Friends of the Dales

Look what one of our trustees spotted near Orton!
This endangered species of squirrel is rare and to see one in the wild like this, even rarer!
Find out more here: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/on-land/red-squirrels
The Wildlife Trusts Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Thank you to Kyle Blue for the photo.

Cosh Knott looking towards Penyghent.
Thank you to Jonathan Riley for the photo.

Short and steep up to Rylstone Cross - what is known as a 'high value climb'.

Stegneck Lock and packhorse bridge on the between Bank Newton and Gargrave. A mainly level route - great for walking and biking.

Canal & River Trust

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Thank you to Jonathan Riley for the photo of

Simply iconic... Cove.
A 70m high limestone cliff formed by a waterfall carrying meltwater from glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age more than 12,000 years ago.


Thank you to Jonathan Riley for the photo.

The yellow flowering plant is bog asphodel - a sign of a healthy, damp - here visible on the ridge towards Cosh Knott above Foxup in .

Thank you to Jonathan Riley for the photo.

Look closely and you can see all in this photo.
Taken from the popular and route, the Settle Loop.

The famous hay meadows between Keld and Muker - close inspection reveals wonderful .

Thank you to Jonathan Riley for the photos.

Some of the scenes above Cowside in Langstrothdale - a remote part of the - empty footpaths and bucket loads of and to be seen. Just remember to use an OS map!

Thank you to Jonathan Riley for the photos.

The famous 'Cheese Press Stone' above Kingsdale are two large glacial erratic boulders, overlooking .

Thank you to Ken Humphris for the photo.

You can get the 72 bus to and walk to in 20 minutes... and you can even bring your furry friends with you! (as long as they are well controlled on a short lead). Find out more at DalesBus

Looking down Wandale Beck, below Adamthwaite, in Ravenstonedale Parish.

We hope someone will be removing those plastic tree guards!

For further information about the importance of planting trees without plastic visit our campaign on our website.

Thank you to Ken Humphris for the photo.

Taken from Fisherman's Bridge of the River Lune near the hamlet of Thwaite.


Thank you to Ken Humphris for the photo.

Barden Fell near Rylstone Cross - one of our important
Healthy bogs act as 'carbon sinks' storing huge amounts of . However, damaged bogs dry out and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, accelerating climate change. Recovering this habitat is important for climate and nature.

From the second highest in the looking over to the highest! No prizes for guessing which is which 🤩


Thank you to Seth Benn for the photo.

The village of Arncliffe... its pub, The Falcon was the original Farm Woolpack Inn!
And, if you visit tomorrow - Saturday 10 August - you'll be treated to its annual on the village green!


Thank you to Marion Temple for the photo.

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Photo: Smardale Nature Reserve in the

Archaeological remains of the industry in Hebden Ghyll.
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Getting away from it all... a unique view out over the northern and the M6 from Powson Knott.

Look - but don't touch! 😯
The at - a 65m deep and powerful gorge which narrows the River to 2 metres!
For summer water safety information visit: https://www.rlss.org.uk/

Thank you to Marion Temple for the photo.

Celebrating with a selection of photos from our off road walk run with Access the Dales and lead by up to Powson Knott in the in the
Such a success! We will definitely do this again 😍
Thank you too to -Ewe-Nique_lonin and

Hebden Ghyll - a fantastic path for a or carved out for the lead miners.

From Conistone Pie looking over towards and Upper .

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Thank you to Marion Temple for the photo.

Thank you to our Jonathan Long for sharing this stunning photo of .

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These cattle are an 80 million year old natural solar powered carbon cycle!
If meadows are left to nature and cattle rotated regularly, the diverse sward and cattle will co-exist in a symbiotic relationship powered by the miracle of photosynthesis and rumination.... in other words carbon neutral.



Thank you to Anthony Bradley for the photo.

Although our very mild, very wet winter, spring and summer isn't good news... it does mean that this year plants have been abundant and blooming... one such conspicuous by its ubiquitous-ness is the foxglove!

Thank you to Anthony Bradley for the photo.

Sunbiggin Tarn - one of three natural lakes in the .
It is a 'marl lake’, fed with spring water saturated in dissolved lime which crystallises out on submerged vegetation to form calcareous nodules making it an important site for plants and wildlife and designating it an – a site of Special Scientific Interest.

Thank you to Kyle Blue for the photo.

Boss Moor above Threshfield near this morning 🤩

Thank you to Seth Benn for the photo.