The Dales Way - Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere with Mark Richards 

I did Dale's way before I went to jail, love the reminders of it

As a fellow cameraman, i loved this production. A truly splendid representation of an area i know and love. The presenter was very engaging and informative with great energy for someone of his age! As for the recording and editing.... outstanding! Well done to all and such a pity there may not be more in a series. Far superior to TV alternatives where eating and " can I have a go?" bore us to death!! It's so difficult to make money from this style of productuon now that DVD has been ovetaken by RU-vid. Hats off to all involved and i hope you can find funding for more in times to come. Having looked at your kit list, quality doesn't come cheap!

I have a horribly embarrassing story re the Dales Way. I walked it as a single, lone Canadian woman in the mid 1980s, when I was about 35. (I ended up veering off to Hawes, where I become ill and had to abandon the journey.) Along the way, I stayed at the George Inn in Hubberholme. While walking around the back of the inn with my backpack, I encountered an older man (possibly with a female companion, although I don't remember her). He stopped and started to talk to me about how he envied me being able to hike, how he was unable to anymore, but remembered his days on Everest...Stupid me. I was such a dolt, and so tired from hiking that I didn't question him about that comment. Many years later, it finally dawned on me that I may have been speaking to Sir Edmund Hillary. Now, looking at photos of him at various stages of his life, I realize it most probably was him. 🙄

I happend to know about the Dales Way from the Financial Times Weekend this morning. I would like to thank you all the people who made this wonderful film. I wish I could have a chance to walk the trail soon enough.

My wife and I walked the Dales Way. a year ago in May. Thank you for a lovely reminder of our time in England.

How you managed to shoot so beautifully without rain and people is a miracle.😊

Very enjoyable, I know most of the route but not all, thank you for completing it, It looks fantastic. 😄👍

I used to visit the Dales a lot as a boy. This really brought home to me how much I miss the Yorkshire of 40-odd years ago. It's definitely convinced me to get a decent pair of boots and get back out there this summer. Setting off from Hull to Leeds, bus to Ilkley, and away. Thank you so much for this trip down nostalgia lane!

What a lovely presentation, I enjoyed every minute of it . Thank you very much!

I am very grateful for you taking us along with you and providing interesting facts and history. Your channel will serve to provide a place of refuge for me to escape into a peaceful and beautiful place. Thank You .

Most impressive that he could do the whole walk without stopping to sleep or even change his shirt.

Another triumph Mark, more please!!

This video was brilliant, it should be on national television.

Wonderful Mark. More like it

Thanks so much for uploading this. This has inspired me to do this once we are free to do so.

Beautiful reminder of my old surroundings BUT, you walk as if you are wanting to get there. Brother - you ARE there.

Thank you so much. One day I'll be back, for good, from the hell that is Australia.

This should be on National Geographic channel very well done

Thank you for this film. I walked the Dales Way with my brother over 20 years ago and am planning on running it in 24hrs in reverse in June this year. Seeing the scenery brought back a lot of memories from our walk and has inspired me even more to complete the task. Thank you again.

Very well done! Thank you and greetings from Germany!

Definitely one of the best trail videos I've seen. Also love the music on this its a delight and brings out the heart 💜 of the views. Beautiful I loved it thank you.

A very pleasant view of the north of England small villages and wide open green fields. Thanks

Such a lovely video on a journey through the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and on to Bowness-on-Windermere. The gorgeous music only enhanced the lovely video. Absolutely loved it and just in the time for my upcoming visit to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales and Lake District ❤️.

I thought that the photography had a wonderful cinematic feel; accompanied by beautifully sympathetic music. Mark's script and presentation was very natural, informative and genuinely enthusiastic without being gushing. Surely broadcast quality- well far less irritating than many TV professionals I can think of. I watched the programme during the depths of our third lockdown period with naught but doom and gloom press stories this week, so this was a real tonic to the spirits and hope for better times and plans ahead. Thank you. I was devastated to see that there is only one more video on the playlist, will there be more?

Mark, when can I expect some more videos. Thoroughly enjoyed both especially The Dales Way. Thank yo. (from down under.)

Although I have covered all these areas on a motorcycle, I do regret not walking these walks. I'm unable to now. Your production is absolutely first class. Thank you for sharing beautiful Yorkshire and Cumbria.

Thank you, such a gem mostly for one who is kept indoors❤

Been doing the Munros for years from home up in Scotland,but getting drawn to trails like these the older I get.Very soothing,great commentary,nice music. Cheers

Thank you Mark for this detailed and delightful walk. My wife and I have many many happy memories from the Dale's/ Lake District. We're from Dorset, so we do not travel north so much these days, it's an age related issue. Most enjoyable video.

Thank you Terry. A wonderful video. I start this Friday all being well.

Great video, thanks for sharing. I'm originally from Cumbria but have lived in Canada since I was a kid. I'm hoping to do this with my brother-in-law at some point in the future.

He's very endearing and sweet. He's inspired me.

Enjoyed watching this. A walk I was planning before lock down. I covered route from ilkley upto hubberhome various weekends hopefully doing the full route in July august

Enchanting! Brilliant video

What picturesque lands!

Fantastic video. Really enjoyed it. I am going to lakes in June. So looking forward after a COVID 2020 to forget. I am from North of the border but consider the north of England - Yorkshire/lakes area to be the most beautiful there is.

