What’s on in the Dales in 2015

These pages feature some of the fantastic events taking place in the Dogs are welcome at many February in 2015. events, but please assume they Sunday 1 February Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours are NOT permitted unless 11:00/14:30 They are hosted by a wide variety of organisations. Please contact the Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ otherwise stated, and always organiser for more information on the event you are interested in - Join our two-hour demonstration tours and see the contact the organiser original 1879 machinery working. Adults £12 - booking is essential for some activities. You can also ring or call in at a includes refreshments. Booking required. beforehand to avoid 01969 667320 National Park Centre where staff will be happy to give you guidance. [email protected] disappointment. www.gaylemill.org.uk Don’t forget to dress appropriately for walks and outdoor activities - the Where dogs are allowed they Saturday 14 to Sunday 15 February weather in the Dales can be changeable. Bring drinks and snacks, wear Lord Scrope's Tudor Household must be fit enough to negotiate 10:00 to 16:00 suitably stout footwear and carry clothing to suit all conditions. , nr , , DL8 4ET stiles and steep ascents, be Step back in time and experience life during the castle’s Tudor heyday with cookery, weapon drills, Visit www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/events for further details on these and well-behaved and be kept under herbal medicine and games. Adults £8.50, children/ many more events across the region. conc £7, family £30. close control at all times. 01969 623981 Assistance dogs [email protected] Disclaimer www.boltoncastle.co.uk are always The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority cannot be held responsible for any omissions, subsequent Saturday 14 to Saturday 28 February changes or revisions that may occur with events information supplied by external agencies. welcome. National Park Event - Footprints and Finds Readers are STRONGLY ADVISED to contact the event provider to confirm the information given 10:00 to 17:00 before setting out. All information included is believed to be correct at the time of going to press. Dales Countryside Museum, DL8 3NT H9-,+-.- Half term activities for families whatever the weather. Be nature detectives, complete the trail Listings marked ‘National Park and win a prize. Included in Museum entry. Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Event’ are organised by the Key Be safe Monday 16 to Friday 20 February Yorkshire Dales National Park Guided walk Our event leaders have discretion Super Stuarts 10:00 to 16:00 Authority and led by specialist staff, not to accept participants who Bolton Castle, Nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton, DL8 4ET our Dales Volunteers and invited Created for kids are not suitably equipped or Find out what Mary Queen of Scots and the rest of the Royal Stuart family did for fun and have a go at experts. whom they consider unable to themed crafts and activities. Adults £8.50, children/ Arts and crafts conc £7, family £30. participate safely. Although all 01969 623981 We are holding over 150 exciting [email protected] Workshop reasonable steps have been activities in the National Park in www.boltoncastle.co.uk taken to ensure safety, 2015, from guided walks to Demonstration Monday 16 February participants join in at their Introductory Evening Caving Trip workshops. Use this handy key to Talk 17:00 to 20:00 own risk. BZZi6ajbEdiigVX`ZcYH9,-(,*, help you take your pick. Explore the beauty of the Dales underground with experienced local guides. Minimum age 8. £25 - booking essential. 01729 824455 [email protected] Give your car a Booking www.yorkshiredalesguides.co.uk holiday Some of our most popular events to limit numbers. This means that Wednesday 18 February Pedal Power Many National Park events can must be pre-booked and pre-paid sometimes we may have to turn 10:00 to 12:00 Village Hall, Main Street, DL8 3BJ be reached by bus or train and, to guarantee a place. For others, people away. Please respect the This fun, supportive, indoor session is designed to places are allocated on the day walk leader’s decision. If you are a develop children's ability to balance on a bike before wherever possible, our guided teaching them to pedal. Ideal for 5 and under, open on a ‘first come, first served’ basis group of five or more people to all. £4 - booking essential. walks have been scheduled to 01969 650074 link in with public transport so do turn up early to avoid always ring ahead. [email protected] www.stage1cycles.co.uk disappointment. timetables. Remember to bring money to pay Wednesday 18 February Your safety and enjoyment are at the start of walks as there’s not Nest Box Building For more information visit 10:00 to 13:00 www.transportdirect.info or very important to us so we have always a cash machine around! Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, DL8 3RZ As part of National Nest Box Week, come and have a www.dalesbus.org, or call go at making your own to hang in your garden. Free for under 16s. Adults £3. Traveline on 0871 200 22 33. 01969 667320 [email protected] www.gaylemill.org.uk

Friday 20 February Guided walks ™ 7g^c\eaZcinid National Park Event - Lowther Castle Gardens drink and a snack, 19:30 ™ Djg\j^YZYlVa`h Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT or a packed lunch H9-,+-.- cost £5 - FREE to A talk by Martin Ogle - part of the Friends of the on full days, and Museum annual lecture programme. under 16s. Donations welcome. don’t forget a hot Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10.

™ HijgYn[ddilZVgVcY drink on cold days. Saturday 21 February waterproofs are required - walk Photo Walk: Gargrave Snowdrop Trail ™ ;dgndjgdlc 10:30 to 12:30 leaders can only accept Meet North Street Car Park, Gargrave BD23 3RL safety and Learn how to compose and execute wonderful participants who are photographs of this iconic sign of spring's arrival, insurance purposes feedback - the information will appropriately prepared for the from mastering close ups to wide angle vistas. we will ask you for your name be treated as strictly confidential. Adults £20. Booking required. conditions. 07717 213 604 and emergency contact details [email protected] ™ L]ZgZZkZcihVgZ]ZaYd[[i]Z www.yorkshirephotowalks.com ™ 7g^c\lVgbXadi]Zh^cXajY^c\ when you register for one of beaten track we have included a gloves and hat) in winter and our outdoor events, as well as grid reference to help you find sun protection in summer. an email address for your the meeting point.

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 15 Saturday 28 February Monday 30 March Digital SLR Photography Workshop Introductory Evening Caving Trip 10:30 to 15:30 17:00 to 20:00 Meet Moor Lane Car Park, Grassington (SE 005 643) For details see 16 February. Don't know your aperture from your ISO? Look no further than this magnificent digital SLR master Tuesday 31 March class. £50 - booking required. Introduction to Geocaching in Upper 07717 213 604 13:00 to 15:30 [email protected] Meet at car park (SD 969 723) www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Fancy having a go at geocaching but not sure how to start? Join us to learn the basics and then put it into practise. A great fun day out for the family. March Adults £5, children £3.50 - booking required. 01729 830416 Sunday 1 March [email protected] Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate 11:00 and 14:30 For details see 1 February. April Saturday 14 March St Patrick’s Day Party Wednesday 1 April 19:30 to 23:30 National Park Event - Discover Lower Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET Join us to celebrate in style with Irish folk music, 09:30 to 13:00 themed menu and plenty of Guinness. £20 (incl. Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth DL8 3SP two course meal) - booking essential. (SE 016 881) 01969 623981 Join our experienced Dales Volunteers for an easy 6 [email protected] mile (10km) guided walk to discover the villages, www.boltoncastle.co.uk follies and waterfalls of this little patch of Wensleydale. Afterwards, Hendersons Bar & Sunday 15 March Restaurant on the Westholme Estate will be open if National Park Event - you feel like treating yourself to lunch. Adults £5, Make something for Mum children free - booking required. 10:00 to 17:00 Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT see page 5. (SD 876898) Drop in crafts - make something special for Thursday 2 April Mothers Day. Included in Museum entry. National Park Event - Hawes Town Trail Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. 14:00 to 16:00 Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Sunday 15 March (SD 876898) Mothers Day Special Afternoon Tea Join our Dales Volunteers on this easy 2 mile 14:30 to 16:00 (3.2km) guided walk exploring the historical, Bolton Castle, Castle Bolton, DL8 4ET industrial and natural beauty of Hawes and Gayle. Treat your mother to afternoon tea with a glass of The route takes in part of the National Prosecco. £12.50. Trail, 50 years old in 2015. Adults £5, children free - 01969 623981 booking advised. [email protected] Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. www.boltoncastle.co.uk Friday 3 April Friday 20 March Good Friday Walk National Park Event - 09:00 to 17:30 500BC - 1611 AD Keld Chapel, Keld, Richmond, DL11 6LJ 19:30 The day starts with a short service in Keld Chapel Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes, and ends with one in St Andrew's, Grinton. DL8 3NT (SD 876898) Christian Council-led free 12.5 mile A talk by Gillian Howells - part of Friends of the (20.1km) walk with lunch stop at Gunnerside Museum annual lecture programme. Methodist Church. Booking required. Donations welcome. 01748 884706 Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Saturday 4 to Monday 6 April Saturday 21 March Easter at Kilnsey National Park Event - Rug Making 10:00 It’s showtime! Look out for the National Park Authority tent at local agricultural shows 11:00 to 16:00 Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey, Nr Skipton, BD23 5PS and galas – come and have a chat about our work, play a game, enter our competition Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes, Easter Fun in the Yorkshire Dales, with pony rides, or make something crafty to take home. Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Area Ranger DL8 3NT (SD 876898) Easter chick handling, decorate-an-egg competition A full day workshop with internationally-renowned and kids crafts. Free with entry to the Kilnsey Trail Michael made sure our smoothie bike was a ‘force’ to be reckoned with last year! rug maker Heather Ritchie learning how to make (adult £4, child/conc £3, family £12). your own rug. £35 - includes locally-sourced lunch. 01756 752150 Saturday 21 February Monday 23 February Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. [email protected] Photo Walk: Making the Everyday Astonishing Introductory Evening Caving Trip www.kilnseypark.co.uk 14:00 to 16:00 17:00 to 20:00 Saturday 21 March Meet Moor Lane Car Park, Grassington BD23 5AZ For details, see 16 February. Night Sky Walk Saturday 4 April (SE 005 643) 20:00 to 22:00 Easter Egg Hunt Discover a whole new world of winter inspiration on Wednesday 25 February For details see 21 February. 10:30 to 14:30 this thought-provoking photography walk. Adults Dippers Meet Round Howe car park, Richmond (NZ158007) £20. Booking required. 19:30 Wednesday 25 March Drop-in event at Hudswell Woods. Come and hunt 07717 213 604 Sedbergh People's Hall, Howgill Lane, Sedbergh Gardening for Bees for Easter Eggs in this ancient woodland on the [email protected] LA10 5DQ 19:30 banks of the . Last admission 1pm. £2 www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Free talk by expert ornithologist Peter Mawby who Sedbergh People's Hall, Howgill Lane, Sedbergh per trail sheet. Dogs welcome. has been studying dippers for many years and has LA10 5DQ 01729 830416 Saturday 21 February detailed knowledge of their presence in the A free talk by renowned expert Julia Pigott about all [email protected] Photo Walk: Waterfalls At Night! Sedbergh area. varieties of British bees. Learn how to encourage www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate 17:30 to 19:30 01539621138 these invaluable pollinators into your garden. Meet Moor Lane Car Park, Grassington [email protected] 015396 21138 Saturday 4 to Monday 6 April (SE 002 637) [email protected] Sheafstock Have you ever ventured out after dark with your Friday 27 to Saturday 28 February 19:00 camera? Join us at Linton Falls for a truly unique Ingleton Folk Festival Fundraiser Saturday 28 March to Sunday 12 April Ingleton LA6 3AD experience. Adults £20. Booking required. Ingleton National Park Event - Chicken Run Three days of live music, come and join the 07717 213 604 Friday 7pm open session/singaround in The 10:00 to 17:00 atmosphere at The Wheatsheaf in the huge [email protected] Wheatsheaf Hotel. Saturday ‘Hiring Fair’ in The Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT marquee. Free - donations welcome. Dogs www.yorkshirephotowalks.com Wheatsheaf Hotel (12 noon to 6pm) and (SD 876898) welcome. Ex-Servicemen's Club (7pm to midnight). Raising Find the chicks on the Easter Trail around the www.visitingleton.co.uk Saturday 21 February money to fund Festival in October. Museum and win a prize! Included in Museum Night Sky Walk 07712 936801/ 01729 825227 entry - children visit free. Sunday 5 April 20:00 to 22:00 [email protected] Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Gayle Mill Demonstration Tour Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, 11:00 and 14.30 Settle, BD24 9PT (SD 886 674) Saturday 28 February Monday 30 March to Friday 10 April For details see 1 February. Join us to marvel at the wonders of the night sky Introduction to Ceramic Button Making Eggcellent Easter within the glorious setting of Malham Tarn. A 10:00 to 16:30 10:00 to 17:00 Tuesday 7 April beginner’s guide to identifying some of the Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, DL8 3RZ Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET National Park Event - Drystone Walling constellations led by ranger Tony. Event weather Under expert tuition, design and make a set of Enjoy egg-citing Easter Egg hunts, egg-stravagant Demonstration dependant - if we can’t see the stars we will take ceramic buttons to adorn any fine item of clothing egg decorating, eggs-troadinary bonnet making 11:00 to 15:00 you on a night walk instead. £5 - booking required. or upholstery. Bring an old apron & towel, cutting and much more! Adults £8.50, children/conc £7, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 01729 830416 knife & biscuit cutters. £50 - lunch included. family £30. (SD 876898) [email protected] 01969 667320 01969 623981 Our Dales Volunteers demonstrate the traditional www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate [email protected] [email protected] craft of drystone walling, with five sessions between www.gaylemill.org.uk www.boltoncastle.co.uk 11am and 3pm. Included in Museum admission. Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10.

