the ages. Workshop Keld United Reform Church, DL11 6LJ Contact Grassington National Park Centre - see page 5. Friday 2 September A talk by Helen Guy on the feuds between mining National Park Event: Woodland Weaving companies and typical living conditions of miners Wednesday 21 September Demonstration 13:00 to 16:00 and their families, with photographic displays. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Sue and Les Knight - ‘A Date with Lichens’ Children must be accompanied. Free - donations 19:30 What can you find to weave into the giant loom in welcome. Talk the wood? Help us with our giant loom as well as Swaledale Museum, Reeth, DL11 6TX 01748 886845 Explaining how lichens can be used to understand making your own miniature natural weaving loom. [email protected] historic air pollution from smelting in Swaledale and Part of our Fun Friday events programme. Included www.keld.org in museum admission Arkengarthdale. Includes a chance to look under the microscope. £4. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 September October 01748 884118 National Park Event: Full Steam Ahead! [email protected] Friday 2 September 11:00 to 16:00 Saturday 1 October www.swaledalemuseum.org Medieval Banquet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn 19:30 We are opening the railway station weighbridge hut 20:00 to 22:00 Thursday 22 September Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET for the weekend. Explore the Dales’ railway heritage Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT As part of our Medieval Music in the Dales event, National Park Event: Discover Aisgill Force and objects from our reserve collection and archive For details see 12 March. Trouvere entertain with thrilling music and tales material with Wensleydale Railway Association 13:30 to 16:00 while you enjoy a three course medieval feast. £36 - volunteers. Free entry - WRA donations welcome. Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Sunday 2 October booking essential. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. For details see 10 May. Red Squirrel Day 01969 623981 Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS [email protected] Sunday 11 September Saturday 24 September A behind the scenes tour of our colony of red squirrels. www.boltoncastle.co.uk National Park Event: By Castle & Byway Trail Race - DT40 Learn what you can do to help these fantastic 10:00 to 15:30 10:00 animals to survive, then enjoy a specially made Friday 2 to Sunday 4 September Low Blean Farm, Semer Water, Bainbridge, DL8 3DJ Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Nutty Ice Cream in the café. Part of national Red Medieval Music in the Dales The DT40 is the final and longest running race of For details see 24 April. Squirrel Week. Free event - charge for Kilnsey Trail. 10:00 to 17:00 the Dales Trail Series. With 40km of hard packed Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET 01756752150 Sunday 11 September moorland track, field paths and some quiet country A fabulous long weekend of medieval music- [email protected] Hardraw Scaur Brass Band Festival lanes, but with over 3,000ft of ascent, this is a making, workshops, feasting, a medieval market and www.kilnseypark.co.uk www.yhbba.org.uk/hardraw1.html challenging event. Over 18s only - £30. a gathering of instrument makers from across 01748 880298 Europe. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. Friday 7 to Saturday 8 October Tuesday 13 September [email protected] 01969 623981 Skipton Embroiderers’ Guild 40th Anniversary National Park Event: Scenic Swaledale www.dalestrailseries.uk [email protected] Exhibition “XL” 13:30 to 17:00 www.boltoncastle.co.uk or 10:00 to 16:00 Meet Reeth National Park Centre, DL11 6TB Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 September www.medievalminstrels.com For details see 7 June. Masham Sheep Fair Christ Church, Skipton, BD23 2AH 10:00 A 40th anniversary exhibition of members work with Saturday 3 September Wednesday 14 September Market Place, Masham, HG4 4EG ‘Ruby’ as a theme and items inspired by the 1970s. £2. National Park Event: Stickmaking Workshop Talk: “European Parks - their splendour, our A weekend of sheep and old time fair events around 01756 792642 10:00 to 16:30 [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT treasure, our care” the town. Sheep show in square, sheep racing, Choose between an antler, horn and wood and 19:30 to 21:00 sheepdog demonstration, wool craft stalls, spinning Saturday 8 October learn all the techniques to create and finish your Langcliffe Village Institute, BD24 9NF and weaving demos, brewery trips and Morris North Craven Heritage Trust Talk own personalised walking stick. £50 plus additional A free (donations welcome) talk by Wilf Fenten who dancing. 