The restored 400ha St Aidan’s opencast coal site a few miles south east of Leeds near Woodlesford was opened to great acclaim four years ago on 23rd May 2013. That date also marked the confirmation by Leeds City Council of the order creating over 12km of footpaths and bridleways across the restored site and extinguishing […]
When we wander about the countryside surely the thing we encounter most often is grass in its various guises, but had you realised just how many guises there are and just how valuable that grass is for our wildlife? Meadows for example can have a rich variety of flora associated with them and with these […]
A plaque to commemorate an important historic site and event for The Ramblers and the whole walking community will be unveiled on October 7th. The site of the plaque is on Jerry Pearlman’s house at Stalling Busk in Wensleydale. It was at this house in Wensleydale in August 1998 that the Stalling Busk Conference took […]
Tadcaster, a market town between Leeds and York, is situated on both sides of the River Wharfe. The two halves of the town are linked by the main vehicular/pedestrian bridge recently re-opened after flood damage, and a pedestrian route across the river on a former railway viaduct from which the tracks were lifted in 1963. […]
The April 2017 edition of the West Riding Rambler is now online – if you are a member of the Ramblers in the West Riding area of Yorkshire you will have already got your printed copy in the post; if you are not, you can read the latest edition online or download the PDF to […]
The Lower Wharfedale Ramblers are changing their meeting arrangements from the 1st July 2017. These changers are as follows :- The A+ group will meet every Tuesday at the Old Bridge (South side), Stockeld Road, Ilkley for car sharing at 9am or at a different time as specified. The A group will meet…
Calderdale Ramblers and other local walking groups got together last May to look at how they could promote their area to walkers from other parts of the country. The new initiative covers the stunning countryside in the Calder Valley stretching from the Lancashire border near Todmorden, to Hebden Bridge, Luddenden and Warley. It’s a countryside […]
Henry Mason, who is Chairman of Craven Group of the Ramblers, has been running his successful Map and Compass courses for ten years. He tells the West Riding Rambler the inside story and how it all started. “I have always had an interest in map reading and been impressed with the amount of detail on […]
Around the year 2000, the Footpath Committee of West Riding Area took up the issue of the malign impact that 4×4 vehicles and motorbikes have on the green lanes that are such a distinctive, beautiful feature of the Yorkshire Dales landscape. Green lanes were being ruined, and the peace and quiet that people seek when […]
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