If you can, join us on the arrival day by 1:30 pm for a half day local walk to get to know your fellow travellers and the environment close by. Our plan will be to walk the famous Ingleton Waterfalls Trail.

[3.5 hours walking]

For those who are unable to arrive by then, join us for dinner at 6:30 pm, after which we will talk through our planned programme.

We take the regular service (not the steam train, but we may well see it!) from nearby Settle towards Carlisle, passing the very best of Dales scenery as we cross the famous viaducts at Ribblehead and Dent, built in Victorian times to span these majestic valleys. After an hour or so we reach the Eden Valley where the landscape changes from white limestone to radiant-red sandstone, and follow tracks alongside the River Eden through chocolate-box villages. We return to Settle by train, and then our transport takes us back to our accommodation after a busy and satisfying day's adventure.

[6 hours walking]

From Ingleton Village we walk along the broad valleys of Kingsdale with its bristling limestone crags on its skyline. Easy tracks lead to the entrance of Yordas Cave, which served as a public show-cave in Victorian days. Ascending onto the moor above the valley we pick up the ancient Turbary Road (a wide stone track) and pass the impressive shake-hole entrances to Jingling Pot and Rowten Pot before descending to our pick-up spot from where our taxi returns us to our hotel.

[6 hours walking]

We'll walk up to Twisleton Scars to join the tracks that make up Wainwright's 'A Pennine Journey' trail. Our route gives tremendous views across to Ingleborough, to Whernside, the highest of the 3 peaks, and the famous Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle Railway.

[4 hours walking]

Please note that the above itinerary is subject to weather conditions being favourable. Walking times shown are approximations and may vary. Our aim, above all, is to make the right choice each day so that we enjoy the most appropriate route for the conditions.