An up-to-date practical handbook and accommodation guide to a very popular walk.
The Dales Way: Ilkley to Bowness; 1 Wharfedale; Ilkley to Bolton Abbey (9.6km/6 miles); Bolton Abbey to Barden Bridge (5.1km/3.2 miles); Barden Bridge to Burnsall (5.8km/3.6 miles); Burnsall to Grassington (5.6km/3.5 miles); Grassington to Kettlewell (10.1km/6.3 miles); Kettlewell to Buckden (6.6km/4 miles); Buckden to Beckermonds (9km/5.6 miles); Beckermonds to Holme Hill (11km/6.9 miles); 2 Dentdale; Holme Hill to Dent (Church Bridge) (14.8km/9.25 miles); Dent (Church Bridge) to Millthrop (Sedbergh) (7.7km/4.8 miles); 3 Lonsdale and the Lakeland Fringe; Millthrop (Sedbergh) to Lincoln's Inn Bridge (5.5km/3.4 miles); Lincoln's Inn Bridge to Crook of Lune Bridge (5.25km/3.3 miles); Crook of Lune Bridge to Burneside (14.4km/9 miles); 4 Into Lakeland; Burneside to Staveley (5.2km/3.25 miles); Staveley to Bowness (10.4km/6.5 miles); The Dales Way: Bowness to Ilkley; 1 Out of Lakeland; 2 The Lakeland Fringe and Lonsdale; 3 Dentdale; 4 Wharfedale
Terry Marsh is a well-known outdoor writer. As a leading light in the Outdoor Writers' Guild, he has written extensively on long-distance trails in the UK and about Scotland's national parks. He is the author of over 45 books including the award-winning Cicerone guides to the Northern Coast to Coast Walk (2003) and the Shropshire Way (1999), plus guidebooks to the Pennine Way, the Severn Way and the West Highland Way.