11:00 charges for materials (includes lunch). has worked for the Europarc Federation which aims 01765 688417 Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. to improve the management of Protected Areas in [email protected] Langcliffe Institute, Nr Settle, Europe. Wilf will share his knowledge illustrating mashamsheepfair.com In association with the Royal Geographic Society, Saturday 3 September their diversity and the need for them to be cared for. David Johnson talks about ‘Limestone quarrying in Bentham Agricultural Show 01756 749400 Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 September North Craven’ followed by an optional lunch at the 09:00 to 16:00 [email protected] Yarndale 2016 Craven Heifer Hotel, Stainforth and/or walk ‘Lime Bentham Auction mart www.yds.org.uk 10:00 to 17:30 Burning and Salmon Leaping’ at 1.30pm. £2, NCHT Traditional show (no horse classes). Adult £6, child Skipton Auction Mart, BD23 1UD (SD989517) members free. £1, conc £5. Wednesday 14 September A festival of creativity, celebrating all things woolly - www.northcravenheritage.org.uk 015242 61606 National Park Event: knitting, spinning, crochet, felting, weaving, dying, [email protected] Iconic Landscapes of Upper Ribblesdale stitching and more. £10, under 16s free. Saturday 8 October 10:15 to 15:45 01756 770323 Hands-on Heritage Wheelwrighting Meet Horton in Ribblesdale YDNPA car park Sunday 4 September [email protected] 09:00 to 17:00 (SD 808 726) National Park Event: Traditional Knitting www.yarndale.co.uk Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ A stunning, moderate 7½ mile (12km) walk through 14:00 to 16:00 For details see 30 April. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT classic limestone scenery with views of the Three Sunday 25 September For details see 5 June. Peaks, exploring the influence of humans on this National Park Event: Hawes Town Trail special landscape. Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 October 14:00 to 16:00 Medieval Household Sunday 4 September Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 10:00 to 16:00 National Park Event: For details see 6 April. Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET Falls, Freeholders and Flagstones Friday 16 September National Park Event: Find out what life was really like in Medieval times by 13:00 to 16:30 Wednesday 28 September Great Grazing Country of Children meeting some colourful characters from the Castle’s Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Upper Dales Family History Group meeting 19:30 to 20:30 household and having a go at weapon drills, calligraphy For details see 22 May. 14:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT and traditional crafts. Adult £8.50, child/conc £7. Harmby village hall, DL8 5PG A talk by Marion Moverley about the increase and 01969 623981 Sunday 4 September Dawn Webster talks about Kiplin Hall in times of decline of schools on the Yorkshire, Durham and [email protected] The Moorcock Show war, from the 17th to 20th centuries. Visitors Westmoreland borders 1740-1840. Part of the www.boltoncastle.co.uk 10:30 to 16:30 welcome. £2. Mossdale Farm, Hawes (A684 Hawes to Sedbergh Friends of the Museum annual lecture programme. 0743 2677 783 road), DL8 3LS Free - donations welcome. Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 October [email protected] Join us for our centenary sheep show. Learn about Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. www.upperdalesfhg.org.uk Gargrave Autumn Art & Crafts Exhibition different local breeds and see the best of the 10:00 to 18:00 Swaledale, Bluefaced Leicester, and Texel. Local craft Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 September Thursday 29 September Gargrave Village Hall, BD23 3RD and food stalls, and music. Adult £5, child free. Autumn magic Annual exhibition by local artists with artists in Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS Connla 01969 667071 residence and a special Flowers of the Dales Festival Join us as we search for treasure beneath the leaves, 20:00 [email protected] section. then enjoy storytelling in the trees followed by Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT www.moorcockshow.co.uk 01756 749686 marshmallows and hot chocolate. Create woodland An exciting new band with sensitive and innovative [email protected] Tuesday 6 September charms and make a potion using berries and arrangements of traditional and modern folk songs. gargravearts.webs.com National Park Event: rosehips. Free event - charge for Kilnsey Trail. Adult £12/14, child £6/7. Drystone Walling Demonstration 01756752150 01748 884759 [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT [email protected] Go Deep For details see 29 March. www.kilnseypark.co.uk www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Let Yorkshire Dales Guides introduce you to the wonders of the National Park underground Wednesday 7 September Sunday 18 September Friday 30 September to Sunday 2 October on their Monday evening introductory caving National Park Event: Explore the Villages of National Park Event: Ingleton Folk Festival trips, running from 5-8pm, February to Upper Wensleydale Pathfinder - Advanced Navigation Course 19:00 to 23:00 October. You just need a reasonable amount of 13:30 to 16:00 10:00 to 16:30 Musical entertainment at venues all around the village. fitness and flexibility. Minimum age 8. £25. Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 015242 41401 For details see 10 April. For details see highlight box on page 18. [email protected] Details at www.yorkshiredalesguides.co.uk Ingletonfolk.co.uk

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 27 Thursday 20 October Sunday 23 October Saturday 29 October Guided Salmon Walk National Park Event: Stonecarving Workshop Guided Walk - Salmon Leap and Key for National Park Authority- 10:00 10:00 to 16:00 The Elgar Way organised events - for more Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Stainforth 10:45 to 15:45 advice, please see page 15. A scenic 5 mile walk led by local charity Yorkshire During this full day session you will be guided Meet Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA through the techniques of stone carving and be Dales Millennium Trust, visiting Stainforth Foss Free 8 mile guided walk led by our Chairman Mark able to create your own special piece to take home. where we hope to catch a glimpse of salmon Corner following part of the Elgar Way (designed by Guided walk Materials and lunch included - £50. our past President, Bill Mitchell) and stopping at leaping up the waterfalls as they head upstream to Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. spawn. £15 suggested donation. Stainforth Foss to see (hopefully) salmon leaping up Created for kids the three-stepped waterfall. Well behaved dogs on 015242 51002 Monday 24 to Friday 28 October leads welcome. [email protected] Spooky Spectacular! 01756 749400 Arts and crafts www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-salmon- 10:00 to 16:00 [email protected] walk-15099 Bolton Castle, DL8 4ET Dare you enter the haunted castle and meet the www.yds.org.uk Workshop Friday 21 October ghosts and ghouls within? Spooky witches hat Saturday 29 October National Park Event: Swaledale - in the making, potion mixing and mask making. Adult A Beginners Night Sky at Malham Tarn Demonstration footsteps of Marie Hartley and Ella Pontefract £8.50, child/conc £7. 20:00 to 22:00 19:30 to 20:30 01969 623981 [email protected] Malham Tarn Estate Office, BD24 9PT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Talk www.boltoncastle.co.uk For details see 12 March. A talk by Ian Short about the authors’ account of Swaledale. Part of the Friends of the Museum annual Tuesday 25 October Sunday 30 October lecture programme. Free - donations welcome. Animals that bite: Lost Carnivores of the National Park Event: The Industrial Past of Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Yorkshire Dales Ribblesdale & the Leaping Salmon December 14:00 11:00 to 16:00 Saturday 22 October Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Meet Settle Tourist Information Centre, BD24 9EJ Friday 2 December Hands-on Woodworking Experience Join speaker and archaeologist Tom Lord for a For details see 23 Oct. Christmas Domino Drive 09:00 to 17:00 glimpse into the past and discover the creatures that 19:30 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ once roamed the Dales. Ties in with Dales Hudswell Village Hall, DL11 6BL Countryside Museum’s Nature, Skin & Bones A full day’s expert tuition using original Victorian November 