Page 16 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Wednesday 8 April Sunday 26 April Introduction to Geocaching at Hudswell Woods Introduction to Blacksmithing May Key for National Park Authority- 13:00 to 15:30 10:00 to 16:30 Meet at Round Howe car park, Richmond Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, DL8 3RZ Saturday 2 to Monday 4 May organised events - for more (NZ 158007) Expert blacksmith Adrian Wood’s tuition style - a Life is Sweet - Get Buzzing! advice, please see page 15. For details see 31 March. blend of explanation and demonstration - makes the 10:00 to 17:00 process of hot forging and shaping the steel seem Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey, Nr Skipton, BD23 5PS Guided walk Thursday 9 April so easy! Work with your own forge learning how to Find out what makes the honey flow at this fun 50 Things adventure: 34. Track wild animals spread, bend, taper, split, hot punch and thicken family event. Join us for candle making and 13:00 to 15:30 steel. £95 includes a hearty lunch and your own beekeeping demos and learn how we couldn’t live Created for kids Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, Settle hand-crafted key ring and clothes hooks to take without bees. Make a bee-line to our cafe for a (SD 886674) home. Booking required. honey milkshake or locally-made honeycomb ice Animals are easy to find if you follow their 01969 667320 cream. Plus a look into the extraordinary world of Arts and crafts footprints, feathers, fur and poo. Join our top tracker [email protected] the beehive, where there can be up to 60,000 bees to pick up some tips on this 2 mile (3.2km) walk. www.gaylemill.org.uk living happily in a box the size of a small TV! Free Adults £5, children £3.50. Booking required. with entry to the Kilnsey Trail (adult £4, child/conc Workshop 01729 830416 Tuesday 28 April to Monday 4 May £3, family £12). Dogs welcome. [email protected] Ride2stride Settle-Carlisle Walking Festival 01756 752150 Demonstration www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate The 4th week-long festival of free walks, talks and [email protected] music, celebrating the landscape and culture of the www.kilnseypark.co.uk Thursday 9 April Western Dales and Eden Valley. Thirty free guided Talk National Park Event - Explore the villages walks starting and finishing at stations along the Saturday 2 to Monday 4 May of Upper Wensleydale Settle-Carlisle railway line to coincide with train Dales Festival of Food and Drink 13:30 to 16:00 times, speakers sharing their local knowledge and 10:00 to 17:00 Meet Dales Countryside Museum Hawes DL8 3NT love of the Dales, and live music in the pubs every Field opposite Tennants Auctioneers on the A684, Monday 4 May (SD 876898) night. Talks £3 to cover room hire, musicians Leyburn DL8 5SG National Park Event - Highway to Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on this welcome donations to help with expenses. A great family day out with free cookery Ancient Woodlands moderate 3.5 mile (5.5km) guided walk to enjoy 07875 240898 demonstrations, a food hall with over 70 exhibitors, 10:45 to 15:15 panoramic views, the villages of Hawes, [email protected] music, celebrity talks and a ‘Farming for Food’ Meet Railway Station, Settle, BD24 9AA and Hardraw and part of the Pennine Way National www.ride2stride.org.uk livestock area, plus the best locally-sourced organic A moderately easy 5½ mile (9km) guided walk on Trail, 50 years old in 2015. Adults £5, children free. meats and award-winning beers. Adults £8, under an old highway to Cleatop Park ancient woodland Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Tuesday 28 April 16s free. Dogs welcome. to discover historical management and current Spring woodland flowers walk 07909 586358 conservation work. Enjoy springtime flowers, Friday 10 April The Traddock Hotel, Austwick LA2 8BY [email protected] limestone scenery and beautiful woodland. Adults National Park Event - Victorian Kitchen (SD 76831 68290) www.dalesfestivaloffood.org £5, children free. Part of the Ride2Stride Festival. 11:00 to 15:00 A pretty 3 mile walk through the magical Oxenber Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Woodland at Austwick, led by local charity Yorkshire Sunday 3 May (SD 876898) Dales Millennium Trust,enjoying wood anemones, Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge Saturday 9 May Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where bluebells and orchids. Suggested donation £15pp. 07:00 Heritage Wheelwrighting Course the Friends of the Museum will be in costume Booking required. Dogs welcome on a lead. Meet Horton in Ribblesdale main car park 09:00 to 16:00 explaining all about the work that went on here. 015242 51002 (SD 807726) Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, DL8 3RZ Included in Museum entry. [email protected] Take on the classic 23.6 mile (38km) challenge with Join us - as Guy Martin did in Channel 4’s ’How Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-walk- the added option of learning navigation skills along Britain Worked’ - for a real hands-on experience in spring-woodland-flowers--11807 the way at no extra cost. This particular version will making a traditional steel-hooped, hot-bonded Saturday 11 April make use of the full 12 hours to see hidden gems in cartwheel from scratch. You could even have a ride National Park Event - Sausage Making Wednesday 29 April the landscape plus time to enjoy a cuppa and home on his famous wooden bicycle. Adults £75, 10:30/13:30 National Park Event - baking from a support vehicle. £80 - booking including lunch. Booking required. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Discover Lower Wensleydale essential. Dogs welcome. 01969 667320 (SD 876898) 09:30 to 13:00 07966 981985 [email protected] Learn to make sausages using local produce and Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP [email protected] www.gaylemill.org.uk traditional recipes at these workshops. Six places (SE 016 881) www.settlewolftracks.co.uk available on each two hour session. Adults £20. For details see 1 April. Saturday 9 May Booking required. Sunday 3 May Birds of Upper Swaledale Guided Walk Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Thursday 30 April Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours 10:00 to 12:30/13:30 to 16:00 National Park Event - Iconic Landscapes - 11:00 and 14:30 Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre, Keld DL11 6LJ Wednesday 15 April Upper Ribblesdale For details see 1 February. Spend a full or half day with volunteer Rev David National Park Event - 10:00 to 15:30 Peel observing birds in their moorland, woodland Discover Lower Wensleydale Meet Horton in Ribblesdale Railway Station BD24 0HE Sunday 3 May and river habitat. £5/£3 - over 8s only. Booking 09:30 to 13:00 A stunning, moderate 7 mile (11km) guided walk National Park Event - required. Bring binoculars. Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP through classic limestone scenery taking in views of Pathfinder Introduction 01748 886845 For details see 1 April. the Three Peaks and exploring the influence of 12:30 to 16:30 [email protected] humans on this special landscape through droving, Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, DL8 3NT www.tkrc.org.uk Thursday 16 April farming and quarrying. Adults £5, children free. Part (SD 876898) Historic Buildings of the Grassington area - of the Ride2Stride Festival. An introductory navigation and mapreading course Guided walk £5, children free. covering basic techniques to give confidence to walk 10:00 Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. on low level clear paths. Guided by our experienced Meet Grassington National Park car park Dales Volunteers. Adults £15, children (accompanied Fingerpost on a Swaledale footpath: join (SE 00269 63734) by an adult) £10. Booking required. our Dales Volunteers on a guided walk A scenic 5 mile circular walk led by local charity Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. and discover the history, wildlife and Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust along the from Grassington to Linton and Hebden, culture of this very special landscape including short talks about three historic places of worship en route. In partnership with Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust. Suggested donation £15pp. Booking required. 015242 51002 [email protected] www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-walk- historic-buildings-of-grassington-14400

Friday 17 April National Park Event - The History of Peat 19:30 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT (SD 876898) A talk by Andre Berry - part of the Friends of the Museum annual lecture programme. Donations welcome. Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10.

