The Dales Way - Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere with Mark Richards

I did Dale's way before I went to jail, love the reminders of it

As a fellow cameraman, i loved this production. A truly splendid representation of an area i know and love. The presenter was very engaging and informative with great energy for someone of his age! As for the recording and editing.... outstanding! Well done to all and such a pity there may not be more in a series. Far superior to TV alternatives where eating and " can I have a go?" bore us to death!! It's so difficult to make money from this style of productuon now that DVD has been ovetaken by YouTube. Hats off to all involved and i hope you can find funding for more in times to come. Having looked at your kit list, quality doesn't come cheap!

Great video. Loved all the facts and the presenter is brilliant. When he was jumping down towards the Strid my heart sank as those rocks can be very slippy ,and as he said if you fall in at that spot you have little chance. Great caution is needed in that area. Classed in many articles on line as the most dangerous river in the world mainly because of the Strid but also because of the deep waters and currents along the river in general.

My wife and I walked the Dales Way. a year ago in May. Thank you for a lovely reminder of our time in England.

What a lovely presentation, I enjoyed every minute of it . Thank you very much!

I happend to know about the Dales Way from the Financial Times Weekend this morning. I would like to thank you all the people who made this wonderful film. I wish I could have a chance to walk the trail soon enough.

incredible production of this video. Great walk, mine was not this smooth but we live and learn. This was the first big walk I did wildcamping my way. Good times for me and Pablo. ❤

Very enjoyable, I know most of the route but not all, thank you for completing it, It looks fantastic. 😄👍

Thank you so much. One day I'll be back, for good, from the hell that is Australia.

How you managed to shoot so beautifully without rain and people is a miracle.😊

Thank you for this film. I walked the Dales Way with my brother over 20 years ago and am planning on running it in 24hrs in reverse in June this year. Seeing the scenery brought back a lot of memories from our walk and has inspired me even more to complete the task. Thank you again.

I am very grateful for you taking us along with you and providing interesting facts and history. Your channel will serve to provide a place of refuge for me to escape into a peaceful and beautiful place. Thank You .

This video was brilliant, it should be on national television.

This should be on National Geographic channel very well done

Wonderful Mark. More like it

I used to visit the Dales a lot as a boy. This really brought home to me how much I miss the Yorkshire of 40-odd years ago. It's definitely convinced me to get a decent pair of boots and get back out there this summer. Setting off from Hull to Leeds, bus to Ilkley, and away. Thank you so much for this trip down nostalgia lane!

Most impressive that he could do the whole walk without stopping to sleep or even change his shirt.

Another triumph Mark, more please!!

Very well done! Thank you and greetings from Germany!

I have a horribly embarrassing story re the Dales Way. I walked it as a single, lone Canadian woman in the mid 1980s, when I was about 35. (I ended up veering off to Hawes, where I become ill and had to abandon the journey.) Along the way, I stayed at the George Inn in Hubberholme. While walking around the back of the inn with my backpack, I encountered an older man (possibly with a female companion, although I don't remember her). He stopped and started to talk to me about how he envied me being able to hike, how he was unable to anymore, but remembered his days on Everest...Stupid me. I was such a dolt, and so tired from hiking that I didn't question him about that comment. Many years later, it finally dawned on me that I may have been speaking to Sir Edmund Hillary. Now, looking at photos of him at various stages of his life, I realize it most probably was him. 🙄