Activities
There are lots of
lovely walks in the area, many accessible directly from Yew Tree House
and others within short bus/car journeys. There are also well
marked cycle routes offering quiet country lanes or mountain bike
routes for the more adventurous!
The following web sites may help you:
Walking The Dales
Way
Walks in Yorkshire
Cycling in the
Yorkshire Dales
Rannerdale
Cycling (cycling resource
site)
Mountain Biking in
the Dales
Fly Fishing
Sailing
Upper Whafedale
Fell Rescue
We have facilties for storing cycles and a puncture kit is
available!
Horse riding is also available at local stables including the Kilnsey Trekking & Riding
Centre.
There is plenty of good quality rock climbing available at Kilnsey,
Gordale & Malham. See for example the Kilnsey
climbing site.
Annual Events
Grassington Festival
This is held in June of each year and is very
popular. If you wish to come then please book early! Artists
for 2009 will include The Hollies, Alfie Boe, Jason Manford and the
Fron Male Voice Choir. Events include concerts, films, street theatre,
visual arts, and even a lecture by the veteran cricket commentator
Henry Blofeld!
For further information go to the Festival web site.
Dickensian Celebrations
These are held on the first three weekends in
December -
for further information go to the Dickensian
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