Down dales, over moors

This walk at Malham Tarn avoids much of the traditional route but includes the short climb to the excellent viewpoint of Great Close Hill. From here the route changes as it passes through some excellent limestone scenery to the north of the tarn. The Walk It is only in the last few years that I

The area of Keld and Upper Swaledale is one of my favourite places to walk in the Dales. It is an area dominated by traditional stone barns and fields full of sheep, the River Swale and steep sided hills. This walk keeps (relatively) low and includes some quite excellent views. The Walk Despite being the

Dodd Fell Hill and Wether Fell (he summit is known as Drumaldrace) are two Dales 30 mountains to the south of Hawes. The walking here is generally straightforward amidst rolling moorland. The climb to the first peak is via the Pennine Way path and the return over Wether Hill. The Walk Walks from Hawes have

The moors over Swaledale south of Reeth offer a different characteristic to those to the north. The fells are rounded and grassy and less (obviously) influenced by the areas industrial past.

At 414m Weets Top overlooks the Gordale valley of Malham. It is a quiet place, set in moorland and approached by a steady climb from the River Aire. The return can easily take in the busy sites of Gordale Scar and Janet’s Foss. The Walk Even on a cloudy midweek day in February Malham is

The villages of Wharfedale walk visits the quintessentially Dales villages of Hebden, Burnsall, Linton and Thorpe before returning to Grassington. The walk combines riverside walking with quiet lanes and footpaths and great views across this section of Wharfedale.