7 December 2021
Please send any items for inclusion in the
next newsletter to the editor, Penny Smith, as soon as possible,
but no later than 20 January 2022.
1 December 2021 - Train Walks Update
A reduced train service is operating between
Leeds and Skipton affecting our walks on 29 December 2021
and 1 January 2022. Please see the Train
Walks section for details of which trains we will
be walking from on those dates.
As there is still a degree of uncertainty,
the committee has decided not to publish a new printed Train
Walks leaflet for the six month period from January to June
2022. The walks programme for next year is still being finalised
and walks for the remainder of January 2022 will be posted
on this website in due course. A full list of walks from
February to June 2022 will be issued with the next members'
newsletter, which is planned to be published in late January.
28
November 2021
Our Annual General Meeting took place today
at the Black Horse Hotel, Skipton and was preceded by a
short Extraordinary General Meeting at which an amendment
to paragraph 5 iii of the society's constitution was agreed.
The amended constitution can be read here.
Next year's autumn holiday will take place
from Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 October 2022 at Purdy
Lodge, Belford, Northumberland. Booking details
will be included in a future edition of the members' newsletter.
1 November 2021
Newsletter
The October 2021 newsletter has now been issued
to all members by post or email as appropriate.
For the next edition (Jan/Feb 2022), the editor
will be Penny Smith. Please send any contributions in as
soon as possible - further details can be found in the Newsletter
section.
Thursday Walks
Details of our members only Thursday walks
for the whole of 2022 have now been added to the Members
section.
31 October 2021
Details of our Train Walks for the remainder
of December up to New Year's Day can now be seen in the
Train Walks section. Some
train times remain subject to confirmation, so please check
back closer to the date of travel.
12 October 2021
UNLIMITED RAIL TRAVEL WITH NORTHERN RAIL
FOR £10 PER PERSON FOR A DAY OR £17.50 FOR A
WEEKEND DURING NOVEMBER
Northern Rail and JPIMedia are running a flat
fare special offer for a day's travel anywhere on the Northern
Rail Network for £10 (£5 for children,
no other further discounts). A weekend ticket for £17.50
(£8.25 for children) is also available. To qualify
you have to collect THREE tokens from qualifying JPIMedia
newspapers, who publish a number of titles including the
Yorkshire Evening Post and several titles in Yorkshire and
Lancashire. Please see the Northern
Rail website (click here to view)
for details of when the tokens will be in the newspapers.
You need to download the form on the Northern
Rail website and you can then buy up to four Northern Rail
Day Ranger tickets from any staffed rail station within
the Northern Network.
The offer runs from Monday 1 November to Tuesday
30 November 2021 and is valid every day during this special
offer period. The offer is not limited to the Settle-Carlisle
line, but it is restricted to services operated by Northern
Rail.
Please
click here for full details of the offer, including
the list of qualifying newspapers to obtain tokens (external
web link)
Please
click here to view the Northern Rail Network Map
(PDF file, 1.9 MB)
6 September 2021 (amended item)
Our Saturday walks are no longer restricted
due to coronavirus regulations.
Details of future walks for the remainder
of September through to early December can now be seen in
the Train Walks section.
Walkers are advised to check
this website the day before travel, in case of any late
alterations or cancellations.
25 August 2021
Details of the members' Thursday walks from
October to December 2021 can now be found in the Members
section.
19 July 2021 - Lake District Walks resumed
from 30 June 2021 (amended item)
Walks are reserved for members of Friends
of DalesRail and further details can be found in the Members
section.
All walks are circular. Leaders will send
out by email more details about the route, exact meeting
time and place. If you would like to join us and are not
currently on our mailing list for the Lakes walks, please
contact Merrilyn Hall by text or phone.
For further information, please contact Merrilyn
Hall on 07807 200 517.
24 June 2021
The June 2021 newsletter has now been issued
to all members by post or email as appropriate.
9 June 2021
Details of our members only Thursday walks
for July, August and September 2021 have now been added
to the Members section.
From now on, only Saturday walks will continue to be shown
in this News section, until the full walks programme is
resumed. Lake District and Thursday walks will be displayed
in the Members section.
18 May 2021
Anyone interested in joining us can now become
a member online, by filling in our New
membership application form.
24 November 2020
As our Annual General Meeting has been postponed
until 2021,
please click here to view our accounts for the financial
year 2019-20 and our five year trends. (PDF file,
701 KB)
