scattered remains of former industry, Swaledale & Arkengarthdale including Old Gang Lead Mine and Grinton Smelt Mill. Find out about the harsh life of a miner at Swaledale Museum The two most northerly dales in the Upper Swaledale and test your off-road in Reeth. National Park are an iconic farming cycling skills - bring your own bikes, or landscape of field barns and drystone walls. hire them from Dales Bike Centre in Reeth. The busy village of Reeth with its large village green has shops showcasing local At the head of Swaledale is the tiny village Following the River Swale along the valley arts and crafts, while Richmond’s of Keld - you can explore its history at you will encounter many pretty little impressive Norman castle dominates this Keld Countryside & Heritage Centre. In villages, including Thwaite, Muker and market town’s skyline. the winter months the village operates a Gunnerside. There are fantastic shops, self-service tearoom for walkers with an cafés and pubs to enjoy. Have a drink at The Buttertubs Pass was a famous climb honesty box and a magical supply of the Tan Hill Inn - the highest pub in Great on the Tour de France Grand Depart in homemade cakes. Britain - or a delicious evening meal at the 2014, and the dales are home to the CB Inn in remote Arkengarthdale. annual Swaledale Festival which takes The village is a crossing point for three place over two weeks each May. long-distance walks: the Pennine Way, the On the moor tops you’re likely to see the Coast to Coast, and the more-recently hardy Swaledale sheep, the emblem for Find out more at www.swaledale.net i devised Herriot Way. It is also at one end the National Park. In the valley bottoms, of the new Swale Trail - a 20km (12mile) the stunning wildflower haymeadows are route for mountain bikes starting from at their best in early summer. Throughout Reeth. It’s a great way to experience the area, you will come across the MUKER SHOW STARTS 10.00 Traditional Yorkshire Show Wednesday 4th September 2019 Muker Village - Swaledale Sheep, Muker Silver Band, children’s games, fell race, and more. Secretary: Kathy Scott View above Thwaite (danscape.co.uk) 01748 886564 The Copper Kettle Licensed Tearoom - The Green, Reeth DL11 6TH Copper • Freshly-ground coffee and Kettle Flat - speciality teas self-catering holiday let • Locally-sourced and freshly overlooking prepared breakfasts, lunches the Green Situated in Upper Swaledale, our new and snacks venue is available to book for social • Delicious home-made cakes events, meetings, workshops etc. • Decaf, gluten-free, vegetarian MANSE HOLIDAY COTTAGE: An ideal base and vegan options for walking holidays or simply relaxing. • Well-behaved dogs welcome 10% discount available on bookings. Contact Helen and quote ‘Visitor’. Open: 10am - 4.30pm TheCopperKettleReeth Thursday to Monday Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07790 401476 • keld.org.uk (closed Tuesday and Wednesday) www.thecopperkettlereeth.co.uk Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 47 Access Ranger Calum Stott farms a small flock of sheep near Orton. He wrote this poem inspired by the rugged landscape and way of life in the Cumbrian area of the National Park where he lives and works. “On Christmas Eve I took the chance to inspect a section of footpath going up over Middleton Fell. I’m not much of a poet or a writer of any means, but the words just sort of came to me as I was walking up there on my own.” We think it’s rather wonderful! A Bleating Place Swaledale sheep (danscape.co.uk) The sheep all had a meeting, Atop a lonely hill. LANGTHWAITE, ARKENGARTHDALE To discuss their existence, KEARTON And all the worldly ills. Featured in several films and TV series… Country Hotel They covered every topic, THWAITE Religion, famine, war. RED LION INN Thwaite in Swaledale, Richmond DL11 6DR Conversation soon did turn to, Tel: 01748 886277 Email: [email protected] What they’d been placed here for? BOOKS www.keartoncountryhotel.co.uk The Suffolks talked of eating grass, & MAPS for sale Until the day was done. Breath-taking views The Texels spoke of show sales, of Upper Swaledale Bar snacks from the restaurant And red rosettes they’d won. all year serving coffees, The group of Bluefaced Leicesters, round lunches, high teas & Couldn’t see the point at all, evening meals. Licensee: Mrs R. Hutchinson F.B.I.I. Ideal for walkers, Of carrying on living, photographers, If the sky was doomed to fall. Tel: 01748 884218 cyclists & bird A minority of rare breeds, Fax: 01748 884133 watchers. Walking groups welcome. Wouldn’t stop to think, Email: [email protected] TEA ROOMS • LICENSED RESTAURANT Of current situations, www.langthwaiteredlion.co.uk 12 EN-SUITE BEDROOMS Just their prehistoric links. The remaining congregation, Herdwicks, Roughs and Swales, Having barely spoke a single word, Proceed to tell their