Dates for Ride2stride 2017
We are delighted to announce that Ride2stride 2017
will run from Tuesday April 25th to Bank Holiday Monday May 1st.
No dogs other than registered assistance dogs, will
be accepted on Ride2stride walks in future.
We know how much people enjoy walking with their dogs but spring is a
crucial time of year for wildlife and livestock in the Yorkshire Dales.
Fields are full of young lambs and newly turned out cattle and the fells
are home to ground nesting birds.
The festival attracts large numbers of walkers and this decision has
been taken in the interest of safety and enjoyment for everyone. It does
not affect the walks led by the participating organisations for the rest
of the year.
We hope you will understand and respect this decision and we look
forward to welcoming walkers to Ride2stride 2017.
13 July 2016
5th Ride2stride draws to a close
The fifth annual Settle-Carlisle Walking Festival finally draws to a
close after a week of difficult weather conditions but with probably the
best turnout of the festival series so far.
Over 100 walkers turned up at Settle station for the launch event,
joining one of three walks on offer. The festival began in bright
sunshine, but over the week walkers have faced all 4 seasons, with
bitterly cold winds and both heavy rain and snow interspersed with
periods of bright sunshine.
Many festival goers have taken holiday accommodation in the area, and
have been treated to additional special events such as the Tour de
Yorkshire cycle race and the Three Peaks Fell Race.
It's been a great success, but the growing numbers of walkers raises
its own problem for the future - perhaps the best kind of problem
organisers have to resolve.
Can the festival cope with this growing popularity? Watch this
space....
2 May 2016
Rail closure north of Appleby
Following heavy rains a landslip at Eden Brows near Armathwaite has
led to the closure of the Settle-Carlisle line north of Appleby.
Repairs are underway and Network Rail are keeping us fully informed
of progress. The work, however, is expected to last several months.
Trains are running pretty much as normal between Leeds and Appleby at
the moment, with busses linking further north to Carlisle. Please check
the
Settle-Carlisle website for the latest timetable news.
None of the events for Ride2stride 2016 should be
affected, though clearly access from north of Appleby may prove more
difficult.
People planning to come to the festival should continue to plan as
normal. We will update further nearer the time.
19 Feb
Jericho - new ITV drama
A new TV drama based around the building of the Ribblehead Viaduct in
the 1870s is premiered on ITV on Thursday, January 7th.
The eight-part series is set in an imagined version of one of the
notorious navvy shanty towns - Jericho - under the shadow of
Ingleborough and Whernside on the desolate Blea Moor. In the drama
Ribblehead is renamed "Culverdale".
The Ribblehead Viaduct, the longest on the Settle-Carlisle Railway,
was built between 1869 and 1875. It required 6,000 workers to construct
the line with at least 200 hundred fatalities through engineering
accidents or smallpox, most of who are buried in the nearby cemetery at
Chapel-le-Dale.
2 Jan 2016
Tour de Yorkshire joins Ride2stride
The 2016 Tour de Yorkshire cycle race is joining
Ride2stride on Friday, April 29th with a spectacular first stage finish
in Settle!
This will prove an added bonus for walkers and supporters of the
Settle-Carlisle Walking Festival, with plenty already going on in the
popular Dales market town: three walks finish there on that day, there's
music in the Royal Oak from late afternoon AND a fascinating talk in the
evening.
Though Settle will be busy in the afternoon, it is expected that the
early morning trains from Leeds should cope, so walkers should have no
problem.
See full details of the
Tour de Yorkshire 2016 here.
10 Dec 2015
Dates for Ride2stride 2016
The dates for next year's ride2stride have been
fixed, so please note them in your diary.
The Settle-Carlisle Walking Festival will kick off on Tuesday April
26th next year, running through to Monday May 2nd.
Programme planning is well underway. so watch this space!
9 Oct 2015
See previous festival NEWS 2015 here.