Saturday 18 April Willow Weaving - Plant Structures 10:00 to 16:00 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, DL8 3RZ Enjoy an inspiring day mastering simple techniques of weaving and preparing willow rods and walk away with your own structures to help you get your garden in bloom! £65 - includes lunch. Booking required. 01969 667320 [email protected] www.gaylemill.org.uk

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 17 Wednesday 20 May Langcliffe Hoffman Kiln Guided Walk 10:00 Meet Settle Railway Station BD24 9AA (SE 817635) Discover the finest example in Britain of a Hoffman Kiln on this informative 6.2 mile (10km) riverside walk and learn about how lime was produced. Bring a head torch to explore inside this exciting and unique relic of industrial times. £5. Booking required. Dogs welcome. 07966 981985 [email protected] www.settlewolftracks.co.uk

Thursday 21 May National Park Event - Hoffman Kiln and the Ribble's Power 10:45 to 16:45 Meet Settle TIC, Town Hall, Settle, BD24 9EJ A delightful 6 mile (9.7km) circular guided walk from Settle to explore a hidden gem that revolutionised lime production - bring a torch! Stroll back on the opposite bank of the River Ribble and listen to its colourful story of water (driving textiles and hydro electrics) and power (monastic abbeys, drovers, Quakers and raiding Scots). Adults £5, children free. Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5.

Saturday 23 to Wednesday 27 May Malham Safari 10:00 A great day out for the whole family, with Morris dancing, duck racing, stream dipping and the Malham Safari Animals appearing in a Pennine Pantomime. www.malhamdale.com

Saturday 23 to Sunday 31 May Go Wild Week Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey, Nr Skipton, BD23 5PS Build a den, make a bug hotel, catch and BBQ a fish, make a tree face with clay, light a fire without matches, then relax with marshmallows and hot chocolate over a fire. Free with entry to the Kilnsey Trail (adult £4, child/conc £3, family £12). Dogs welcome. 01756 752 150 [email protected] www.kilnseypark.co.uk

Saturday 23 May to Saturday 6 June Get stuck into mini raft and bark boat Swaledale Festival Various venues across Swaledale, Wensleydale Saturday 9 to Sunday 10 May Wednesday 13 May building on a Wild Wednesday at Malham and Arkengarthdale Lord Scropes’ Medieval Household National Park Event - A charming rural festival of world class music, arts 10:00 to 17:00 Discover Lower Wensleydale and walking, featuring the Black Dyke Band, Bolton Castle, Nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton, DL8 4ET 09:30 to 13:00 Saturday 16 May Kathryn Tickell and King’s Singers. Find out what life was really like during the Castle’s Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn, DL8 3SP Introduction to Relief Wood Carving 01748 880018 Medieval heyday by meeting some colourful For details see 1 April. characters from the household. Have a go at 10:30 to 16:30 [email protected] Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ www.swalefest.org weapon drills, calligraphy, cookery, herbal medicine Thursday 14 May Come and enjoy a superb day of wood carving and traditional crafts and games. Adults £8.50, National Park Event - Highway to under the expert tuition of Peter Berry. Saturday 23 to Sunday 31 May children/conc £7, family £30. Ancient Woodlands £65 - includes lunch. Booking required Clapham Art Group 64th Annual Exhibition 01969 623981 10:45 to 15:30 01969 667320 11:00 to 18:00 [email protected] Meet Railway Station, Settle, BD24 9AA [email protected] The Village Hall, Clapham, , LA2 8DZ www.boltoncastle.co.uk For details see 4 May. www.gaylemill.org.uk Exhibition of new and original pieces of artwork from a long-established body of local artists. Sunday 10 May Friday 15 May Sunday 17 May 01729 823767 National Park Event - Rug Making National Park Event - Northallerton Clocks Birdsong at Hudswell Woods 11:00 to 16:00 19:30 08:00 to 10:30 Saturday 23 to Friday 29 May Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Meet at Round Howe car park, Richmond (NZ 158007) Gaping Gill Winch Meet (SD 876898) (SD 876898) Join our Ranger for a 2 mile (3.2km) guided walk 08:00 to 00:00 For details see 21 March. A talk by David Severs - part of the Friends of the around Hudswell Woods with a focus on bird Meet Clapham village and walk 2 miles to Gaping Gill Museum annual lecture programme. identification and bird song. Bring binoculars. £5. Feel the thrill of being lowered into the magnificent Donations welcome. Booking required. main chamber of Gaping Gill by bosun’s chair on Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. 01729 830416 Bradford Caving Club’s annual winch meet. £15. Navigate your way [email protected] 01484 683260 Saturday 16 May to Sunday 14 June www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate [email protected] Wild About Orchids Month to new skills bpc-cave.org.uk Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey, Skipton, BD23 5PS Sunday 17 May Our popular Pathfinder courses cover map Get close to the ten different types of wild orchid Sedbergh Sportive Saturday 23 to Wednesday 27 May and compass techniques to help you strike growing on our nature reserve and learn about the 09:00 Hang Gliding British Open Series rarest, the beautiful Lady's Slipper, feared extinct for out and explore this stunning landscape for Sedbergh School, Loftus Hill, Sedbergh LA10 5HG 10:00 to 14:55 many years until it was rediscovered here in the yourself. Adults £15, children (12+ and Catering for all levels of keen cyclist, the third Hawes Dales. Family activities including guided nature accompanied by an adult) £10. Sedbergh Sportive offers distances of 30, 55 or 70 The Dales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club hosts walks, wildflower bingo and kids crafts. Free with miles, incorporating the Cote de Buttertubs as the second round of the British Open Series 2015 entry to the Kilnsey Trail (adult £4, child/conc £3, Sunday 3 May featured in the 2014 Tour de France. Adults £35. competition, with pilots competing to cover a given family £12). Booking required. Dogs welcome. Pathfinder Introduction Free BBQ. Dogs welcome. distance in the fastest time. £140. Spectators and 01756 752 150 12:30 to 16:30 015396 22218 dogs welcome. [email protected] A basic navigation course to give confidence to [email protected] 07794950856 www.kilnseypark.co.uk walk on low level clear paths. www.sedberghschool.org/senior/Information/ [email protected] Sedbergh-Sportive www.dhpc.org.uk Saturday 16 May Sunday 7 June and 5 July CRO Challenge 2015 Pathfinder Intermediate Sunday 17 May Saturday 23 May 08:30 National Park Event - Kettlewell Mayfest 10:30 to 16:30 Meet Cave Rescue Organisation depot, Clapham, In the Meadow 10:00 to 17:00 A full day's navigation course, mainly outdoors, LA2 8HH 10:00 to 17:00 A fresh and exciting festival for the whole family, gaining further skills in map reading, grid Choose your challenge - walk or run the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT featuring live music, Yorkshire arts and crafts, local references and compass work. Marathon (26 miles) or the Clapham (SD 876898) beers, farmers market, lamb feeding, gun dog Circuit (12 miles) - and be taken along tracks seldom Using the Dales’ meadow as inspiration, artist Helen display and a fashion show. Sunday 27 September used in some of the most attractive areas of the Roddie will guide you to draw, design, cut and print Adults £5, under 16s £1, under 5s free. Pathfinder Advanced Ribble Valley. Participants receive a medal and your very own artwork. Adults £50, locally-sourced 01756 760378 10:00 to 16:30 certificate. £25/£15. Booking required. Dogs lunch included. Booking essential. [email protected] A full day's advanced navigation course, mainly welcome. Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. www.kettlewellmayfest.co.uk outdoors, focussing on practising and 07970 988557 developing existing skills in open country. [email protected] cro.org.uk/the-cro-challenge Contact Dales Countryside Museum (see page 10) for more details.