tale. 01748 850123 Each knew the route to happiness, And the point to all their strife. Long days spent wandering the fells, Were the best times of their life. So if ever you’re feeling lost, ARTISAN BAKERY Or can’t hold back the tears. Think like a hardy hill sheep, AND CAFÉ Freshly crafted breads, sweet A farmer’s had to shear. and savoury pastries Climb up on a mountain top, Visit us at the Reeth Dales Look at the world below. Centre, DL11 6SP A day spent walking in the clouds, Will stop you feeling low. © Calum Stott www.twodalesbakery.co.uk 01748 905001 48 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Frenchgate Guest House has real REETH character and ambience, with the “Best View in Richmond” SHOW A short walk down Frenchgate leads to the historic and beautiful heart of Richmond MONDAY 26TH AUGUST 2019 and the Georgian cobbled marketplace, A traditional Dales Show and a great day out offering a variety of independent shops, cafes, bistros, restaurants and pubs. for all the family in beautiful Swaledale. Shows, Displays, Stalls and Refreshments. Tel: 01748 823421 For further enquiries phone 07506 380393, Mob: 07982 321 123 email [email protected] or visit Email: [email protected] www.reethshow.co.uk Web: 66frenchgate.com FREE FORENTRY UNDER 16s An absorbing story of courage, friendship, service and sacrifice. Special Exhibitions 2019 • Aftermath: living through the peace until 27 May • Hostile Environment: The British in Russia 28 June to 21 December www.greenhowards.org.uk Richmond, North Yorkshire Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk | 49 Sedbergh, Dentdale & The Howgills Dragon pub with its own micro-brewery, as well as the village’s centrepiece - a memorial fountain to its most famous son, Adam Sedgwick, considered the founding father of modern geology. The Dent Heritage Centre is packed with artefacts explaining the history of the dale and its people, including the mining of the black Dent marble and the story of the ‘terrible knitters of Dent’. Visit www.dentdale.com and i www.sedbergh.org.uk for more information. Home cooking using fresh local produce Free Wi-Fi Dog friendly Food served all day Fully licenced www.smattsduo.co.uk Walker and writer Alfred Wainwright in England at 1,100 feet and a stop on the Open Mon 9am - 4pm, Tues closed, Wed 9am - 6pm described the Howgills - the distinctive historic Settle-Carlisle railway line. (closed November - May), Thurs - Sun 9am - 6pm rounded hills overlooking Sedbergh - as 32 Main Street, Sedbergh LA10 5BL The cobbled streets of Dent village are looking like a ‘herd of sleeping elephants’. Tel. 015396 20552 home to the award-winning George & [email protected] Nestled beneath them, the market town has a variety of quirky and interesting WOOFS OF SEDBERGH shops. It is famous as a book town, with 16, 19, 24 and 33 seater vehicles plenty of second-hand bookshops. There is SEDBERGH also an array of characterful tea rooms, A lifestyle store A reliable Service award wining cafés, great takeaways, for all traditional pub grub and innovative MAD HATTERS occasions restaurants - the choice is yours. Tea Room Telephone: 015396 20414 Just outside the town is the restored www.no6finklestreet.co.uk 015396 20298 Email: [email protected] Victorian wool mill, Farfield Mill Arts & Heritage Centre, where you can watch artists and craftspeople at work in their The George & Self Catering Bed & Breakfast studios and enjoy the galleries, shop and tearoom. Dragon Hotel High quality accommodation providing comfort and The dramatic waterfall of Cautley Spout is Main Street, Dent, Cumbria LA10 5QL warmth whatever the time of year. Great area for walking or rides out in peaceful countryside. reached from the Cross Keys, a 400-year- • 3 Star Enjoy the surrounding natural beauty of fell and field and old temperance inn, now owned by the Accommodation magnificent views of The Howgill Hills on a traditional working hill farm. National Trust. • The Dent Brewery Tap The history of the Quaker movement is embedded in the area. You can visit Fox’s • Walkers and families Pulpit, the hillside spot where George Fox welcome preached in 1652 - thought of as the start of the society - and the peaceful meeting • Dog friendly house at Brigflatts, which is open to all. • 10 en-suite rooms The limestone valley of Dentdale offers Contact: Mrs Dorothy Hutchinson Tel: 01539 620094 real tranquility. High on the valley side is Telephone: 015396 25256 Hebblethwaite Hall Farm, Cautley, Sedbergh, Cumbria, LA10 5LX Dent Station, the highest mainline station Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.thegeorgeanddragondent.co.uk www.hebblethwaitehallfarm.co.uk 50 | Visit the Yorkshire Dales National Park online at www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Farmers markets 2019 Visit for some of the best quality, locally-sourced produce.