Ingleborough in November should achieve that... now just wait for Dowden to pick up this email chain…he goes pot-holing and the like...
> On 14 Jul 2015, at 17:29, Nicholas Armit <arm...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thanks. Bleak is good, I like bleak. I wish to show my american son the true > England. > > From: Nick <n...@6haroldplace.co.uk> > To: John Boocock <j...@boocock.net> > Cc: leedslist@gn.apc.org > Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 12:11 PM > Subject: Re: [LU] Yorkshire help > > or go a couple of stops past Settle to Horton in Ribblesdale, Ribblehead or > Dent - good walking - first two in reach of three peaks (don’t have to do all > 3 in one go) - decent boozers/B&Bs in Dent - couple of pubs in Horton as well… > > alternatively, catch the train to Skipton, pick up the High Dales Way coming > back south and you go through Ilkley and onto Saltaire (where you can have a > real ale in Fannys and a curry at the Aagrar) - Skipton to Saltaire is 18 > miles good walking, or if you stop at Ilkley that’s about 10 miles - both > Saltaire and Ilkley are on the train line back to Leeds… > > many choices…your biggest problem for walking in Yorkshire might be that > you’re here in November…can be bleak... > > > > On 14 Jul 2015, at 15:39, John Boocock <j...@boocock.net > > <mailto:j...@boocock.net>> wrote: > > > > On 14/07/2015 15:03, [broken-address] Nicholas Armit wrote: > >> Mentioned a while back about trying to make it over from the US in > >> November to attend a game and now have other ideas and questions. > >> I am coming with my 13 year old son and we intend staying in Leeds the > >> night of the game. Then we would like to go somewhere walking the next day > >> with an overnight stay at a country pub somewhere then back to Leeds the > >> next day to get back to London. All this will need to be accessible by > >> public transport as we will not have a car. > >> So my questions: > >> - Any recommendations of somewhere to go walking in the countryside > >> relatively close to Leeds (maybe no more than an hour away) where we could > >> then finish off at somewhere we could spend the night? The Dales look > >> close but not sure if that would be the best place. > >> - Would really like to overnight in a pub in the country somewhere. Any > >> recommendations for a moderate budget? Would really like something > >> traditional. > >> - How to get the best (cheapest) tickets to travel from London to Leeds > >> the morning of the game? This will be November 21st (Rotherham I believe). > >> Many thanks for any help. > > > > Nick, > > > > For my money I would go for a train in and out of Leeds to somewhere like > > Settle and then check out the local spots there for accommodation (the Lion > > is one of our favourites http://thelionsettle.co.uk/rooms/ > > <http://thelionsettle.co.uk/rooms/>). > > > > Cheapest tickets to game will be from > > https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/ > > <https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/>but tickets for your travel dates > > aren't announced yet as you can only book 12 weeks in advance on the line > > from London to Leeds. > > > > Please ask any questions however daft you might think they are theres a lot > > of useful knowledge here :-) > > > > Betty > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > <mailto:leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org> > > > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > <http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist> > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > <mailto:leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org> > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