Page 18 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Saturday 23 to Sunday 31 May Thursday 28 May Sunday 7 June National Park Event - Ranger for a day National Park Event - Key for National Park Authority- Pop-up Crafts in the Park 10:00 to 15:00 Pathfinder Intermediate organised events - for more 10:30 to 15:30 Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, Settle 10:30 to 16:30 Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre DL8 3TH BD24 9PT (SD 886 674) Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT advice, please see page 15. Local arts group ‘Who We Are’ demonstrate a Come and experience a day in the life of a National (SD 876898) variety of traditional crafts. Trust Ranger at this family event learning what we A full day's navigation training guided by our Dales Guided walk Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - do to look after the countryside. Wear appropriate Volunteers, gaining further skills in map reading, see page 5. outdoor clothing and sturdy footwear. £10. Booking grid references and compass use to help you required. navigate with confidence in the great Created for kids Monday 25 May 01729 830416 outdoors. Outdoor walking gear essential. Austwick Street Market [email protected] Adults £15. Booking required. 10:00 to 16:00 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Arts and crafts A fun family event set against the glorious backdrop of Crummackdale and featuring a race, live Thursday 28 May Sunday 7 June Workshop music and entertainment, market stalls and great National Park Event - Seeing Red Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours food. Dogs welcome. 14:00 to 15:00 11:00 to 17:00 015242 51185 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle, DL8 3RZ Demonstration [email protected] (SD 876898) For details see 1 February. www.austwick.org Join Ranger Matt Neale to hear about the future conservation of red squirrels in the Yorkshire Dales Tuesday 9 June Talk Monday 25 to Friday 29 May National Park. Included in Museum admission. National Park Event - Linton Heritage Trail: Witchcraft and Wizardry Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. A Bridge Too Far 10:00 to 17:00 14:00 to 16:30 Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET Thursday 28 May Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Learn about Medieval views on witchcraft and what National Park Event - Hawes Town Trail Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) happened to suspected witches. Make a wand, love 14:00 to 16:00 An easy 4½ mile (7 km) guided walk to the lovely potion and witch or wizard hat. Enjoy a magical Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT village of Linton, crossing many bridges en route. family trail. Adults £8.50, children/conc £7, family (SD 876898) Join our experienced Dales Volunteers to discover a £30. For details see 2 April. connection with the Great Plague, Great Fire of 01969 623981 London and Castle Howard. Adults £5, children free. Friday 29 May Enjoy a spectacular range of wildflower [email protected] Contact Grassington National Park Centre - themed events in 2015 - family crafts, bug www.boltoncastle.co.uk National Park Event - Victorian Kitchen see page 5. 11:00 to 15:00 and bio-blitz activities, botanical Monday 25 May Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Wednesday 10 June identification courses, wildflower walks, West Burton May Fair (SD 876898) National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: talks, conservation. The Yorkshire Dales 13:00 to 16:30 Join us in our traditional farmhouse kitchen where a story of regeneration National Park is home to an incredible West Burton Village Green, nr Leyburn. Friends of the Museum will be in costume 10:00 to 12:30 variety of wildflowers and a stronghold for Lots of fun for all the family - stalls, dog show, explaining about all the work that went on there. Meet Wharfedale Caravan Club Site, Long Ashes, Included in Museum admission. many rare or scarce plants and animals. inflatable assault course, Morris and maypole Threshfield, BD23 5PN The Festival aims to celebrate these dancing and barbecue. Dogs welcome. Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. An easy 2½ mile (4 km) guided walk to discover a 01969 663642 quarry in recovery following a tremendous glorious flowers, their habitats and the [email protected] Sunday 31 May industrial era. Join our experienced Dales Volunteers species they support. www.westburton-yorkshire.co.uk/ National Park Event - In the Meadow to explore recent conservation work, creating new Events are run by organisations and 10:00 to 17:00 access routes and opportunities for wildlife, and Tuesday 26 May Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT demonstrating what can be achieved after the individuals including the Yorkshire Dales National Park Event - Drystone Walling (SD 876898) quarrymen have left. Adults £5, children free. National Park Authority, The National Demonstration For details see 17 May. Contact Grassington National Park Centre - Trust, Natural , and the Field 11:00 to 15:00 see page 5. Studies Council, and the Festival is Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT June co-ordinated by local charity, the Yorkshire (SD 876898) Thursday 11 June Dales Millennium Trust. For details see 7 April. National Park Event - Hoffman Kiln and Tuesday 2 June the Ribble's Power National Park Event - Varied Landscapes Look out for the flower icon and Tuesday 26 May 10:45 to 16:45 near Grassington find the full programme at 50 Things Adventure 18: Create some wild art Meet Settle TIC, Town Hall, Settle BD24 9EJ 14:00 to 16:00 www.ydmt.org 13:00 to 16:00 For details see 21 May. Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Meet Buckden car park (SD 943 774) Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) Have a go at making some large scale wild art using Thursday 11 June A fairly easy 4½ mile (7km) guided walk along the materials that you find in our woodlands. Adults £5, National Park Event - Discover Aysgill Force Sunday 14 June riverside to Grass Wood, returning through traditional children £3.50. 13:30 to 16:00 National Park Event - Falls, Freeholders & farmland while enjoying views of limestone scars. 01729 830416 Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Flagstones Join our experienced Dales Volunteers to take in [email protected] (SD 876898) 13:15 to 16:45 the historical and cultural landscapes of Lower www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate A moderate 4 mile (6.5km) guided walk to discover Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, Wharfedale. Adults £5, children free. the delights of Aysgill and its stunning waterfall. nr Leyburn DL8 3TH (011887) Contact Grassington National Park Centre - Wednesday 27 May Join our experienced Dales Volunteers on a journey An easy 5 mile (8km) circular guided walk around see page 5. National Park Event - past the home of Wensleydale Cheese, through the the fascinating landscape of Carperby parish. Join Discover Lower Wensleydale narrow streets of Gayle and beyond. Adults £5, our experienced Dales Volunteers to discover local Wednesday 3 June 09:30 to 13:00 children free. geology, history, culture and industrial heritage. Why National Park Event - Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn, DL8 3SP Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. not arrive early and have lunch in the Centre’s Coppice Discover Lower Wensleydale For details see 1 April. Café before you set off. Adults £5, children free. 09:30 to 13:00 Friday 12 to 27 June Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, nr Leyburn DL8 3SP Wednesday 27 May Grassington Festival see page 5. (SE 016 881) National Park Event - Fantastic Felt Annual festival of the arts with music, theatre, For details see 1 April. 10:30/13:30 dance, film and comedy for all ages, tastes and Wednesday 17 June Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT pockets. National Park Event - Thursday 4 June (SD 876898) 01756 752691 Discover Lower Wensleydale National Park Event - Highway to Ancient Have a go at making your own felt artwork - 10 [email protected] 09:30 to 13:00 Woodlands places available per two hour session. Suitable www.grassington-festival.org.uk Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP 10:45 to 15:30 for over 8s. £5 - booking required (SE 016 881) Meet Settle Railway Station BD24 9AA Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Friday 12 June For details see 1 April. For details see 4 May. Magna Melodia: music from the time of the Wednesday 27 May Magna Carta Wednesday 17 June Thursday 4 June National Park Event - 19:30 to 22:30 National Park Event - Grassington National Park Event - Explore the villages Wild Wednesday Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn L8 4ET Heritage Trail of Upper Wensleydale 11:00 to 15:00 Medieval minstrels Trouvre take you back 800 years 14:00 to 16:30 13:30 to 16:00 Malham National Park Centre, Malham, BD23 4DA to experience the musical backdrop to the Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT (SD900627) tumultuous events of 1215 when the English barons Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) (SD 876898) Join us for a day of free drop-in fun activities for forced the Magna Carta on King John. Adults £10, An easy 3 mile (4.8km) guided walk to find out who For details see 9 April. accompanied 5 to 12 year olds, making crafty things children/conc £8. the notorious Tom Lee was, what jakeys were and from nature and investigating the natural world. 01969 623981 former occupations. Join our experienced Dales Sunday 7 June All you need to bring is an adult to follow the trail [email protected] Volunteers taking in the River Wharfe, before Mount Up For Manorlands with you and help with any tricky making stuff. www.boltoncastle.co.uk returning to explore the lesser known areas of the 09:00 Children with a disability are always welcome; the village. Adults £5, children free. Booking required. Coniston Estate, Coniston Cold, Skipton BD23 4EA site is accessible with level access from the car Saturday 13 June Part of Grassington Festival. Fantastic charity horse ride through stunning park. Dogs welcome. National Park Event - Varied Landscapes 01756 752691 scenery in aid of Sue Ryder and partner charities. Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. near Grassington [email protected] Tackle some of the fences used for the annual 14:00 to 16:00 www.grassington-festival.org.uk Hunter Trials. Head out on tracks, quiet lanes and Wednesday 27 May Part of Grassington Festival. For details see 2 June. bridleways up the dales towards Malham, before National Park Event - Springtime 01756 752691 Wednesday 17 June looping back to the start. Adults £20, under 18s Flowers in Ancient Woodlands [email protected] Flower Walk at Malham Tarn £10, team (5 adults) £90. 13:30 to 17:00 www.grassington-festival.org.uk 19:00 to 21:00 01535 640176 Knight Stainforth Hall Caravan & Camping Site, Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, [email protected] Little Stainforth, Settle BD24 0DP Sunday 14 June Settle BD24 9PT (SD 886 674) mountupformanorlands.org.uk A 4 mile (6.4km) walk to enjoy the ancient Oxenber/ Introduction to Blacksmithing A 2 mile (3.2km) free guided walk around the Wharfe woodlands carpeted with springtime 10:00 to 16:30 National Nature Reserve at Malham Tarn. Marvel at flowers. There will be children's nature activities Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ the variety of special flowers in this peaceful scenic and games plus a tearoom visit on return route. For details see 26 April. reserve. Booking required. Adults £5, children free. 01729 830416 Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. 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Some shows have more unusual celebrations or themes. West Witton Feast Weekend in August features the Burning of the Bartle. A larger than life figure is paraded, accompanied by repeated chants of the Bartle doggerel. When Bartle reaches 'his end' in Grassgill, he is set alight to songs and cheers.The ritual is believed to be centuries old.

