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[email protected] JULY 2009 No 49 Summer Dalesbus WIN AN Links Otley with the heart of the All Dales Yorkshire Dales Rover Ticket Summer 2009 is the perfect time to explore the Yorkshire Dales National Park and Nidderdale AONB the greener way. Every Sunday and Bank Holiday until October 18, The Yorkshire Dalesman 870/874 and 800 services leave Otley Bus Station at 0952 and 1022 respectively, both going to Bolton Abbey, Grassington, Kettlewell and Buckden, the 800 continuing to Aysgarth and Hawes. Change off the 870 at Ilkley for the 1015 Cravenlink bus to Malham The Eastern Dalesman leaves Otley at 1005 for Nidderdale, calling at Pateley Bridge, Fountains Abbey, Lightwater Valley, Leyburn and Richmond. At Pateley Bridge you can connect with the Nidderdale Rambler bus for Lofthouse, How Stean and Middlesmoor, with links to Brimham Rocks. Or have a day from Otley on the famous Settle Carlisle line by catching the X84 at 0850 to Ilkley for the connecting 890 bus to Skipton station, with new bus links for walkers from trains at Ribblehead for Hawes, Swaledale and Ingleton. Every Sunday Dalesbus Ramblers guided walks are timed to meet the buses. You New Mayor can use the whole of the Dalesbus network in the southern Dales (not X84) as far as Lighwater Valley, Cray or Malham for just £7.50 with a Southern Dales Rover TAKES OVER AT OTLEY ticket, purchasable from the bus driver, or an All Dales Rover for £10, but students can buy the Dales Rover 800 ticket valid on most service for £5 on production of identification.