ENGLAND

Cumbria Fells Trail 

$1695.00  7 days/6 nights
Combine unspoiled, lovely countryside with good horses and comfortable lodgings. This ride provides a chance to visit the tranquil rural beauty of the Dales National Park following bridle ways, ancient drover roads and byways. Riders will appreciate the warm hospitality of local inns and the charm of the villages not far from the Scottish border.
Rates include all meals and lodging with   4 ½ days of riding
Dates: May 4-10, June 1-7, July 6-12, August 3-9, September 7-13, October 5-11
Meeting: Ravonstonedale
Airport: Manchester
Transfer Add $45     
Tack:  English
Horses:  Pure bred Welsh Cobs and part bred, Irish cross thoroughbreds
Pace: Moderate to fast at times with long trots and canters.  Must be competent Intermediate rider. 
Note:  Adults only. Teenagers may be considered but they must be competent riders and part of a group or accompanied by an adult.

Itinerary
Sunday- arrive afternoon, One hour introductory /assessment ride, 4pm approx. Ride takes you to see our local beauty spot, Cautley Cragg and Cautley Spout Waterfall. Accommodation at the Fat Lamb Inn, dinner bed and breakfast.
Monday, Our ride starts at Low Haygarth following a scenic route through fields, woodland, and open fell to Ravenstonedale where we stop for lunch. Then onto Newbiggin on Lune and across Friars Bottom to Smardale Nature Reserve a beautiful small valley. On to Smardale Fell which offers opportunity for some good canters and gallops. Followed by Warton Fell and Common which leads us to the Fat Lamb where you will spend the night.
Tuesday. Starting from The Fat Lamb Inn we climb Cote Moor near the Fat Lamb up to the "Clouds Rocks" an unusual limestone pavement area. We descend "The Clouds" and weather permitting we climb again to the heights of Harter Fell offering panoramic views of the area. After a lunch stop we then wind our way around and over fells and through secluded valleys back to Low Haygarth.
Wednesday. Two hour morning ride from Low Haygarth, taking in some of the local spectacular scenery 10:30am to 12:30pm, approximately. Lunch at the Fat Lamb, afternoon free to do what you wish such as  sightsee , walk etc.
Thursday. On leaving Low Haygarth we ford the river and follow a bridleway along the fell side down the beautiful Cautley valley, towards the small town of Sedbergh. At times the river runs in a deep gill to the side of our track. We skirt Sedbergh via a network of small lanes to the hamlet of Millthrop, where we cross the Dent road to Abbotholm and lunch. We then climb a steep track up Holme Fell, which offers wonderful panoramic views of the area. We descend into the Lune Valley, where we follow the River Lune for a short stretch, before crossing farmland to Middleton Hall Farm. We then ride some lovely lanes to the village of Barbon, where we spend the night at the Barbon Inn, a 17th Century coaching Inn, renown for its good food.
Luggage required for evening at the Barbon Inn will be transported for you from The Fat Lamb Inn and returned the following day, however room at the Fat Lamb is retained for you in your absence.
Friday. Start ride from the Barbon Inn and return to Low Haygarth. We depart from Barbon, going behind its Church into the parkland of Barbon Manor, where we take a bridleway through beautiful woodland before emerging into Barbondale itself, a lovely dale with steep sided fells on both sides. At the top of the dale is the hamlet of Gawthrop and Combe Scar, known to be a nesting site of the rare Peregrine Falcon. There are wonderful views of Dentdale before us,a dale noted for its picturesque beauty. We follow a gated lane by the River Dee until we cross it and climb the fell behind Gate Manor, onto the old golf course. This offers us some lovely views of Sedbergh and the Howgill Fells. We descend via Hollins Lane, to skirt the town and follow our original bridleway up to Cautley valley that will lead us back to Low Haygarth. On your return you will be taken to The Fat Lamb Inn for your last evening.
Saturday. Guests depart after breakfast. Please come again!