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Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 21 Thursday 18 June Saturday 20 June Wednesday 24 June Sunday 28 June National Park Event - Buckden Gala Last Night of the Proms Flower Walk in Upper Wharfedale Classic Circular Buckden 20:00 11:00 to 14:00 11:00 to 16:00 A traditional village gala with sheep and dog shows, Festival marquee, Hebden Road, Grassington BD23 5LB BZZiViNdX`Zci]lV^iZWg^Y\ZH9.)',,( BZZi;VgbZgh6gbh!Bj`Zg9A&&+F<H9.&%.,- fell race and children’s activities. A spectacular evening with Skipton Building Society Experience the colours and scents of meadows and 6bdYZgViZ+ b^aZ&%#)`b\j^YZYlVa`VgdjcY www.buckdengala.co.uk Camerata which has established a reputation for a^bZhidcZeVkZbZcidci]^hadkZan)b^aZ+#)`b Kisdon Hill via the charming village of Keld. Join our innovative and engaging performances. £25 - summer flower walk. £5 - booking required. experienced Dales Volunteers in the spectacular Saturday 20 June to Sunday 21 June booking required. Part of Grassington Festival. 01729 830416 Swale gorge, visiting the ruined lead mines of Overground Underground 01756 752691 [email protected] Crackpot Hall before returning via the Corpse Road A festival of events for all ages celebrating landscape [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate and taking in one of the finest views in the Dales. diversity both above and below Ingleborough. www.grassington-festival.org.uk/events/last-night- Contact Reeth National Park Centre - see page 5. 015242 41843 proms Sunday 28 June Saturday 20 June [email protected] National Park Event - Falls, Freeholders www.ogug.co.uk Thursday 25 June & Flagstones Saturday 20 June National Park Event - Hawes Town Trail 13:15 to 16:45 Ingleborough NNR Mini-bioblitz and Sunday 21 June 14:00 to 16:00 Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, Family Discovery Day National Park Event - Challenge Dad Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT cgAZnWjgc9A-(I=H:%&&--, 10:00 to 16:00 10:00 to 17:00 H9-,+-.- For details see 14 June. Meet Ribblehead Quarry, near Ribblehead Station, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT For details see 2 April. >c\aZidcH9,+),-- H9-,+-.- Tuesday 30 June Join wildlife experts in a quest for find and record as Challenge dad to a traditional Dales game of Thursday 25 June National Park Event - many wildlife species as possible in a race against skittles, quoits and wallops for Father’s Day. An Evening with Pam Ayres Grassington Heritage Trail the clock! Bring digital cameras and smartphones to Included in Museum admission. 20:00 14:00 to 16:30 record your findings. Activities to suit all ages and Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Festival marquee, Hebden Road, Grassington BD23 5LB Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden abilities - everyone’s contribution is valuable! Learn Pam Ayres brings her latest show to Grassington GdVY!

Page 22 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Sunday 5 July Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 July Sunday 19 July National Park Event - Great Yorkshire Show National Park Event - Falls, Freeholders Key for National Park Authority- Pathfinder Intermediate Harrogate & Flagstones organised events - for more 10:30 to 16:30 A great family day out, with livestock, food hall, 13:15 to 16:45 Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT fashion shows, cookery theatre and show jumping. Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, advice, please see page 15. (SD 876898) www.greatyorkshireshow.co.uk nr Leyburn DL8 3TH (SE 011887) For details see 7 June. For details see 14 June. Guided walk Wednesday 15 July Sunday 5 July National Park Event - Monday 20 to Friday 24 July Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours Discover Lower Wensleydale Dungeons and Dragons Created for kids 11:00 & 14:30 09:30 to 13:00 10:00 to 17:00 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET For details see 1 February. (SE 016 881) The Dragons have escaped from the Castle Arts and crafts For details see 1 April. dungeons! Dare you enter the Castle to find them Sunday 5 July and save the Queen? With dragon mask and kite Workshop Sheep Day Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 July making activities and trails. Adults £8.50, children/ 10:00 to 16:00 Gargrave Summer Art Exhibition conc £7, family £30. Skipton Village Hall, West Street, Gargrave BD23 3RD 01969 623981 Demonstration A fun family festival celebrating Skipton's heritage - Free annual saleable exhibition of paintings, prints, [email protected] its Anglo Saxon name 'Sceap Tun' means ‘Sheep and sculpture by local artists, plus workshops and www.boltoncastle.co.uk Town’ - with sheep racing along the High Street, artists-in-residence. Talk sheep shearing demonstrations, rare breeds and 01756749686 Tuesday 21 July more. [email protected] National Park Event - Drystone Walling 01756 794357 www.gargravearts.webs.com Demonstration www.sheepday.co.uk 11:00 Wednesday 22 July Thursday 16 July Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT National Park Event - Sunday 5 July National Park Event - Explore the villages (SD 876898) Lets get Buzzy! Open Gardens of Upper Wensleydale For details see 7 April. 14:00 to 16:00 11:00 to 17:00 13:30 to 16:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Carperby village hall, Main Street, Carperby DL8 4DD Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Tuesday 21 July (SD 876898) Twenty gardens, refreshments and entertainment (SD 876898) National Park Event - Learn about hay meadows and bees and make from Muker Silver Band for the 25th anniversary of For details see 9 April. Grassington Heritage Trail something to take away. £3. this popular village event. Adults £4, children free. 14:00 to 16:30 Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Dogs welcome. Friday 17 July Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden [email protected] National Park Event - The Foul Falshaw Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) Thursday 23 July Family (Museum Annual Gift Day) For details see 17 June. 50 Things Adventure 4: Build a den / 49: Find a Tuesday 7 July 19:30 geocache National Park Event - Varied Landscapes Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Wednesday 22 July 13:00 to 16:00 near Grassington (SD 876898) National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, Settle 14:00 to 16:00 Enjoy a social evening featuring a talk by Denny a story of regeneration BD24 (SD 886674) Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Gibson on ‘The Foul Falshaw Family’ - bringing 10:00 to 12:30 Come on an adventure in our woodlands at Malham Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) your welcome donations to help continue the Meet Wharfedale Caravan Club Site, Long Ashes, Tarn. Join us to learn basic geocaching skills and For details see 2 June. Museum’s work. Threshfield BD23 5PN then build a den to hide from the grown-ups. Adults Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. For details see 10 June. £5, children £3.50. Booking required. Wednesday 8 July 01729 830416 Nail your Navigation Skills! Saturday 18 July Wednesday 22 July [email protected] 10:00 Ingleton Gala Day & Mountain Race National Park Event - www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Meet Newby Village Green (SD728701) 12:00 Wild Wednesday Get to grips with compass skills in this 5 hour Ingleton 11:00 to 15:00 Thursday 23 July session where you will be taken completely off the Fancy dress and decorated float parade, displays in Malham National Park Centre, Malham BD23 4DA National Park Event - Hawes Town Trail beaten track to navigate by small features in the the ring, sideshows and Ingleborough fell race. (SD900627) 14:00 to 16:00 landscape. £15 - booking required. Dogs welcome. 015242 42182 Free drop in activities for accompanied 5-12 year Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 07966 981985 olds to help you go wild in the National Park! Fish (SD 876898) [email protected] Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 July for some of the smaller creatures that live in the For details see 2 April. www.settlewolftracks.co.uk National Park Event - We're Digging stream, make crafty things from nature, and follow Archaeology! our nature detective trail. Bring footwear for Friday 24 July Wednesday 8 July 10:00 to 17:00 paddling and a towel. Children with a disability National Park Event - National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT always welcome; the site is accessible and we plan Fun Fridays a story of regeneration (SD 876898) our activities to include all abilities. Dogs welcome. 10:00 to 17:00 10:00 to 12:30 Celebrating the National Festival of Archaeology with Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Wharfedale Caravan Club Site, Long Ashes, family drop in activities in the Museum classroom. (SD 876898) Threshfield BD23 5PN Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Outdoor fun on the Sculpture Trail - mud kitchen, For details see 10 June. bug finding, leaf and flower identification, drawing Saturday 18 to Sunday 19 July activities and den making. Included in Museum Thursday 9 July Masham Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally admission. National Park Event - Discover Aysgill Force Marfield Fields, Masham HG4 4PB Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. 13:30 to 16:00 Celebrating 50 years of Masham's popular annual Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Steam Engine & Fair Organ Rally. (SD 876898) 01765 689569 For details see 11 June.

Saturday 11 July Woodworking Experience Day 09:00 to 17:00 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ A unique opportunity to use some of the Victorian machinery at Gayle Mill, with expert one-to-one tuition. Learn how to turn wood on a lathe, use a circular saw, process on the planer thicknesser, operate the bandsaw and produce some stunning bespoke items to take home. £150, including lunch. Booking required 01969 667320 [email protected] www.gaylemill.org.uk

Sunday 12 July National Park Event - Kisdon Classic Circular 11:00 to 16:00 Meet Keld Heritage & Countryside Centre, DL11 6LJ A moderate 6½ mile (10.4km) guided walk around Kisdon Hill via the charming village of Muker. Join our experienced Dales Volunteers in the spectacular Swale gorge, taking in the Corpse Way and one of the finest views in the Dales. After lunch, return via the famous wildflower meadows and ruins of ancient lead mines at Crackpot Hall. Contact Reeth National Park Centre - see page 5.

Tuesday 14 July National Park Event - Linton Heritage Trail: a bridge too far 14:00 to 16:30 Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) For details see 9 June. Join us in the Dales Countryside Museum amphitheatre to see - and hear the history of - the traditional rural craft of drystone walling in the Dales – 7 April, 26 May, 21 and 28 July, 4, 11, 18 and 25 August, 1, 8 and 15 September from 11am.

