This Month - July '10

Sunday 18th July                                                                                                                                                            National Park Event -  Myths, Movies and Legends                                                                                                                                                                       Meet at Malham National Park Centre  11:15  to 16:15                             

Join the knowledgeable Dales Volunteers for a moderately strenuous 8 mile (13km) guided walk exploring why the area has inspired artists, writers and movie makers.                                                                         Contact Malham NPC  tel. 01969 652 380  email: malham@yorkshiredales.org.uk

Sunday 18th July                                                                                                                                                National Trust Butterfly Walk                                                                                                                                  Meet at Yockenthwaite Bridge (4 miles up Dale from Buckden)   -  11:00 to 14:00

A moderate guided walk from Yockenthwaite through Strans Wood looking at butterflies with the Careership Warden.  Bring a packed lunch.  Dogs on leads allowed.  Booking essential.                                               Tel.  01729  830  416    email: malhamtarn@nationaltrust.org.uk  web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk 

Wednesday 21st July                                                                                                                                           National Park Event - Red Squirrel Conservation in the National Park                                                                   Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes 12:30 to 13:30                                                                                    A chance to find out how the native red squirrel is faring in the Yorkshire Dales.  The talk covers changes in habitat, competition from greys and future conservation.  Free with museum entry ticket.                                Contact:  Hawes NPC tel. 01969 666 210

Friday 23rd July National Park Event - Lead Mining in Swaledale.  Accessible Walk.                                          Meet at Surrender Bridge (Grid SE 989 999)  14:00 to 16:30                                                                                                                                                                                            A 2 mile (3.5 km) guided walk with an archaeologist to look at Old Gang and Surrender Smelt Mills.  Follows surfaced tracks with gradients reaching 1:10.  Parking is informal, either on the roadside at the start of the track or at the junction of the road to Healaugh.  Please park with consideration to others.  Dogs on leads allowed.  Adults £3, parents/carers free.                                                                                                    Contact Reeth NPC 01748 884 059                                                                                        

Think ahead - a 'must' for your diary!  

Sunday 25th July                                                                                                                                                                                        You are invited to join 'Buckden Walkers' as we walk the 5th Stage of the 'Dales Way' from 'The Sportsman' (Upper Dentdale) towards Sedberg - a distance of 10 miles.  Bring a picnic.  Visit www.buckden.org for more details.

Any and all of our Guests are most welcome to join the Buckden Walkers, whose programme of Walks can be found by visiting our village website: www.buckden.org

Buckden Walkers in mid stream

Pure fun in the snow

Calendar 'Special Delivery' to Dalegarth by Miss February

'Anxious Bride' at the Kettlewell Scarecrow Festival