It was a perfect first day and after resting at our splendid accommodation we went out and enjoyed a meal and a few beers in the village as reward.

In which our walker admires a friendly church, is invited to picnic with the Quakers, toot-toots on a steam train and fights the throngs at an old abbey. river side of the road. And after a twenty minute stop I took a different seat and we were off once more back to Bolton Abbey station. Right on cue, as I entered fields and passed through a subway, I heard the tell-tale whistle of a steam engine filling the area. At least Dave and my soon to be wife Lil were with us at Ilkley Old Bridge to see us off. the far end of the field which is the access to the road. An extra spur was the enjoyable conversation I would get for the majority of the walk in the company of my good friend Steve. At this point the walk can be shortened by turning left on to the Dales Way just beyond the bridge and following it back to the start at Addingham. The whole Dales Way adventure is available to read now Indeed for us there was no need to cross so what was the bridge originally built for? Continuing parallel to the wall you soon cross This first stage is spent exclusively in the company of the River Wharfe as we follow it upstream. way parallel to the road She probably came to regret going along it in her high heel shoes. line through the fields Did you even care? The said family was clearly bilingual and even at that age the child was switching easily between French and English, changing randomly mid sentence as the mood took him. My guidebook made no mention of it, however my OS map proclaimed that down a short track I’d find the Embsey and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway.
with care one can soon take advantage of a rudimentary footpath on the These rocky outcrops are limestone white a feature we will be seeing a lot of until we cross over the watersheds. This walk follows the Dales Way and the River Wharfe from Ilkley to Addingham and Bolton Abbey. The building was Fairfield Friends Meeting House, one of the earliest Quaker meeting houses. Inside I found a simple building with a few rows of seats and a raised row for the elders – an early practice that has been long abandoned. past this and onto the road at roughly the brow of the hill. June 27, 2017 by Rosie. Now a Site of Special Scientific Interest, Strid Wood is home to the acid loving and rather rare Sessile Oak tree as well as 62 different kinds of birds, all of whom were hiding in the tree tops.

In my hour and a half away from the Dales Way, the paths had got busy. Take time to view the magnificent building and then move on continuing to follow the river towards Strid Wood. another wall by a stone


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