Wayfaring Walks

11/01/2024

Your friends, your family, your Walk! Did you know we will arrange and es**rt your group on a Private Walk? You name the destination, tell us any special interests, and we'll put together your bespoke itinerary.

A Private Walk is a great way to celebrate an anniversary, enjoy a shared interest, or for an unforgettable family or group vacation.

10/29/2024

It's no secret. We just love walking in England! Come discover the finest landscapes with us. From the wild north to the as-English-as-it-gets Cotswolds, and we even find the source of the mighty River Thames. There is nothing quite so fine as walking through history!
Check out all our UK destinations here:
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour-destination/united-kingdom-ireland/

10/27/2024

NEW for 2025! Walk a lush Atlantic island with easy travel from the US and Europe. Scattered like stepping stones in the mid-Atlantic, The Azores are nine under-the-radar volcanic isles blessed with a temperate ocean climate, lush forests, spectacular waterfalls, and vibrantly colored volcanic lagoons.
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/the-azores/

10/25/2024

NEW for 2025! A sprinkle of stardust and the best of the Côte d'Azur... Join us on the French Riviera and discover the most glorious places in southern France.
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/the-french-riviera/

10/23/2024

NEW for 2025 - Gauchos, glaciers, waterfalls and forests...
Vast, exotic, wild, and infinite in its beauty, and pampas as far as you can see. This is the southern tip of Patagonia in the foothills of the Chilean Andes.
Walk with us in Chile and put a BIG tick on your bucket-list!
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/chile-foothills-of-the-andes/

10/21/2024

NEW for 2025! Plunge into the beating heart of Andalucia, famed for its vibrant flamenco culture, historic Moorish architecture, picturesque whitewashed villages, delectable tapas, and warm, sunny climate. A Walk that seeks out the very essence of Spain!
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/andalucia/

10/19/2024

Fancy a Walk? You can download our entire 2025 international program and plan an unforgettable vacation.
⭐2025 Walks are at 2024 prices⭐
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Wayfaring-Walks_Schedule_2025.pdf

10/18/2024

We've long loved Portugal. Now we have two amazing ways to experience this beautiful and fascinating country. The Azores are a string of jewels dotted in the mid-Atlantic. The Algarve Coast is coastline with a capital C!
Which will you choose in 2025? (Or why not take both Walks?🙂)
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/2024/10/15/portugal-discover-the-azores-and-the-algarve/

10/14/2024

Some great ideas here for reading matter to enjoy before joining our Yorkshire Coast and Country Walk!
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/yorkshire-coast-country/

Love to read? Some recommendations for books inspired by or set in the Yorkshire Dales. James Herriot’s series is of course best known, largely thanks to TV. We’ll hopefully soon see work by another dales author on TV – Julia Chapman's The Dales Detective series. Set in the fictional market town of Bruncliffe (Settle), her excellent ‘cosy crime’ books are full of recognisable scenes and characters.

Peter Robinson set some of this DCI Banks detective novels in the Yorkshire Dales, I think around Richmond. There are yet more deaths in Frances Brody Shackleton Detective series, set in several Yorkshire Dales locations in the 1920s. Susan Parry's mysteries are also peppered with local details: her current book cover is designed by local artist Hester Cox - Printmaker.

Ian Scott Massie- Artist has collected a series of tales and folklore and illustrated them with his beautiful and distinctive style for Tales of the Dales. You can buy several of his illustrated books and poetry collections at Masham Gallery

For fantastic social history dip into Marie Hartley & Joan Ingilby's Life & Tradition in the Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Cottage by Ella Pontefract and Marie Hartley as welll as Swaledale, and Wensleydale. You can find a great range of local books at Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes.

Sheep farmer, Amanda Owen continues to recount farming life in her Yorkshire Shepherdess books. Neil Hanson gives a completely different insight into life in the Dales with The Inn at the Top, his account of the trials and tribulations of life as the landlord at The Tan Hill Inn.

I bought Haytime in the Yorkshire Dales edited by Don Gamble & Tanya St. Pierre some time ago and still love to dip into the pictures and descriptions of our wonderful flower-rich hay meadows. It covers their biodiversity, traditional farming methods and how they’ve inspired creative people for generations.
There are countless guides to the Yorkshire Dales. Look out for those by Colin Speakman, Mark Reid, Chris Grogan and Jonathan Smith.

Which books and authors do you love? Which have I missed?
We've got some excellent independent bookshops so you'll get more great recommendations from The Stripey Badger Bookshop, Coffee Shop & Kitchen in Grassington, The Little Ripon Bookshop, Limestone Books in Settle, Westwood Books in Sedbergh - England's Book Town in the Yorkshire Dales & Howgills, Castle Hill Bookshop in Richmond.

Look out too for honesty bookshops in phone kiosks, the larger 'shop' in Grinton and other places such as Visit Masham's info office.

10/11/2024

“Our wonderful Walk Leader Libor and fantastic Walk Manager Lenka!”
On our Vienna to Prague idyll in Czechia - and on every other Walk - you're accompanied by travel experts.
Read more here: https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/travel-experts/

10/11/2024

It's optional, of course... but crossing the bridge during our Walk in Northern Ireland makes a great memory!
Bucket list for 2025? 😀
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/northern-ireland/

🌉 Have you ever dared to cross the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge in North Antrim, Northern Ireland? It takes a lot of courage!

10/09/2024

Autumn in the Cotswolds? Yes please! (And spring too). Love our stays at Lords of the Manor Hotel
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/the-cotswolds/

10/07/2024

Your Walk, YOUR way! Delighted to welcome a private group to the Czech Republic on our Walk from Vienna to Prague. 🙂
Find out more about how to plan something very special here 👇
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/private-groups/

10/06/2024

Happy World Walking Day! This is one we definitely celebrate every year 🥾🥾
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10/06/2024

NEW for 2025! Gorgeous scenery and a sprinkle of stardust on the French Riviera. Walk with us and see the Riviera in a different way...
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/2024/10/04/the-french-riviera-coastal-glamor-and-hidden-gems/

Where luxury and timeless elegance meet artistic heritage and natural beauty – experience the sun-drenched French Riviera with us in 2025.

09/23/2024

Where in the world will the boots take you next year? Check out the wonderful destinations that await in our 2025 program!
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/search-walks/

09/20/2024

NEW for 2025! This is the Spain you dream of...
Flamenco, tapas, those famous white towns. Join us on the trail in Andalucia. 💃🕺

Andalucia is the very essence of Spain. Think tasty tapas and fiery flamenco in gorgeous sun-drenched landscapes.

09/18/2024

Go on, admit it! Your feet were tapping! 🙂

09/12/2024

How amazing! People in Berwick-upon-Tweed have dressed up to recreate one of LS Lowry's famous paintings in exactly the same spot.
We visit historic Berwick on our Walk in Northumbria - England's most northerly county...
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/tour/northumbria/

Traders in Bridge Street, where the event was held, say they are amazed at the effort people made.

09/09/2024

Are you ready to join our “big sky” Walks and embark on a journey to the ends of the earth in 2025? Let Patagonia reveal its wild grandeur as we explore Argentina and Chile together. Imagine the remoteness and romance of the widest of wide-open spaces, and a profound silence seldom experienced in our busy everyday lives.
Read more here:
https://www.wayfaringwalks.com/2024/09/09/patagonia-in-2025/