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Pen-y Ghent, reached from Horton or Ribblehead.

Nine Standards, at the end of Mallerstang Edge. Reached from Garsdale or Kirkby Stephen. Very atmospheric if the weather allows you to see them! A venue mainly for strenuous walks.

Top Withins from Pennine Way, visited on Calderdale walks and members’ walks on Thursdays.

 

 

Members Events and information

The events detailed within this section are for members only. They cover a wider range of walking areas than our guided walks for the general public.

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About Members Events

FDR has a history and culture of additional events including coach excursions, weekend short breaks and week long holidays for members, which run in addition to our core train walks programme . These date back to when our organisation was founded in 1980 and the DalesRail fully integrated town and bus service, operated only on summer weekends once a month. These were to hold the membership together and provide the opportunity for collective walking as a group. Coach excursions were scheduled as once per month events in winter and in the summer, once per month on a weekend when DalesRail did not operate.

When the Settle/Carlisle line was finally reprieved from closure in 1989 and a regular year round passenger service was established, we saw no reason why activities which had given so much pleasure to members and had transported them to areas not accessible by train, should be suspended. The programme of events was merely adjusted to avoid a clash of activities. Regretfully, for administrative and logistical purposes, these elements of our events have to be restricted to members of the organisation.

The coach trips ceased in 2016, however we continue to provide additional events via our year round programme of members' Thursday walks once a month (most of which can be accessed via public transport) and our Lake District walks, which run monthly from April to October.

The weekend and longer holiday trips use either hotel or youth hostel accommodation and have previously included visits to Scotland, Wales and Ireland. There will normally be at least three grades of walk put on each day. Details of future trips can be found in the Holidays section.

Our other forthcoming walks and activities are listed below - you can find details of previous trips in the Past Events section.


Thursday Midweek Walks

for members only

First Thursday of each month

One walk only - 10/12 miles - moderate

ALL MEET AT 10.00 AM unless otherwise stated

 

2025

DATE
STARTING POINT
2 January
Silkstone Common Railway Station
6 February
Garforth Railway Station
6 March
Todmorden Railway Station
3 April
Pateley Bridge, Showground car park B6265
8 May
Menston Railway Station
5 June
Gargrave car park
3 July
Cononley Railway Station
7 August
Marsden Railway Station
4 September
Grassington National Park car park 10.10 am
2 October
Penistone Railway Station
6 November
Ilkley Railway Station
4 December
Guiseley Railway Station

 

For further information, please contact Lynn Saleh on 07887 954 839

 


Lake District Walks

for members only

All walks are circular, starting as indicated

2025

DATE
DESTINATION

GRADE

Monday 28 April Old Dungeon Ghyll Strenuous
Tuesday 13 May Barbon Strenuous
Wednesday 28 May Reeth Strenuous
Thursday 19 June Glenridding Moderate/Strenuous
Friday 18 July Sedbergh Moderate/Strenuous
Wednesday 20 August Hartsop Moderate/Strenuous
Thursday 18 September Great Langdale Strenuous
Monday 6 October Slaidburn Moderate/Strenuous


For further information, please email Paul Rodgers at
enquiries@friendsofdalesrail.org


Other Events

for members only

2025

Saturday 1 February 2025 Annual Dinner at Herriots, Skipton
Saturday 5 July 2025 45th Anniversary Dinner, Hellifield


For further information, please see the members' Newsletter or

telephone Diane Taylor on 0113 293 1924