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 23 Friday 24 July Tuesday 28 July Wednesday 29 July Wednesday 5 August National Park Event - Victorian Kitchen National Park Event - Drystone Walling National Park Event - National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: 11:00 to 15:00 Demonstration Kids Crafts a story of regeneration Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 11:00 to 15:00 13:30 to 16:30 10:00 to 12:30 (SD 876898) Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Meet Wharfedale Caravan Club Site, Long Ashes, For details see 29 May. (SD 876898) (SD 876898) Threshfield BD23 5PN For details see 7 April. Drop in and make a picture inspired by nature For details see 10 June. Saturday 25 to Sunday 26 July using various printing techniques. £3. Tournee Tuesday 28 July Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Wednesday 5 August 10:00 to 17:00 National Park Event - Scenic Swaledale National Park Event - Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET 13:30 to 17:00 Thursday 30 July Wild Wednesday Travel back in time and discover Castle life in the Meet Reeth National Park Centre, Hudson House, National Park Event - Seeing Red 11:00 to 15:00 early 1300s, with cookery demonstrations, displays Reeth DL11 6TB ( ) 14:00 to 15:00 Meet Malham National Park Centre, Malham BD23 4DA of armour, squire training and archery. Adults £8.50, For details see 23 June. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT (SD900627) children/conc £7, family £30. (SD 876898) For details see 22 July. 01969 623981 Wednesday 29 July For details see 28 May. [email protected] National Park Event - Wednesday 5 August www.boltoncastle.co.uk Discover Lower Wensleydale Friday 31 July 50 Things Adventure: 35. Discover what’s in a pond 09:30 to 13:00 National Park Event - 13:00 to 15:00 Sunday 26 July Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP Fun Fridays Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, Settle Mad Professor's Bug Day (SE 016 881) 10:00 to 17:00 BD24 9PT (SD 886674) Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey, BD23 5PS For details see 1 April. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Murky pond water is full of life. Scoop some out Step into a wonderful mini-universe with our very (SD 876898) into a tray and check out what lurks beneath. Come own Mad Professor of Bug-ology! Discover the Wednesday 29 July For details see 24 July. and explore the underwater world at Malham Tarn. extraordinary diversity of bug life all around us. Mountain biking in Upper Wharfedale Adults £5, children £3.50. Booking required. Nets, vacuums and pots provided so all you need to 10:00 to 14:30 01729 830416 bring is your spirit of adventure. Free with entry to Meet Buckden car, BD23 5JA (SD 943 774) August [email protected] the Kilnsey Trail (adult £4, child/conc £3, family Come for an exciting 20 mile (32km) ride into the www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate £12). Dogs welcome. far reaches of Langstrothdale Chase and Greenfield Saturday 1 August 01756 752 150 Forest. Bring own bike and helmet and packed Corsages, Buttonholes & Headdresses Wednesday 5 August [email protected] lunch in a rucksack. Suitable for those new to 10:00 to 16:30 National Park Event - www.kilnseypark.co.uk mountain biking but wanting to extend their skills. Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ Kids Crafts Adults £15, children £7.50. Booking required. A trained florist will show you how to make your 13:30 to 16:30 Sunday 26 July 01729 830416 own corsages, buttonholes and headdress using the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT National Park Event - Magical Moths [email protected] best summer flowers available. £50, including (SD 876898) 11:00 to 16:00 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate lunch. Booking required. For details see 29 July. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 01969 667320 (SD 876898) Wednesday 29 July [email protected] Wednesday 5 August A drop in session with National Park Rangers and National Park Event - www.gaylemill.org.uk National Park Event - Drink in the Dales Dales Volunteers with live moths, photographs and Wild Wednesday Woodland Wonderland microscopes to help you identify these fascinating 11:00 to 15:00 Sunday 2 August 13:30 to 17:00 creatures. Included in Museum admission. Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, nr National Park Event - Stone Carving Meet Knight Stainforth Hall Caravan & Camping Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Leyburn DL8 3TH (SE012888) 10:00 to 16:00 Site, Little Stainforth, Settle BD24 0DP Free drop in activities for accompanied 5-12 year Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT A 4 mile (6.4km) walk to enjoy the ancient Oxenber/ Monday 27 to Friday 31 July olds to help you go wild in the National Park! Fish (SD 876898) Wharfe woodlands and limestone landscape. Enjoy Dungeons and Dragons for some of the smaller creatures that live in the Drop in and learn to create with stone guided by children’s games and activities and a tearoom visit 10:00 to 17:00 , make crafty things from nature and follow sculptor Jennifer Tetlow. Included in Museum on the return route. Adults £5, children free. Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET our nature detective trail. All you need to bring is an admission for adults, children £3. Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. For details see 20 July. adult to help you with any tricky stuff, shoes for Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. paddling and a towel just in case. Children with a Thursday 6 August Monday 27 July disability always welcome; we plan our activities to Sunday 2 August National Park Event - Discover Aysgill Force 50 Things Adventure: include all. Dogs welcome. Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours 13:30 to 16:00 31. Hunt for bugs / 34. Track wild animals Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - 11:00 & 14:30 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 13:00 to 16:00 see page 5. Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ (SD 876898) Meet Round Howe car park, DL10 4TJ (NZ 158007) For details see 1 February. For details see 11 June. Animals are easy to find if you follow their Wednesday 29 July footprints, feathers, fur and poo. Join our top tracker National Park Event - Go Geocaching: Sunday 2 August Friday 7 August to pick up some tips on a 2 mile (3.2km) trail. A Modern Day Treasure Hunt National Park Event - Falls, Freeholders National Park Event - Adults £5, children £3.50. Booking required. 13:00 to 17:00 & Flagstones Fun Fridays 01729 830416 Meet Malham National Park Centre, Malham BD23 4DA 13:15 to 16:45 10:00 to 17:00 [email protected] For details see 20 June Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. nr Leyburn DL8 3TH (SE 011887) (SD 876898) For details see 14 June. For details see 24 July.

Monday 3 to Friday 7 August Saturday 8 to Sunday 16 August Knights and Ladies Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival 10:00 to 17:00 A great family day out - solve the riddles on the Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET themed village trail and meet curious characters on Step back in time and become a knight or a lady for the way. a day by designing your own coat of arms, making a www.kettlewellscarecrowfestival.co.uk helmet or headdress and testing your skills on our activity trail. Adults £8.50, children/conc £7, family Monday 10 to Friday 14 August £30. Knights and Ladies 01969 623981 10:00 to 17:00 [email protected] Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET www.boltoncastle.co.uk For details see 3 August.

Tuesday 4 August Tuesday 11 August National Park Event - Drystone Walling Mountain bike skills family day Demonstration 10:00 to 16:00 11:00 Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Settle BD24 9PT (SD 886674) (SD 876898) Ever fancied mountain biking but weren’t sure For details see 7 April. where to start? Join an experienced guide for a family beginner’s course. Learn the basics, then put Tuesday 4 August into practise on a ride around the Tarn. Bring National Park Event - mountain bike and helmet and packed lunch in a Red Squirrels and rucksack. Adults £18, children £12. Booking required. other wildlife of Snaizeholme 01729 830416 14:00 to 16:00 [email protected] Meet Mirkpot House, Snaizeholme, DL8 3NB www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate (SD 828 871) A gentle 1½ mile (2.4km) guided walk in search of Tuesday 11 August the charming red squirrels of Wensleydale. Join our National Park Event - Drystone Walling experienced Dales Volunteers looking for tracks and Demonstration signs of local wildlife ending at the Snaizeholme red 11:00 to 15:00 squirrel view point. A must for wildlife spotters and Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT photographers. Don't forget your binoculars! (SD 876898) Booking essential. For details see 7 April. Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. Tuesday 11 August Tuesday 4 August National Park Event - Scenic Swaledale National Park Event - Linton Heritage Trail: 13:30 to 17:00 A Bridge Too Far Meet Reeth National Park Centre, Hudson House, 14:00 to 16:30 Reeth DL11 6TB ( ) Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Road, For details see 23 June. Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) Explore Dales life in times gone by at the Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes – read For details see 9 June. more on page 10

Page 24 Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Tuesday 18 August National Park Event - Drystone Walling Key for National Park Authority- Demonstration organised events - for more 11:00 to 15:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT advice, please see page 15. (SD 876898) For details see 7 April. Guided walk

Tuesday 18 August National Park Event - Varied Landscapes Created for kids near Grassington 14:00 to 16:00 Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden Arts and crafts Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) For details see 2 June. Workshop Tuesday 18 August National Park Event - Red Squirrels Demonstration and other wildlife of Snaizeholme 14:00 to 16:00 Meet Mirkpot House, Snaizeholme DL8 3NB Talk (SD 828871) For details see 4 August.

