Dales Way walk 2008 - itinerary

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Stage

(Links were OK per June 2008, but will not be updated. Stage distances are not necessarily accurate.)
4/5 Sun. 0821 train depart Lysaker arrive Bergen 1452. Norwegian State Railway. Stay with friends.
5/5 Mon. 1000 depart Skoltegrunnskaia, Bergen on ferry "Queen of Scandinavia." DFDS ferry company.
6/5 Tues. 1330 Arrival Royal Quays, Newcastle. Bus to Central Station.
Train from Newcastle Central to Leeds - North-East jouney planner.
Train from Leeds to Keighley - West Yorkshire Metro.
Keighley & District Bus 664/665 from Keighley Bus Station to Rawdon Road, Haworth (towards Oakworth).
B&B at Haworth Tea Rooms, 68 Main St., phone (0)1535 644278.
7/5 Wed. Bronte Parsonage Museum, Church Street, Haworth, at the top of the village behind the Parish Church.
Walk to Bronte Falls and return via Starbury.
8/5 Thurs. Keighley & District bus from Rawdon Rd., Haworth to Keighley Bus Stn.
First Bradford bus from Keighley Bus Stn.to Main St. Bingley.
First Bradford bus 623 from Bingley Rail Stn. to end of line, near Eldwick Hall, Otley Rd , Eldwick .
Walk to the The Fleece pub (aka Dick Hudson’s), joining the Bradford link of the Dales Way by a connecting footpath.
Walk over Ilkley Moor to Ilkley. Pass 12 Apostles stone circle.
B&B at Denton View, Mr and Mrs H. Bignell, 10 Manley Road, Ilkley, LS29 8QS telephone 01943 430373, mobile 07787 347292.
9/5 Fri.

Start of the Dales Way

Walk 6m from Ilkley to Bolton Bridge.
Harrogate and District Bus X59 from Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel to Skipton.
B&B at Skipton Park Guest'Otel, 2 Salisbury Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1NQ Phone: +44 (0) 1756 700640

10/5 Sat. Taxi from Skipton to Embsay station.
1030 Steam engine train from Embsay to Bolton Abbey 1045. (Embsay & Bolton Abbey railway only on weekends in May.)
Walk 6m from Bolton Abbey to Appletreewick.
B&B at Andras Farm, Appletreewick BD23 6DA, Tel: 01756 720286
11/5 Sun. Walk 4m from Appletreewick to Grassington.
B&B at Grove House, 1 Moor Lane, Grassington, BD23 5BD, Tel: 01756 753364, Mobile: 07731 936122.
12/5 Mon. Walk 7m from Grassington to Kettlewell.
B&B at Pennycroft Guest House, Far lane, Kettlewell, BD23 5QY, Tel: 01756 760 845
13/5 Tues. Walk 6m from Kettlewell to Deepdale in Langstrothdale
B&B at West Deepdale Farm, Langstrothdale, BD23 5JJ, Tel: 01756 760204.
14/5 Wed. Walk 8m from Deepdale to Cam Houses.
B&B with dinner at Cam Houses Farmhouse, Oughtershaw, BD23 5JT, Tel: 0113 2711 339, Mob. 07860 648045
15/5 Thurs. Walk 10km from Cam Houses to Hawes.
B&B at the White Hart Inn, Main Street, Hawes, DL8 3QL, Tel. 01969 667259.
16/5 Fri. Sightseeing in Hawes.
Wensleydale Creamery Visitor Centre 9am - 5pm March - September, 7 days.
Dales Countryside Museum, Jan-Dec 10 - 5 daily.
At 1653 catch Little Red Bus 113 from Dales Countryside Museum to Station Road End, Garsdale at 1720.
Take Northern Rail,Carlisle to Leeds train from Garsdale to Dent station.
B&B at Slack Cottage, Deepdale, Dent, Tel. 015396 25439.
17/5 Sat. Walk 6m from Dent to Sedbergh.
B&B at Brantrigg, Winfield Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria LA10 5AZ, Tel: 015396 21455.
18/5 Sun Walk 12m from Sedbergh to Patton Bridge.
B&B + evening meal at Crook Howe, Whinfell LA8 9EG, Tel: 01539 824448 (on the west side of Whinfell Tarn).
19/5 Mon. Walk 6m from Patton Bridge to Staveley.
B&B + evening meal at the Eagle & Child, Kendal Road, Staveley LA8 9LP, Tel: 01539 821320. OS reference: 473981.
20/5 Tues. Walk 7m from Staveley to Bowness and Windermere.

End of the Dales Way

- ice cream & ceremonial boot dipping in Lake Windermere.
B&B at Holmlea, Kendal Road, Bowness-on-Windermere, LA23 3EW, Tel. No: +44 (0)15394 42597.

21/5 Wed. Sightseeing in & around Bowness. Day rover ticket on the bus.
Dove Cottage, Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere.
Train from Windermere stn. to Oxenholme.
Train from Oxenholme to Carlisle.
B&B at Cambro House, 173 Warwick Road, Carlisle CA1 1LP, phone 01228 543094.
22/5 Thurs. Sightseeing in Carlisle.
Carlisle castle.
Tullie House museum.
23/5 Fri. Train from Carlisle to Newcastle.
Shopping in Newcastle.
Stay at Copthorne Hotel Newcastle , The Close, Quayside, NE1 3RT, Phone +44(0)191 222 0333 (low price offer.)
24/5 Sat. 1830 depart Royal Quays, Newcastle on Queen of Scandinavia.
25/5 Sun. 1500 arrive Stavanger.
2220 depart Stavanger by night train. Arrive Oslo 0726 next morning.


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