DalesRail may not have operated in 2020 but that doesn’t stop us sharing our many interesting experiences about our journeys. We hope you will share your interesting stories, favourite walk, fascinating anecdotes and pictures to create a ‘Virtual DalesRail’. Hopefully these will give people an idea of what the iconic DalesRail service has to offer and to encourage them to join us when the service resumes in 2021.
Katie, a member of the CRL team, has made a short Doodly animation to give details of ‘Tales from DalesRail’ and this can be viewed below:
Click the links below to download and read the very different reminiscences of the people who have used DalesRail over the years.
A Blast from the Past 1980 – Craig Ward
A Spring DalesRail Walk – Peter Walker
A Time for Celebration – Simon Clarke
An Original DalesRailer (Jessica Lofthouse) – Craig Ward – part 1
An Original DalesRailer (Jessica Lofthouse) – Craig Ward – part 2
Appleby Horse Fair – Aiden Turner Bishop
Appleby Town Trail – Aiden Turner Bishop
Carlisle – Aidan Turner Bishop
Climb a Peak Slowly – Keith Thompson
DalesRail, A Journey of a Lifetime – Craig Ward
DalesRail, An Appreciation – Gordon Head
DalesRail, An Appreciation – John Barnes
DalesRail, An Appreciation Part 2 – John Barnes
DalesRail, The Scenic Route – Simon Clarke
DalesRail Then & Now – Pat Parrott
Dentdale: The Coal Road – Craig Ward
Dent Station to Dent (and back) – John Barnes
Dufton Chicken Race – Richard Watts
Graham Nuttall, a personal footnote – Craig Ward
Great Walks from Garsdale – John Barnes
Great Walks from Garsdale (2) – John Barnes
Great Walks from Hellifield – John Barnes & Jessica Lofthouse
Howard Hammersley – A DalesRail Personality
Lazonby & Kirkoswald – John Barnes & Richard Watts
Pen-y-Ghent, a strenuous walk – John Barnes
Podgill & Merrygill Viaducts – Richard Watts
Recollections of DalesRail – Aiden Turner-Bishop
Ribblehead – John Barnes & Richard Watts
Swaledale – A walk from Muker to Gunnerside – John Barnes
Steve Wells – A DalesRail Personality – updated version
The World Rides Lancashire DalesRail – Aidan Turner-Bishop
Travellers & Tennis in Eden Hall – Stuart Leese
Walks from the Bentham Line 1963 – CRL
What I like about DalesRail – Barbara Mulholland
If you have a story that you would like to share then please send them in with any images (high resolution please) to either richard.watts.crl@gmail.com or to simon.clarke.crl@gmail.com