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  1. fowler9 avatar

    RE: 9 days in the UK itinerary

    by fowler9 13 February 2012

    I would definitely agree regarding staying in the northern lakes instead of Carlisle, Somewhere around Keswick perhaps. Your trip looks…

  2. mike9 avatar

    RE: Yorkshire Dales weekend holiday

    by mike9 20 September 2011

    My personal preferences are (a) along the main road from Hawes through Leyburn to Richmond, or (b) further south around Kettlewell and…

  3. Herbie47 avatar

    RE: UK Roadtrip

    by Herbie47 04 August 2011

    Yorkshire Dales I would go to Swaledale, good walk around Keld, you can go over the pass to Hawes in Wensleydale.

  4. mike9 avatar

    RE: Driving around uk

    by mike9 01 August 2011

    Day 2 Cambridge - York in a campervan non stop would be about 4 hours. Add a couple of hours for Sherwood Forest (assuming you just visit…

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    Re: Help - UK (England) & Wales Wanna'Be

    by mike9 03 February 2011

    #1 has made an excellent suggestion for an itinerary, though personally would have gone direct from The Lake District to York (omitting…

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    RE: Good Base in Yorkshire Dales w/o a car

    by alanR 04 January 2011

    None of them will allow you to explore the Dales. I'd be going further in - somewhere like Hawes, Grassington or Malham

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    RE: The North of England.

    by bannedagain 11 November 2010

    Harrogate, Knaresborough, Ripon, Studley Royal, Bolton Abbey, Harewood House, are all very near to Leeds. Beamish is an interesting open…

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    RE: Swaledale Yorkshire Dales self catering holiday

    by geeg 09 February 2010

    Swaledale is beautiful but IMO it has a fairly isolated feel outside of Reeth. If you're after a mix of friendly towns/villages and open…

  9. gotowensleydale avatar

    Re: Yorkshire Visit

    by gotowensleydale 13 November 2009

    I think you have yourself a great time ahead. I should warn you I'm very biased having grown up in Wensleydale and lived for six years…

  10. daggers avatar

    RE: Yorkshire Visit

    by daggers 10 November 2009

    2. The best advice in both the Dales and the Moors is just to drive around, enjoying the scenery, until you find somewhere that makes…

  11. edalerichard avatar

    Re: Short break in Yorkshire Dales (June 08) where to stay and what to see?

    by edalerichard 01 January 2008

    Hi, assuming you are coming by car.Top end of Wharfedale is very ,very pretty and central in the Dales too. I'll try and find a farm…

  12. megaera avatar

    megaera

    by megaera 20 May 2007

    Wrong end for me! However:

    - go to Skipton on a market day, and visit the cheese stall. You might even get Bowland cheese there…

  13. tony_b avatar

    Creameries in Northern England

    by tony_b 16 May 2007

    You're right about it being rushed, especially on a Bank Holiday Monday. I genuinely don't believe you have the time to fit in a visit…

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    Creameries in Northern England

    by popularmechanic 15 May 2007

    We're off for a three day jaunt through the North East. Leaving London on the Friday night, stopping halfway up, on to Bamburgh Castle,…

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    Camping in North West England

    by benh 23 April 2007

    I went camping at Dent in the Yorkshire Dales at Easter (third time at that site) - the campsite is called High Lanings...good site -…

  16. bowyer avatar

    Settle-Carlisle railway

    by bowyer 18 March 2007

    Couple of suggestions
    Gardsdale - from which you can get a minibus to Hawes in Wensleydale.However this needs prebooking - do not…

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