Wednesday 19 August Saturday 22 to Sunday 31 August National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: Pop-up Crafts in the Park Be a nature detective (and mud pie maker) on summer holiday Fun Fridays at the Dales a story of regeneration 10:30 to 15:30 10:00 to 12:30 Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre DL8 3TH Countryside Museum Meet Wharfedale Caravan Club Site, Long Ashes, Local arts groups ‘Who We Are’ demonstrate a Threshfield BD23 5PN variety of traditional crafts. Tuesday 11 August Saturday 15 to Sunday 16 August For details see 10 June. Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - National Park Event - Summer Fun Weekend see page 5. Grassington Heritage Trail Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey, nr Skipton, BD23 5PS Wednesday 19 August 14:00 to 16:30 Join us for family activities and entertainment, with National Park Event - Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 August Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden bushcraft, falconry, bug safaris, family fishing Wild Wednesday Spanish Armada Weekend Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) competition, live music and BBQ and the 11:00 to 15:00 10:00 to 17:00 For details see 17 June. opportunity to go behind the scenes in our Malham National Park Centre, Malham BD23 4DA Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET smokehouse. Free with entry to the Kilnsey Trail (SD900627) Meet characters from the castles household and Wednesday 12 August (adult £4, child/conc £3, family £12). Dogs For details see 22 July. garrison as they get ready for battle! Discover 16th National Park Event - welcome. century cookery, herbal medicine and weaponry. Discover Lower Wensleydale 01756 752 150 Wednesday 19 August Put on your armour to take part in a spear drill or 09:30 to 13:00 [email protected] National Park Event - learn how to fire the cannon. Adults £8.50, children/ Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP www.kilnseypark.co.uk Kids Crafts conc £7. (SE 016 881) 13:30 to 16:30 01969 623981 For details see 1 April. Saturday 15 August Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT [email protected] Glorious Game Night (SD 876898) www.boltoncastle.co.uk Wednesday 12 August 19:30 to 22:30 For details see 29 July. National Park Event - Bolton Castle, Nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET Sunday 23 August Kids Grow Wild at Winskill Enjoy a sumptuous five-course game feast in the Wednesday 19 August National Park Event - Falls, Freeholders 10:30 to 16:00 atmospheric Guest Hall. £35 - booking required. National Park Event - The Hoffman Kiln: & Flagstones Meet at Knight Stainforth Hall Caravan and 01969 623981 a secret not to be missed 13:15 to 16:45 Camping Park, Little Stainforth, Settle BD24 0DP [email protected] 13:30 to 17:00 Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, A short, fun 3 mile (4.5km) walk to Lower Winskill www.boltoncastle.co.uk Knight Stainforth Hall Caravan & Camping Site, nr Leyburn DL8 3TH (SE 011887) Farm leading to wild family fun for 6 to 11 year olds, Little Stainforth, Settle BD24 0DP For details see 14 June. including gathering and sowing grunting pignut Sunday 16 August For details see 19 August. seeds. All you need is an adult (always useful for Wensleydale Triathlon Monday 24 to Friday 28 August carrying your stuff), picnic, flat shoes and outdoor 07:30 Wednesday 19 August Peasants and Princes clothing. In association with farmer Tom Lord. Semer Water/Community Field, Hawes DL8 3NL The Bats of Malham Tarn 10:00 to 17:00 Adults £5 (includes one child), £2.50 per extra child One of the toughest of all UK triathlons, taking 20:00 to 22:00 Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. competitors up and across Semer Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, For details see 17 August. Water. Choose from the Full Cheese (2,000m swim, Settle BD24 9PT (SD 886674) Wednesday 12 August 42 mile bike ride and 20km run) and Half Cheese Join us to learn about the different bat species found Monday 24 August National Park Event - (1,000m swim, 20 mile bike ride and 10km run). at Malham Tarn on a 1.5 mile (2.4km) walk - bring a The Bats of Malham Tarn Wild Wednesday £50/£40 - booking required. torch. £5 - booking required. 20:00 to 22:00 11:00 to 15:00 [email protected] 01729 830416 Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, www.mytrievents.co.uk/triathlon/wensleydale- [email protected] Settle BD24 9PT (SD 886674) Leyburn, DL8 3TH (SE012888) triathlon/ www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate For details see 19 August. Free drop in activities for accompanied 5-12 year olds to help you go wild in the National Park! Join Sunday 16 August Thursday 20 August Tuesday 25 August us in the woods to make crafty things from nature, Semer Water Swim National Park Event - Explore the villages National Park Event - Drystone Walling be a nature detective and follow our trail to discover 11:30 of Upper Wensleydale Demonstration what makes Freeholders’ Woods so special. All you Semer Water, Countersett 13:30 to 16:00 11:00 to 15:00 need to bring is an adult to help you with any tricky Choose from a 3km or 1.5km swim in the stunning Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT stuff and to follow the woodland trail with you. second largest lake in North Yorkshire. Our kayaker (SD 876898) (SD 876898) Children with a disability always welcome; the site is marshals will be on hand to ensure your safety, as For details see 9 April. For details see 7 April. accessible and we plan our activities to include all well as providing much needed encouragement! abilities. Dogs welcome. Chip timed so you can accurately time your Thursday 20 August Tuesday 25 August Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - performance. Wetsuits recommended. £20 - National Park Event - Seeing Red National Park Event - Linton Heritage Trail: see page 5. booking required. 14:00 to 15:00 a bridge too far [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 14:00 to 16:30 FWednesday 12 August www.mytrievents.co.uk/swim-series/semer- (SD 876898) Meet Grassington National Park Centre, Hebden National Park Event - water-110813/ For details see 28 May. Road, Grassington BD23 5LB (SE 003637) Kids Crafts For details see 9 June. 13:30 to 16:30 Monday 17 to Friday 21 August Friday 21 to Sunday 23 August Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Peasants and Princes Family camping weekend Tuesday 26 August (SD 876898) 10:00 to 17:00 Meet Buckden car park BD23 5JA (SD 943774) Kilnsey Show & Sports For details see 29 July. Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET Come and spend the weekend camping in www.kilnseyshow.co.uk Discover the differences between the poorest wonderful Upper Wharfedale. Farm visits, bike rides, Thursday 13 August peasants and the poshest princes and learn all guided walks, camp fires and more will be laid on. Wednesday 26 August Bats of Upper Wharfedale about life in Medieval times with art and craft £80 per pitch - booking required. National Park Event - 20:00 to 22:00 activities and trails, too. Adults £8.50, children/conc 01729 830416 Discover Lower Wensleydale Meet Buckden car park BD23 5JA (SD 943 774) £7, family £30. [email protected] 09:30 to 13:00 Join us on a short walk to learn about the different 01969 623981 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP bat species found in Upper Wharfedale - bring a [email protected] (SE 016 881) torch! £5 - booking required. www.boltoncastle.co.uk Friday 21 August For details see 1 April. 01729 830416 National Park Event - [email protected] Monday 17 August Fun Fridays Wednesday 26 August www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate 50 Things Adventure: 10:00 to 17:00 Guided Walk from Settle - The Attermire Scars 31. Hunt for bugs / 30. Hold a scary beast Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT and Caves Friday 14 August 13:00 to 15:00 (SD 876898) 10:00 National Park Event - Meet Buckden car park BD23 5JA (SD 943 774) For details see 24 July. Meet Settle TIC, Town Hall, Market Place, Settle Fun Fridays Whats’ the creepiest crawly you can find? Join our BD24 9EJ (SD 819636) 10:00 to 17:00 rangers on a bug hunt, we’re going to catch a big Saturday 22 August This 5 mile (8km) walk treats you to stunning views Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT one, we’re not scared - well we won’t be if you Burnsall Feast Sports of limestone scars and kids will love to creep into (SD 876898) come and help! Adults £5, children £3.50. Booking www.burnsallsports.co.uk little caves and discover fossils - and there's even the For details see 24 July. required. chance to do some geocaching on request! £5 - 01729 830416 booking required. Dogs welcome. [email protected] [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate www.settlewolftracks.co.uk

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 25 Wednesday 26 August Tuesday 8 September Sunday 13 September National Park Event - September National Park Event - Drystone Walling National Park Event - Kids Grow Wild at Winskill Demonstration Textile Art Workshop Tuesday 1 September 10:30 to 16:00 11:00 10:30 to 16:00 National Park Event - Drystone Walling Meet at Knight Stainforth Hall Caravan and Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Demonstration Camping Park, Little Stainforth, Settle BD24 0DP H9-,+-.- H9-,+-.- 11:00 to 15:00 For details see 12 August. For details see 7 April. Be inspired by the Museum’s collections and guided Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT through the artistic process from sketchbook to H9-,+-.- Wednesday 26 August Wednesday 9 September finished textile work. £25, includes locally-sourced For details see 7 April. National Park Event - National Park Event - lunch. Booking required. Wild Wednesday Discover Lower Wensleydale Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Tuesday 1 September 11:00 to 15:00 09:30 to 13:00 The Bats of Malham Tarn Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP Tuesday 15 September 20:00 to 22:00 cgAZnWjgc9A-(I=H:%&'--- H:%&+--& National Park Event - Drystone Walling Meet Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, For details see 12 August. For details see 1 April. Demonstration HZiiaZ79').EIH9--++,) 11:00 For details see 19 August. Wednesday 26 August Wednesday 9 September Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT National Park Event - National Park Event - Lower Malhamdale - H9-,+-.- Wednesday 2 September Kids Crafts What Marvels! For details see 7 April. Muker Show 13:30 to 16:30 13:00 to 17:00 10:00 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Meet Malham National Park Centre, Malham Wednesday 16 September Traditional family agricultural show in stunning H9-,+-.- 79'()96H9-..+', National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: Swaledale. Sheep dog trials, produce, drystone For details see 29 July. 6+b^aZ.#,`b\j^YZYlVa`aZVgc^c\VWdjii]Z a story of regeneration walling, fell races and Muker Silver Band. River Aire's source, limestone, the tragic men of 10:00 to 12:30 www.mukershow.co.uk Wednesday 26 August Hanlith, a Dales cathedral's watery grave, a dissenter Meet Wharfedale Caravan Club Site, Long Ashes, National Park Event - Grinton Mines & Mills community, and early industry and wildlife. Take in Threshfield BD23 5PN Wednesday 2 September 13:30 to 16:30 the settlements of Airton, Kirkby Malham and For details see 10 June. National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: BZZi

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Wednesday 14 October Salmon Walk 10:00 Stainforth A scenic 5 mile (8km) walk led by local charity Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, including a visit to Stainforth Foss where we may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the salmon leaping up the waterfalls as they head upstream to spawn. Optional lunch afterwards. Free, suggested donation in the region of £15pp. Booking required. Dogs welcome. 015242 51002 [email protected] www.ydmt.org/get-involved-details-ydmt-salmon- walk-15099

Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 October Art & Crafts at Gargrave Village Hall, West Street, Gargrave BD23 3RD Annual saleable exhibition of original paintings, prints and crafts by local artists and artisans - snap up your Christmas gifts! With workshops, artists in residence and special exhibitions. Dogs welcome. 01756749686 [email protected] www.gargravearts.webs.com

