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About Us The Six Dales Walk is organised by North Leeds Scout District but is open to teams from anywhere in Scouting and Guiding including adults. The event has been run for over 60 years and is well organised with a full safety support team, which means that special arrangements are in place so that individual teams do not require their own hill walking permit holders. A team walking challenge for those in Scouting and Guiding, crossing up to six of the Yorkshire Dales Junior Walk - for 10 to 14 year olds up to 23 miles Senior Walk - for 13 year olds and older, including adults, up to 42 miles ​ The Six Dales Walk is an annual team walking and navigation challenge for those in Scouting or Guiding. It has been run for over 60 years and takes place on the last Sunday in September every year.There is a Junior Walk of up to 23 miles for those aged 10 to 14, who must be accompanied by an adult, and a Senior Walk of up to 42 miles for those aged 13 or older. The two walks follow the same route but the Junior Walk finishes at roughly the halfway point of the Senior Walk. The walk helps to build teamwork, is a real challenge with a true sense of achievement for those that manage to finish or get further than they have in previous years (only 1 or 2 teams usually finish the Senior Walk each year) as well as being an opportunity for a great walk in the Yorkshire Dales and individual teams do not require their own hill walking permit holders. It can also count towards the Scout Adventure, Teamwork & Team Leader Challenge Awards.

The Route See a Suggested route below that covers the whole walk of 42 miles Six Dales Grid References Settle Drill Hall 0 Miles Start Closes after all Teams have left Street Gate 7 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 11:30 Kilnsey Village Hall 13 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 12:00 Mossdale Shooting Lodge 16 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 14:00 How Stean Catchwatcher Intakes 20 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 15:30 Lofthouse Village Hall 23 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 15:30 Junior Walk Ends Grewelthorpe Village Hall 32 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 17:45 West Tanfield Village Hall 35 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 18:30 Kirklington 40 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 18:45 Pi ckhill 42 Miles Checkpoint closing time: 19:00 Senior Walk Finishes

Current Results JUNIOR RESULTS SENIOR RESULTS

Frequently Asked questions This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. Transporting to and from the Six Dales Whilst teams have to arrange their own transport to the start point in Settle the organisers provide transport during the event to eventually get all walkers to Loftouse for the Junior Walk and West Tanfield for the Senior Walk, where the respective trophies will be handed out on the day. Teams will need to organise their own transport home either from where they drop out or from Lofthouse or West Tanfield. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors. List Title This is a Paragraph. Click on "Edit Text" or double click on the text box to start editing the content and make sure to add any relevant details or information that you want to share with your visitors.

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Equipment Below is a list of all you will need both individually, and as a team, on the day. Please make sure you read it carefully and pack everything - as without it you will not be allowed to take part! Individual Kit A pair of Walking Boots - must provide ankle support and have a deep sole tread A pair of warm full-length trousers - Jeans and thin tracksuits are unsuitable 3 Long Sleeve Tops - must be sufficient to retain heat in extreme condititions A pair of Gloves and a Hat - must be sufficient to retain heat in extreme conditions A Cagoule/Waterproof Coat A pair of Waterproof Trousers A Whistle Some Emergency Provisions - e.g. a chocolate bar/Kendal Mint Cake A Torch - fully charged and with spare batteries Food for the day A Mug - for hot drinks at checkpoints A Full Water Container (minimum 33cl) A Pen or Pencil - for usage in emergencies A Plastic Survival Bag A Yellow Day-glo Tabard (This will be available from the organisers at the start and must be worn or displayed at all times) Team Kit Two sets of OS Maps - to cover the whole route, at least 1:50,000 in scale (Map no.98 and 99) Two Compasses Two First Aid Kits - with a selection of plasters, bandages and dressings Two Mobile Phones - charged and switched on (to allow tracing by emergency services and to contact the event staff)

