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Contents : DALES WAY               Introduction Day 5   Day 1 Day 6   Day 2 Day 7   Day 3 Day 8   Day 4 Day 9             THE DALES WAY RUNS FROM ILKELY (YORKSHIRE) TO BOWNESS (LAKES)     NATIONAL TRAILS GUIDES UK - DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS & GALLERIES           Introduction           The Dales Way is 86 miles long and starts on the banks of the River Wharfe in Ilkely, West Yorkshire, and finishes in Bowness on Windermere in the Lake District. The Way runs diagonally from bottom right to top left of Yorkshire, mostly through the Yorkshire Dales, and then transits part of the Lake District, finishing at Bowness on Lake Windermere. My wife Carol accompanied me on this walk during a very sunny July in 2006. We used two cars, dropping one off each day at the end of that day's walk, and then driving the other car to the beginning of that day's walk. This way, we would have transport after completing each day's walk. We would be walking an average of 14 miles a day at the beginning and about 10 miles a day at the end.     Day 1       Author - Roy McKee Copyright © Roy McKee 2006