Friday 16 October National Park Event - Ingleborough Nature Reserve 19:30 Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT It’s showtime! A traditional agricultural (SD 876898) Wednesday 23 September October show or gala is an essential part of any A talk by Colin Newlands - part of the Friends of National Park Event - The Grassington visit to the Dales – read more on page 20 the Museum’s annual lecture programme. Moor Lead Industry Donations welcome. Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October 14:00 to 17:00 Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Skipton Puppet Festival Meet Yarnbury car park, 2 miles up Moor Lane, www.skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk Grassington (SE 015 658) Wednesday 7 October Saturday 17 October For details see 20 June. National Park Event - Christmas Printing Workshop Friday 2 to Sunday 4 October Discover Lower Wensleydale 10:00 to 16:00 Ingleton Folk Weekend Thursday 24 September to Sunday 4 October 09:30 to 13:00 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ 19:00 to 00:00 Richmond Walking & Book Festival 2015 Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP A full day learning different printing techniques - Ingleton Richmond (SE 016 881) create Christmas cards, wrapping paper, present Open sessions, sing-arounds and concerts, Morris Guided walks and talks in and around this beautiful For details see 1 April. tags, a tea towel and a cotton tote bag. £50 - Dancers, Punch & Judy show, face painting and Georgian market town, with a evening events to including lunch. Booking required. ceilidhs, as well as specialist workshops for harmony complement daytime activities. Booking required. Saturday 10 October 01969 667320 singing, guitar and whistles/pipes. Free, donations 01748 824243 Wheelwrighting Course [email protected] welcome. [email protected] 09:00 to 16:30 www.gaylemill.org.uk 07712 936801 / 01729 825227 www.booksandboots.org Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ [email protected] Join us, as Guy Martin did in Channel 4’s ‘How Saturday 17 to Sunday 18 October [email protected] Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 September Britain Worked’, to have a real hands-on experience Agincourt Weekend Masham Sheep Fair in making a traditional steel-hooped hot bonded 10:00 to 17:00 Sunday 4 October www.mashamsheepfair.com cartwheel from scratch. You could even have a ride Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET National Park Event - Silver Sunday on his famous Gayle Mill wooden bicycle. £75, Find out all about Lord Scrope’s involvement in the 10:00 to 16:00 Saturday 26 to Sunday 27 September including lunch. Booking required. Battle of Agincourt, battle tactics and warfare. With Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, DL8 3NT Yarndale 2015 01969 667320 archery competitions, displays of arms and (SD 876898) Skipton Auction Mart BD23 1UD [email protected] re-enactments. Adults £8.50, children/conc £7, Celebrating National UK Grandparents Day with free Celebrating all things woolly; playing host to over www.gaylemill.org.uk family £30. entry for over 60s - and a chance to explain to younger 160 talented exhibitors plus a full programme of 01969 623981 visitors what the mystery heritage objects are! textile workshops. Saturday 10 October [email protected] Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. www.yarndale.co.uk Night Sky Walk www.boltoncastle.co.uk 20:00 to 22:00 Sunday 4 October Sunday 27 September Malham Tarn Estate Office, Waterhouses, Settle Wednesday 21 October Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours National Park Event - BD24 9PT (SD 886674) National Park Event - 11:00 & 14:30 Pathfinder Advanced For details see 12 September. Discover Lower Wensleydale Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ 10:00 to 16:30 09:30 to 13:00 For details see 1 February. Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Sunday 11 October Meet Westholme Estate, Aysgarth, Leyburn DL8 3SP (SD 876898) National Park Event - The Power of the (SE 016 881) Sunday 4 October A full day's navigation course, mainly outdoors, Ribble and its leaping Salmon For details see 1 April. Red Squirrel Day focussing on practising and developing existing 11:00 to 16:00 17:02 skills with our experienced Dales Volunteers. The Meet Settle TIC, Town Hall, Settle BD24 9EJ Thursday 22 October Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey BD23 5PS perfect follow on from our Introduction and A delightful 6 mile (9.7km) circular walk looking at Salmon Walk A behind the scenes tour of our colony of red Intermediate courses. Not suitable for children. the fascinating story of the power from one classic 10:00 squirrels. Learn how we look after them and what £15 - booking required. river. Hear about monastic abbeys, drovers, Quakers, Stainforth you can do to help these fantastic animals to Contact Hawes National Park Centre - see page 5. raiding Scots and leaping salmon. Explore the For details see 14 October. survive, then enjoy a specially made Nutty Ice Hoffmann Kiln (torch useful), a hidden gem that Cream in the café. Part of National Red Squirrel Wednesday 30 September revolutionised lime production. The walk is timed to Week. Free with entry to the Kilnsey Trail (adult £4, National Park Event - Threshfield Quarry: see the power of the migrating salmon leaping up child/conc £3, family £12). Dogs welcome. a story of regeneration the River Ribble to spawn new life. Adults £5, 01756 752 150 10:00 to 12:30 children free. [email protected] Meet Wharfedale Caravan Club Site, Long Ashes, Contact Malham National Park Centre - see page 5. www.kilnseypark.co.uk Threshfield BD23 5PN For details see 10 June.

Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Page 27 Friday 23 to Sunday 25 October Tuesday 27 October Friday 30 October Festival of Railway Literature National Park Event - Hawes Town Trail National Park Event - Key for National Park Authority- 19:30 14:00 to 16:00 Big Draw Big Book organised events - for more Bedale Hall, North End, Bedale DL8 1AA Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT 11:00 to 15:00 A weekend of talks and events by authors and (SD 876898) Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT advice, please see page 15. professionals who have a railway and/or Dales For details see 2 April. (SD 876898) connection to celebrate 25 years of the Wensleydale For details see 28 October. Guided walk Railway Association. Accessible by bus and train. Wednesday 28 October 0121 507 1857 National Park Event - Friday 30 October [email protected] Big Draw Big Book Fright Night Created for kids www.wensleydalerail.com/about-us2/wensleydale- 11:00 to 15:00 18:00 to 23:00 railway-association Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Bolton Castle, Nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET (SD 876898) Are you feeling brave? Dress in your scariest outfit Arts and crafts Saturday 24 to Sunday 1 November Drop in children's art activity with artist Caroline and join us for a harrowing ghost tour revealing National Park Event - Dunn. Create your own unique sketchbook to take stories of the spooky sightings within the castle Workshop Pumpkins and Potions home. Children £3. walls which will send shivers down your spine! £15. 10:00 to 17:00 Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Hog roast and spooky refreshments available to Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT purchase. Booking essential. Demonstration (SD 876898) Wednesday 28 October 01969 623981 Join us on our spooky family trail and gather National Park Event - The Power of the [email protected] ingredients from the woods to make a special Ribble and its leaping Salmon www.boltoncastle.co.uk Talk potion! Included in Museum admission. 11:00 to 16:00 Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Meet Settle TIC, Town Hall, Settle BD24 9EJ For details see 11 October. November Saturday 24 to Saturday 31 October Saturday 28 November Meet the Kilnsey Witch Halloween Week Wednesday 28 October Sunday 1 November Moonlit Night Walk Kilnsey Park Estate, Kilnsey BD23 5PS 50 Things Adventure: 4. Build a den / 49. Find a Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours 18:30 to 20:30 Spooks and adventure for all the family. A special geocache 11:00 & 14:30 Meet Buckden car park BD23 (SD 943774) Halloween Trail leads you to the grotto of Nancy 13:00 to 16:00 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ See how familiar surroundings change in the dark as Winter - Old Nan - who lived in Kilnsey in the 1700s Meet Buckden car park BD23 5JA (SD 943774) For details see 1 February. you experience the thrill of a night walk in Upper and was famous for telling people's fortunes. With Branches, twigs and leaves make surprisingly cosy Wharfedale - bring a torch! £5 - booking required. pumpkin carving, Christmas decoration making and dens. Join us for a 3 mile (4.8km) digital treasure Friday 20 November 01729 830416 face painting. Free with entry to the Kilnsey Trail hunt in Upper Wharfedale and then build a den to National Park Event - Agincourt and the [email protected] (adult £4, child/conc £3, family £12). Dogs hide in. Adults £5, children £3.50. Booking required. Dales Connection www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate welcome. 01729 830416 19:30 01756 752 150 [email protected] Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate (SD 876898) December www.kilnseypark.co.uk A talk by Juliet Barker - part of the Friends of the Saturday 5 December Wednesday 28 October Museum annual lecture programme. Dickensian Festival Saturday 24 October National Park Event - Falls, Freeholders Donations welcome. Grassington Medieval Murder Mystery with The Chuffing & Flagstones Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. 11:00 to 17:00 Theatre Company and Wensleydale Railway 13:15 to 16:45 Travel back to the sights and sounds of a bygone era 18:30 to 22:30 Meet Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 November as the square comes alive with a traditional market, Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET nr Leyburn DL8 3TH (SE 011887) National Park Event - Winter Fair villagers dressed in Victorian costume and street Calling all super sleuths for an evening of murder For details see 14 June. 10:00 to 17:00 and mayhem. Hog roast supper served amid the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT entertainers. www.grassington.uk.com/dickensian-festival magnificence of the Great Hall. £35 - booking Thursday 29 October (SD 876898) required. National Park Event - Explore the villages A great chance to pick up gifts and treats with stalls Saturday 5 December 01969 623981 of Upper Wensleydale ranging from textile goods to woodwork to local Christmas Greenery Wreaths & Table Decorations [email protected] 13:30 to 16:00 food produce. Free entry to the Museum all weekend. 10:00 to 16:00 www.boltoncastle.co.uk Meet Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes DL8 3NT Contact Dales Countryside Museum - see page 10. Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ (SD 876898) Learn how to build your own wreath and create Monday 26 to Friday 30 October For details see 9 April. Saturday 28 November Spooky Spectacular! Gayle Mill Christmas Fayre festive decorations for your Christmas table with ribbons, bows and anything that sparkles. £60, 10:00 to 16:00 Friday 30 October 10:00 to 16:00 including festive lunch. Booking required. Bolton Castle, nr Leyburn, Castle Bolton DL8 4ET National Park Event - Things go BUMP in Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ 01969 667320 Dare you enter the Spooky Castle and meet the the Woods! Enjoy a glass of mulled wine and mince pie whilst [email protected] ghosts and ghouls within? With activities, trails and 11:00 to 15:00 choosing those special Christmas gifts. Wooden and www.gaylemill.org.uk games for children of all ages to enjoy. Adults £8.50, Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, DL8 3TH craft products made by our own volunteers, plus children/conc £7, family £30. Find out what goes bump in the woods - if you demonstrations by expert tutors. Order and collect Saturday 5 December 01969 623981 dare! Drop in any time and join the fun. Free event your unique Gayle Mill Christmas Tree. £2.50 Christmas Concert [email protected] suitable for accompanied over 5s. Children with including refreshments. 14:30 to 16:00 www.boltoncastle.co.uk disabilities welcome - please phone for advice. 01969 667320 Malham Cove (SD 900627) Contact Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre - [email protected] Come and be entertained by a local brass band see page 5. www.gaylemill.org.uk playing seasonal favourites in the awe-inspiring setting of Malham Cove. Mulled wine and mince pies available for a small charge. Park in Malham car park and allow 30 minutes to stroll to Cove. 01729 830416 [email protected] www.nationaltrust.org.uk/malham-tarn-estate

Sunday 6 December Gayle Mill Demonstration Tours 11:00 & 14:30 Gayle Mill, Mill Lane, Gayle DL8 3RZ For details see 1 February.

Saturday 12 December Dickensian Festival Grassington For details see 5 December.

Saturday 19 December Dickensian Festival Grassington For details see 5 December.

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