01748 824514 exhibition (1 Oct to 31 Dec). machinery to produce a stunning bespoke item. [email protected] One-to-one guidance on how to turn wood on a Contact Hawes NPC - see page 5. Saturday 5 November Sedbergh Bonfire Night and Fireworks lathe, use a circular saw, process wood on a planer Saturday 3 to Sunday 11 December Wednesday 26 October 19:00 to 21:00 thicknesser and operate the bandsaw. £175. Grassington Dickensian Festival Den building and geocaching in Upper Sedbergh People’s Hall field, LA10 5DE 01969 667320 Grassington Wharfedale Firework display, plus competition for the best guy, [email protected] 13:00 to 16:00 homemade soup, mulled wine, jacket potatoes and The village travels back in time for its annual visit to www.gaylemill.org.uk YDNPA car park, Buckden, BD23 5JA toffee apples. £3. a bygone era. On both weekends the village is Branches, twigs and leaves make surprisingly cosy www.sedbergh.org.uk/events/annual-events-in- adorned in Christmas lights, and the square comes Saturday 22 October dens. Join us for a digital treasure hunt and then sedbergh alive with a traditional market, shopkeepers and National Park Event: Flint Knapping build a den to hide in. 3 mile walk (1.5 miles to get villagers dressed in Victorian costume, musicians, to the site). Suitable for accompanied primary 13:00 to 16:00 Saturday 5 November street entertainers and country crafts. From Monday school aged children. Booking essential. Adult £5, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Family fireworks and bonfire to Friday there will be a full programme of activities. child £3.50. Join flint knapper expert Karl Lee and learn how 19:00 07885 599313 01729 830416 people in prehistoric times made their survival tools Village green, Reeth, DL11 6QT [email protected] and weapons. Included in museum admission. [email protected] www.grassington.uk.com/dickensian-festival www.nationaltrust.org.uk/upper-wharfedale Judging of the guys 6pm, bonfire lit 6.30, fireworks Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. display 7pm. Barbecue. Admission free, collection Saturday 3 December Wednesday 26 October taken. Saturday 22 to Sunday 30 October National Park Event: Explore the Villages of 01748 884759 Vibrant Settle National Park Event: Upper Wensleydale [email protected] 10:45 to 15:45 Things go bump in the woods! 13:30 to 16:00 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk Meet Settle Railway Station, BD24 9AA Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Free guided tour of the town admiring the Town Follow our spooky Halloween Trail through For details see 10 April. Saturday 5 November Hall and Shambles, the beautiful Victorian Music Freeholders’ Wood, running throughout half-term. A Wensleydale Railway Bedale Bonfire Hall, Castleberg Rock, grade II listed The Folly and a spooky trail guide will be available for a small charge. Thursday 27 October The railway will be running a service from Redmire community owned micro hydroelectric scheme. Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - Furnace Mountain to Bedale for the festivities, with connecting bus 01756 749400 see page 5. 20:00 services from Hawes and Aysgarth. [email protected] Reeth Memorial Hall, DL11 6QT 01677 425805 www.yds.org.uk Saturday 22 to Sunday 30 October Ethno-Appalachian roots music from Virginia. [email protected] Adult £12/14, child £6/7. Meet the Kilnsey Witch Halloween event www.wensleydalerail.com Saturday 3 December 01748 884759 Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS Christmas Concert at Malham Cove [email protected] An action-packed week of spooks and adventure for Saturday 12 November 14:30 to 16:00 www.reethmemorialhall.co.uk all the family. A special Halloween Trail leads you to Printing without a press Come and be entertained by a local brass band 10:00 to 17:00 playing seasonal favourites in this awe-inspiring the grotto of Nancy Winter - Old Nan - a real-life Friday 28 October Malham Tarn Field Centre, Malham Moor, Settle, setting. Free. Allow 30 minutes to stroll down to the witch who lived in Kilnsey in the 1700s who was Victoria Cave: A Window into the Ice Age BD24 9PU famous for telling people’s fortunes. With pumpkin 15:00 Cove from Malham car park. Local printmaker Hester Cox demonstrates how to carving, Christmas decoration making and face Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT 01729 830416 make stamps, relief collagraphs and monoprints painting. Free event - charge for Kilnsey Trail. Join speaker and archaeologist Tom Lord for a [email protected] without expensive studio equipment. Booking 01756 752150 fascinating insight into the finds from Victoria Cave, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate essential. Adults only - £55. [email protected] near Settle. Ties in with Dales Countryside Museum’s 01729 830331 www.kilnseypark.co.uk Nature, Skin & Bones exhibition (1 Oct to 31 Dec). Saturday 3 December Contact Hawes NPC - see page 5. [email protected] Wensleydale Railway Santa Specials www.field-studies-council.org Sunday 23 October Santa will be leaving the North Pole to travel down Friday 28 October National Park Event: The Industrial Past of to us in Wensleydale where, helped by a crowd of Prehistoric bulls and Excalibur: Glimpses of Tuesday 15 November local elves, he’ll be spreading Christmas cheer to all Ribblesdale & the Leaping Salmon North Craven Heritage Trust Talk ancient Semerwater our customers. Trains operate from Leeming Bar 11:00 to 16:00 14:00 17:00 from 3 Dec onwards. Meet Settle Tourist Information Centre, BD24 9EJ Austwick Village Hall, LA2 8BJ Lake Semerwater, Wensleydale 01677 425805 (SD 820 637) Join archaeologist Tom Lord for a unique chance to A talk by Sheila Gordon on ‘Giggleswick Parish [email protected] A moderate 6 mile (10km) walk alongside the see and handle prehistoric objects. Ties in with Inventories: Local Life in the Early 1700s’. £2, NCHT www.wensleydalerail.com Ribble, discovering its industrial past, an Archimedes Dales Countryside Museum’s Nature, Skin & Bones members free. screw and Stainforth Foss where, with luck, we will exhibition (1 Oct to 31 Dec). www.northcravenheritage.org.uk Wednesday 7 December see salmon leaping up the waterfall. Contact Hawes NPC - see page 5. Sedbergh Late Night Opening and Christmas Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. Friday 18 November Lights Switch-On Friday 28 and Saturday 29 October National Park Event: Richard III in the North 17:30 to 20:30 Sunday 23 October Museums at Night: art installation 19:30 to 20:30 Lake Semerwater, Wensleydale For one evening Main Street is closed to traffic Table Top sale (in aid of NSPCC) Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Artist David Murphy’s lakeside installation will link (except for Santa’s 4×4 ‘sleigh’) for the switching on 10:00 A talk by June Hall. Part of the Friends of the Dales Countryside Museum’s prehistoric collection of the Christmas lights. Late night opening, carols, Ingleborough Community Centre, Ingleton, LA6 3HG Museum annual lecture programme. with the magical landscape from which these Santa’s Grotto, mulled wine and street food. 015242 41516 Free - donations welcome. objects were created and used. Coming alive at dusk [email protected] www.thisisingleton.co.uk Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. with music, fire, food and drink to tie in with www.sedbergh.org.uk/events/annual-events-in- national event, Museums at Night. Saturday 26 November sedbergh Contact Hawes NPC - see page 5 Get On Track Gayle Mill Christmas Fayre Sunday 18 December Never used a map? Want to know a bit more Saturday 29 October 10:00 to 16:00 Christmas Under the Crag about keeping safe in the outdoors? Then this ‘Hallow Steam’ Halloween Trains Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, Hawes, DL8 3RZ Kilnsey Park Estate, BD23 5PS is the day for you. One day courses on Getting Wensleydale Railway will be running Halloween Enjoy a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie while Father Christmas makes a special visit to the Kilnsey Started With Navigation run monthly from services between Leeming Bar and Redmire. Visitors choosing those special Christmas gifts from our 10am to 4pm. Learn basic map skills, how to are invited to come in scary costume and there will range of wooden and craft products, plus craft grotto 11.30 to 3.30 (£5). Christmas trail, Santa’s use a compass to orientate yourself, and how be games, stories, competitions and lots of fun demonstrations by our expert tutors. £2.50, 16 & pony rides, Winter alpaca walks, mulled wine and to plan a walk. £60. things to do on board. under free. mince pies. Find out more at 01677 425805 01969 667320 01756752150 www.yorkshiredalesguides.co.uk [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.wensleydalerail.com www.gaylemill.org.uk www.kilnseypark.co.uk

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