A Walk in James Herriot's Footsteps Cardiology & Neurology in the Yorkshire Dales
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You will stay at charming Newfield Hall, a 19th-century English mansion situated in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. CE programs will be four hours each morning, leaving plenty of time for daily excursions into the surrounding countryside. Due to space limitations at Newfield Hall and with ground transportation, registration will be limited to veterinarians and one adult guest.
A non-refundable deposit of $750 per person (check made payable to NCVMA) is due by June 13, 2009, with the balance due by July 15, 2009. Total cost of the trip, including food and lodging, ground transportation, admissions to attractions, daily tea and travel insurance, is $1550 per person, plus conference registration of $349 for veterinarians and $75 for their guest. Airfare not included.
Schedule of Activities
Friday, September 4, 2009 Depart Raleigh for Manchester
Saturday, September 5, 2009 Arrive in Manchester, travel via bus to Malham
Sunday, September 6, 2009 Four hours of CE. Travel from Malham to Bolton Abbey
Bolton Abbey is in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales on the banks of the River Wharfe. With just under 30,000 acres of beautiful countryside, over 80 miles of footpaths and ample space to run around and enjoy the fresh air, there is something for all ages. Explore the ruins of the Priory and discover a landscape full of history and legend, wander along the riverside, woodland and moorland paths, enjoy local produce in the excellent restaurants, tea rooms and cafes, treat yourself in the quality gift shops and food shop or simply relax beside the river with a picnic whilst the children play. Return to Malham, hike the Limestone Gorges.
Gordale Scar is a spectacular gorge, complete with waterfalls, cut right into the limestone hillside. The gorge was produced by water from melting glaciers sometime over the last three million years. Gordale Scar is one of the highlights of a visit to Malham.
Monday, September 7, 2009 Four hours of CE. Travel from Malham to Thirsk, hometown of James Herriot.
Thirsk is an old fashioned market town in the Vale of Mowbray North Yorkshire . Famous for its race course, 15th Century Church and Thomas Lord. Thirsk is also the Darrowby of the late James Herriot (Alf Wight), famous vet and author. Thirsk and Sowerby are set in the centre of "Herriot Country," Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales National Park to the west and the North York Moors National Park to the east. Optional: Visit to Harrogate
Harrogate is a beautiful Victorian spa town in the English county of North Yorkshire. Home to the famous Betty's tea rooms, Harlow Carr Gardens and Harrogate Spa Water. In addition to being a charming floral town Harrogate is a popular convention town (the center of town includes a large convention center). As a result it has many good restaurants and hotels and a pleasant, walkable center of town. Also, it can be difficult to get hotel reservations during the summer. Northwest of Harrogate is "Herriot country," the area where James Herriot lived and wrote the books All Things Great and Small/Bright and beautiful, etc. This remains a picturesque, relatively untouched area (unlike the nearby commercialized 'Lake District') that makes for several pleasant daylong drive.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Four hours of CE. Travel from Malham to Aysgarth, James Herriot's countryside, Middleham Village and Castle Aysgarth is a village and civil parish in Wensleydale, in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, about sixteen miles south-west from Richmond. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 197. The village gives its name to the nearby Aysgarth Falls. The childhood and favourite home of Richard III, Middleham Castle was a fortress of the mighty Neville family, Earls of Westmoreland and of Warwick. Around the massive 12th-century central keep, they progressively constructed three ranges of luxurious chambers and lodgings, turning the castle into a fortified palace by the mid-15th century. Though roofless, many of these buildings survive, making Middleham a fascinating castle to explore. Here Richard spent part of his youth, in the guardianship of 'Warwick the Kingmaker.'
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 Travel from Malham to York, including a walking tour of the city. The North's spiritual capital for 2000 years, York is central to Britain's colourful history. Visit the stunning York Minster, enjoy Stonegate and Shambles shopping and live the York history at the JORVIK Viking Centre, National Railway Museum and York Castle Museum. York is a compact walled riverside city and home to countless world-class attractions, museums and galleries.
Thursday, September 10, 2009 Four hours of CE. Travel from Malham to Haworth, visit Brontë Parsonage Museum, walk on the Moors. Travel to Saltaire, a World Heritage Site. With its situation above the Worth Valley amid the bleak Pennine moors, Haworth is internationally famous for its connection with the Brontë sisters, who were born in Thornton, Bradford, but wrote most of their famous novels while living at the Haworth Parsonage (which is now a museum owned and maintained by the Brontë Society), when their father was the parson at the adjacent Haworth church. The Brontë Way waymarked long-distance footpath passes through the town. Saltaire was founded in 1853 by Sir Titus Salt, a leading industrialist in the Yorkshire woollen industry. The name of the village is a combination of the founder's surname with the name of the river. Salt moved his entire business (five separate mills) from Bradford to this site near Shipley partly to provide better arrangements for his workers than could be had in Bradford and partly to site his large textile mill by a canal and a railway.
Friday, September 11, 2009 Four hours of CE. Travel from Malham to Skipton to enjoy Market Day Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven ) is a civil parish and historic market town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is a popular tourist destination in its own right, as well as being a convenient base for visitors to the Yorkshire Dales (the town is known as 'The Gateway to the Dales'). The town of Skipton is known to have been in existence since 1085 as it is listed in the Domesday Book. It played roles in history during the English Civil War and as the site of a prisoner of war camp during World War I.
Saturday, September 12, 2009 Depart Malham at 6:30am for Manchester.