During our time up in Cumbria and Yorkshire, while walking the Dales Way. Bugsy and myself can tick off the following railway stations.
- Dent
- Kendal
- Ribblehead
- Windermere
We should tick off another 2 or 3 while on our back home, tomorrow…
Kendal railway station, tick
Bugsy and myself can now tick off, Kendal railway station!
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/kendal/
Dent railway station, tick!!
Bugsy, Mark G and myself can now tick off, Dent railway station! Which is the highest operational main line station in England, at an altitude of 1,150 feet (350 metres).
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/dent/
VeloViewer Infographic : 14 April 2023 @veloviewer
WOW! So far during 2023, I’ve done 630 miles of exercise. Which is made up of 135 miles of cycling and 495 miles of walking.
Where it says running… That’s my walking data!
Money spent on rail travel, up to 09/04/2023
Since I’ve started to use the train again at long last. I’ve going to try to keep record of how much it costs… So far during 2023, I’ve spent £160.10!
Here is break down of how I’ve spent that!
- Grantham to Harrogate (2 Adults with Two Together Railcard) – £55.60
- Ilkley to Grantham (2 Adults – 1st Class between Leeds and
- Grantham with Two Together Railcard) – £58.70
- Grantham to Ilkley (2 Adults with Two Together Railcard) – £45.80
Total: £160.10
This total does not include getting back from the end of the Dales Way! Which is going to cost around £130!
Dales Way – photo gallery
Just made a Dales Way photo gallery. Please do check it out! Looking forward to bringing you along with the walk…
Dales Way, less than 2 weeks to go!
Hard to believe it’s less than 2 weeks, till Bugsy, Mark G and myself do The Dales Way! Which runs for 80 miles from Ilkley in West Yorkshire to Bowness-on-Windermere in Cumbria.
The small section in red, is Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley. Which we did this week. Which can you can tell from the name of the walk, it took us from Harrogate to Ilkley. Covering a distance of 17.73 miles.
So please do keep watching this website… For more updates… It’s happening and very soon!!
Also make sure you follow me at www.strava.com/athletes/gsvalentine. Where I will post our route at end of each day, plus photos!
Bugsy’s travel/walking map : 4-Apr-2023
Here is the full map of the places Bugsy, has walked since we got last him last year!
Going to add at least another 100 to 150 miles, of new walks to this map before April is out…
Please, give him a follow at www.strava.com/athletes/bugsythedog
Maps © Thunderforest, Data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Dales Way Link – Harrogate to Ilkley! TICK!!
Let’s start with the only thing that pissed me off, during the whole day. That was LNER! We picked the 8.42am service from Grantham (GRA) to Harrogate (HGT). So we did not have to change at Leeds. So what did they go and do?!? But cancel the part running from Leeds to Harrogate.
Which also did piss me off. Since it was the first time, I had used a train this year. The railways really do not help themselves!
Also then found out information on Class 800s are well crap, kept telling us the train was still running all the way to Harrogate!
Right anyway moving on from that…. The walk was amazing. I loved each and every part of it! The weather could not have been better. Bugsy was so good the whole day! Love the young man he’s turned into!
The walk took us from Harrogate to Ilkley, following one the Dales Way Links, covering a distance of 17.73 miles.
You can check out the route at www.strava.com/activities/8826320475
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/dales-way/
You will be pleased to hear LNER was great on the way back! We went First Class, since it only cost around £8 more!
Ilkley railway station, tick
I can now tick off my second new railway station of 2023…. Ilkley railway station.
More photos can be found at www.gordon-valentine.com/zenphoto/railway-stations/ilkley/