Meet at Manchester Road Cul-de-Sac, Rochdale OL11 4HY. The coach will leave at 9.00am prompt. John and Shirley Hall will lead our walk at Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales. This is a circular walk of 5 miles with a shorter option. The first part is along the side of the river following it to the hamlet of Hebden where
there is a pub and a very busy tea shop. This is approximately the halfway point. For the shorter option, start on the riverside path and retrace your steps when you have had enough and go back into Grassington. Leaving Hebden the walk continues through fields and the wooded area at Grassington Park Estate
and Meadows, the site of the old Grassington Hospital which is now a hotel. A walled track leads to the top part of Grassington and the main street
with its many cafes and cake shops. The coach will leave at 4.45pm to return to Rochdale.
*To book a place on the coach please contact rfnspublicity@gmail.com. It helps us if you please pay your £20 beforehand by bank transfer: Sort Code 05-07-67, Account Number 60931963. Please use your name as a reference. If paying on the day we prefer a cheque made payable to “Rochdale Field
Naturalists’ Society”, so the treasurer isn’t carrying large sums of cash. Spaces may be available on the day but there is no guarantee, so those who
have booked and paid (or indicated they will pay by cheque) will be given priority.