Yorkshire Dales from Windermere

Pass through the quaint village of Sedbergh and past the Settle to Carlisle Railway line, home to an impressive viaduct, before making your first stop in Wensleydale, home to the Wensleydale Creamery, responsible for tasty Wensleydale cheese. Following lunch in the market town of Reeth (own expense), you’ll stop at Bolton Castle, perched on the windswept moors of Wensleydale. The 14th-century stronghold is famed for incarcerating Mary Queen of Scots — a guided tour reveals the landmark’s history in further detail. See, too, Aysgarth Falls, featured in the Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves movie before dropping into the quintessentially English villages of Hawes and Dent.