The Yorkshire Dales provides visitors with the chance to experience nature at her best. The     varied landscape offers rolling hills, picturesque villages and some of the best limestone scenery in Great Britain. The Dales are best explored on foot and in this guide  we take you on a journey through wooded valleys, over limestone pavements and up onto windswept fells.
This video provides an ideal guide for anyone planing a walking holiday in the area.
Malham circular walk:
The circular walk of the Malham area begins in Malham village and heads through a wooded glade to arrive at the delightful waterfall of Janet's Foss. Our route then enters the spectacular limestone gorge of Gordale Scar. At this point walkers have to climb up the side of a waterfall !! ( This should not pose a great obstacle to any reasonably fit person and there is an alternative route if you don't feel up to it!).  After leaving Gordale the path continues through an area of limestone pavements to arrive at the shores of Malham Tarn. Here you can spend some time relaxing by the lake before heading down through Watlowes Dry Valley to eventually arrive at the spectacular limestone amphitheatre of Malham Cove.

Gunnerside lead mines:
The lead mining industry has left many scars on the landscape of The Dales and this can best be seen at Gunnerside Gill. For anyone interested in industrial archaeology, this walk will prove to be a most rewarding experience. Our route take us past the ruined storage bins of The Old Gang Mining Company and shortly afterwards we arrive at The Saint Francis Level Mine. Soon the path  rises and just after Botcher Gill the desolated hillsides around Bunton Mine come into view. For the rest of our journey up the valley, we are surrounded by spoil tips and scree slopes. At the head of the valley are the ruins of Blakethwaite Smelting Mill. Here the ore was heated in large furnaces before being taken down the valley. The size of the mining operation in this area will leave a lasting impression on anyone visiting this extraordinary valley.

© 2005 Thomas Video Productions Limited