Thank you. I have walked most of it in the past. One of my favourite areas. ilona

I did the first quarter of this trail from Ilkley to Grassington yesterday. It was absolutely gorgeous, with beautiful views of Yorkshire villages, farmlands, mountains, woods, abbeys, churches, sheep and cow, and River Wharfe. It is definitely one of the best trips I have ever had. I wonder for those people who completed the full trail, how did you divide the trail to different days?

Pristine and unbelievable. Such a writer’s haven.

Thank you for this wonderful video. I just booked a cottage for three weeks in June 2023, in Plately Bridge, so the video was a great help for some first impressions.

Did the walk a few years ago - rained nearly all the time!

Charming vlog and Mark's entgusiasm infectious.nice job😅

You must have been a history teacher. super vlog😊

Very nice.Thank you for this video.

Quality thanks.

A silly story about my hiking trip on the Dales Way in the 1980s. I was in Ilkley, where a society was having a fundraiser. They had a sign outside, advising people that the Cat Rescue Society was holding the fundraiser inside. Someone has stuck a sign on top of the Cat Rescue sign, stating "coffee and tea now being served". Unfortunately, the placement of the second sign on top of the first caused bypassers to read "Cats, coffee and tea now being served". 🤣🤣🤣

I love this kind of documentary. And I have a great love for Yorkshire, so, a huge thank you for this lovely, so well narrated video. Just excellent!

Beautiful walk and scenery.

Very informative and enjoyable to watch and listen to.

Wonderfull !

What a beautiful film Mark and you were so lucky with the weather…. Yorkshire looked idyllic. I am at home recovering from an operation and this was just what I needed to lift my spirits. The music was perfect, and matched the tranquil scenery wonderfully. I may not be up to the full 80miles, but living in North Yorkshire we could do small sections of the walk and look out for your points of interest. Will subscribe to your channel and look forward to joining you for many more walks. Many thanks Mark and congratulations to your camera man/woman! With all good wishes, Deirdre 👏😍👏🎥👏🎼👏

This was a very interesting video thank you from New Zealand

Hello friend that was brill. I also like watching. , at the moment my knee his playing me up. , as soon as I can get if fix. I will give the Dale ago. Thank again.

Superb Excellent traditional views left deep impression into my mind

what a nice video

Hi mark was so good to meet you on the wagon way on Monday 👍your knowledge & production skills are 2nd to non👌keep up the good work.atvb George.

I did this walk years ago. It was great until Sedbergh, after which it was boring, trudging across ordinary farmland, which was a pity after such beautiful scenery up until then. If I were to do it again, I would go in the opposite direction.

Very wonderful presentation. Would love to see more. Nicely produced video. So much better than the normal POV hikes and walks with limited description. Love your commentary and insights. We would love to take this walk. We live in the States and don't know if we will ever have the chance to visit. If you need a camera crew let us know. Cheers.

Having done both, the Dales High Way is a much better walk, more interesting, more demanding and more of a true Dales Way.

This was just wonderful to watch! I am from Australia but headed to Ilkley in a few weeks and was wondering how long it takes to walk from Ilkley via Bolton abbey and Barden tower to Skipton Castle? I was hoping to spend one full day accomplishing this. After watching this I will definitely be back for a walking holiday in the future.

_Mark you just reminded me Rick Steves videos. Your one is bit more detailed though. I would like to know the history of other places as well. Thanks for such a lovely vlog._

Ditto the plaudits below!

I dream of doing this walk. Will I ever do it? Someday?

this is wonderful Mark; thank you so much; may I ask where the music is from

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WALK WITH YOU THROUGH THE DALES, I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE WHERE MY FATHERS FAMILY WAS FROM, BUT NEVER HAD THE MEANS OR OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IN PERSON. BUT THIS IS WONDERFUL, MAY THE ALMIGHTY BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ABUNDANTLY.

Now very quiet picturesque villages but nought to do for young folk,not even a cricket pitch?😊

The Strid is deadly. I would not jump down to it like that, because were you to slip and fall in, death is certain. No one has ever fallen in and survived. The surrounding rocks are wet and slippery.

This was pretty good. The portly presenter is engaging, good photography. Might be trying a bit too hard to be David Attenborough, maybe not.

Wow great video, how did you navigate along the route? With paper maps or is there a guidebook?

Im surprised you got that close to the strid 😅

Nice

The music is wonderful. Who is it by please ?

Just discovered this channel. What happened after the first two videos? Did it move to another channel?

Having just completed the West Highland Way, I've got the bug and will be doing this very soon. I'm hoping to complete the Dales Way in 4 night and would appreciate any insights on possible night waypoints if anybody can share.

Dudes clothes are off da hook😱

Which places along the route did you stop for the night?

Hello Mark can you tell me where the clapper bridge you crossed on your dalesway walk, before the Crook of Lune Bridge. Thanks

_22:58__ Grassington is beautiful, peaceful, and calm, but why there is an Star Spangled tangled on a wall?_

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HOW MANY DAYS DID IT TAKE YOU AND HOW MANY MILES A DAY

How are you wearing the same clothes throughout this walk? Doesn't it take like, at least a week?

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Stone limestone ?

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What a pity that you missed Burnsall and the suspension bridge, the only one of its type over the River Wharfe

Whole area denuded by over grazing. Re-wild ASAP.