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Yorkshire Dales - Sedbergh: 3rd March 2010
Hotel:
Thorns Hall
Board Basis: Full Board
Our experienced guides offer the choice of up to two different walks each day
Choose the option which best suits your interests and fitness
We provide flexible holidays, take an Easier Walk one day and switch to a Harder Walk the next, or choose to explore the Yorkshire Dales independently
We offer a social activity each evening
Easier Walks:
6 to 8½ miles on good riverside and field paths.
Up to 650ft of ascent in a day.
Highlights include:
Follow the Dales Way through lovely Dentdale to the quaint cobbled village of Dent
Journey along the beautiful Lune Valley, a landscape described by John Ruskin as “some of the loveliest in Europe”
Explore the broad and mellow valley of Wensleydale, famous for its cheese and as the setting for James Herriot’s “All Creatures Great and Small” books
Harder Walks:
9½ to 11½ miles over high moorland.
Up to 2,125ft of ascent in a day.
Highlights include:
From Sedbergh we could ascend past the Cautley Spout waterfall to the top of the Calf, the highest point in the Howgills, or enjoy the area’s panoramic grassy ridges
Walk from the famous Ribblehead Viaduct to the summit of Whernside
Cross the high slopes of Wensleydale, or traverse the wild crags of Mallerstang Edge
Local transport
On some days the walks start and finish at our Country House, Thorns Hall. On other days you’ll be transported to other parts of the Yorkshire Dales. The cost of all transport to and from the walks is included in the price of your holiday. |
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| Flights |
The nearest airport is at Manchester.
Manchester Airport has its own station with direct trains to Oxenholme. Journey time to Oxenholme is around 1½ hours. |
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| Includes |
Full Board en suite accommodation with meals included
A full programme of guided walks
Transport to and from the walks
Social activities in the evenings |
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| Extras |
Single Room Supplement
Travel from Ireland - UK |
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HIGHLIGHTS
Small and friendly manor house at the foot of the Howgill Fells
Sedbergh is a small Cumbrian market town, now England’s ‘book town’
Easy access by road and rail; an ideal location for a short break or longer holiday
Settle-to-Carlisle railway with Ribblehead Viaduct and Dent, the highest mainline station in England
Wensleydale and Swaledale made famous by the James Herriot books and TV series
Countryside criss-crossed with dry stone walls and dotted with quaint villages of sturdy stone
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