| Enjoy over 30 guided walks through Swaledale & Wensleydale, including 11 new walks for 2009. |
| Complete the Swaledale Chain, a series of six circular walks, from the source of the Swale to Richmond. |
| Discover the historic delights of Richmond, voted National Great Town of the Year 2009, with its Norman Castle, Georgian Theatre, impressive Market Place, fast flowing river and spectacular setting. |
| Take the Wensleydale Railway or an Inspector Banks walk with author and Book Festival Patron Peter Robinson. |
| Book festival highlights include: Ruth Rendell, Ian Rankin, Peter Robinson, Martin Wainwright, Derry Brabbs, Anne Fine, Madeline Bunting, Joanne Toye and Eliza Carthy – plus films and slide shows, book fairs, literary lunches, music and workshops. The full Books & Boots printed programme will be available from late June and will be on this site too. |
| Come to the opening night of North Country Theatre's production of Home on the Range a play based on diaries kept by women who walked the 2000 mile Oregon Trail. |
| Sample local produce including ale, cheese, breads, boots and ice-cream, many of them at The Station which also offers, food, films, exhibitions and wi-fi from 9am – 11pm. |