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Ramblings

The Dales Way, Part Three

Ramblings

BBC

Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Science

4.5768 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2014

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Clare Balding continues her journey along The Dales Way, hiking from Grassington to Kettlewell in the company of two experienced long distance walkers, Aileen Strangham and Brenda Dodd. Clare enjoys their company so much and their tales of taking part in every Great North Run, that they wander off track and have to use all their combined map reading skills to get themselves back onto the right route.

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0:06.3

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0:38.0

sounds do we know where we're going yes I'm oh do we gosh see I'd have gone completely the

0:44.7

wrong way I'd have gone down to the river you go straight at the main street yeah you get to a cross

0:48.7

roads and then you turn left you see you're you're ahead of the game Eileen you know you've got a map

0:53.9

you got a book you you've got a book,

0:54.6

you've got everything. In my book. So Brenda, does that mean you and I, we're just following?

0:58.2

We just follow. Yeah, that's fine by me. This afternoon on Ramblings, I'm joining Brenda and Ely

1:03.1

who are walking the whole of the Dale's way, which is also what I'm trying to morning. You guys have walked this morning, haven't you? We have.

1:14.6

There's a really good bus service actually, just pulling in.

1:16.5

We're in Grasington, in the village of Grasington,

1:20.0

which has got this fabulous cobbled square right in the centre of it,

1:22.4

and the bus service, which is called Pride of the Dale,

1:23.3

has just pulled in.

1:32.6

So if you are walking this area, you can hop on the bus and you can use it to get back to where you're staying or, you know, just keep you moving through.

1:40.1

And Grasington itself is absolutely lovely. Lots of little independent shops. There's a couple of outdoor clothing fitters here.

1:48.8

So the way it seems to me already, and I've only met you for five minutes, but AIM, would I be right to say you're the planner?

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