Rules The Six Dales Walk is a team walk, split into Junior and Senior sections. Both follow the same linear route, with the Junior Walk finishing at the 23 mile checkpoint, and the Senior Walk at the end of the 42 miles. Due to the safety cover put in place by the organisers Scout hillwalking permits are not required by teams entering the Six Dales. Please note these rules have been redrafted for this year, the most significant change is that ALL Junior Teams are now required to be accompanied by a walker or walkers aged 18 or over. General Rules and Information For reasons of safety and fairness walkers must abide by the rules below. If these are not followed, the organisers can compulsorily retire walkers and/or teams from the walk and teams may, at the discretion of the organisers, be disqualified from any and all trophies. The organisers reserve the right to alter any arrangements on the day of the walk as deemed appropriate. 1. Teams must consist of between 4 and 7 walkers. Age requirements are shown in the Junior and Senior Rules below. 13 and 14 year olds can enter either walk, but not both. All ages are as on the day of the walk. 2. Times and distances for trophies are calculated to the furthest point where the team still meets the original team requirements i.e. at least 4 walkers remain in the team and any age requirements continue to be met. 3. There is no set route, however each checkpoint (see Route ) must be visited in order and teams should plan to stay on public footpaths and areas of open access land. 4. The equipment listed on Equipment , is compulsory for reasons of safety and fairness. There will be a kit check at the start checkpoint and walkers and/or teams that do not have the correct kit will not be allowed to start the walk. Further kit checks can and will be carried out at the discretion of the organisers to ensure this rule is complied with by all walkers and teams. 5. All members of the team aged 18 or over have completed a DBS disclosure in accordance with Scouting/Guiding requirements as appropriate. Where a team is made up of all 18s and over, then DBS disclosures are not required (e.g. a team of Scout Network members). 6. Teams will be allocated a start time by the organisers. Teams must report to the designated meeting point, NB NOT the first checkpoint, at least 15 minutes before their start time and wait to be called up to the first checkpoint by the organisers. Teams must not report directly to the first checkpoint without reporting to the organisers at the designated meeting point. 7. The winning team in each trophy category is the team of four or more that walks together the furthest in the shortest elapsed time, measured from when their team are recorded as leaving the start NOT the team to reach a checkpoint first. A team may only win one trophy other than the individual trophies in both Junior and Senior Walks 8. When not at checkpoints, walkers must stay within easy talking distance of the rest of their team, except in case of emergency. 9. Walkers can only retire from the walk at checkpoints, except in case of emergency. 10. In case of emergency or injury, walkers must follow the procedure set out on the Emergency Safety Card, see Section H below 11. Teams are given a Control Card for each walker at the start checkpoint, which must be handed at each Checkpoint to the Timekeeper on arrival and then collected when leaving. 12. Teams will not normally be allowed to continue from a checkpoint after the cut off times (see Section F below). In the interest of safety, the organisers can compulsorily retire walkers, including entire teams, between checkpoints, such walkers will be picked up by the organisers and transported or walked to a checkpoint. This can be done regardless of whether they are past the cut off time for the next checkpoint or not. 13. If a team has less than 4 walkers that have not retired from the walk, then they can not continue in the competition as a team. However at a checkpoint, with the agreement of the checkpoint marshal, walkers from such teams who want to carry on walking can combine with walkers from another team to form a walking group of between 4 and 7 walkers. In order to track that walking group during the rest of the event it will be given a new temporary team number but it is not a team in the competition. If at least 4 walkers from an original team continue together in the walking group then that original team continues to be eligible for the trophies. The organisers may ask teams or walkers to join together to form a new team as above. Teams can choose to refuse this, unless they will be the last team leaving the checkpoint. No credit time will be given to walkers who have to wait to join a reformed team. 14. Spare kit – At the designated meeting point, near the first checkpoint, walkers can hand in to the organisers spare kit (e.g. change of clothes and footwear) contained in a separate holdall or rucksack per walker (not a plastic bag or bin liner), which MUST have attached to it the provided luggage tag with their individual walker number. Any such spare kit will be transported by the organisers so that it is available to walkers, after retirement, at Kilnsey, Lofthouse, Grewelthorpe or West Tanfield checkpoints. At the discretion of the organisers access to spare kit may be given at West Tanfield checkpoint to continuing walkers to allow them access to spare clothing and footwear and to put kit they may no longer be required to carry into their spare kit 15. The organisers will arrange for retired Junior Event walkers to be transported to Lofthouse checkpoint and retired Senior Event walkers to West Tanfield. 16. Once walkers have started the walk then any form of assistance to walkers from supporters is not allowed until walkers are retired from the walk. 17. No dogs or other pets are allowed on the walk. ​ B Junior Walk 1. All teams must be accompanied by at least one walker aged 18 or over, who complies with the membership requirements of the team’s relevant organisation. 2. To be eligible for Junior Trophies, a team must include a minimum of three walkers aged 14 or under. 3. A team may include other walkers aged 15 or over, who will count towards the total number of members (maximum 7), but only those 14 or under will be eligible for trophies. 4. The minimum age for walkers is 10. Trophies are awarded to those teams that have walked the furthest in the shortest amount of time. A team may only win one trophy and trophies are awarded in the following order of priority:- i) Ure - All Junior Teams ii) Junior Novice - A team whose members 14 years old and under have not previously won a Six Dales Trophy iii) The Peter Page - Trophy Awarded to the youngest walker to reach the end of the Junior Walk C Senior Walk 1. The minimum age of entry is 13 years 2. From West Tanfield checkpoint onwards, walkers may proceed in teams of 2 or 3, but will only be eligible for trophies achieved when walking in their original team of 4 or more walkers, except the Ribble Trophy as this is an individual Trophy. Trophies are awarded to those teams that have walked the furthest in the shortest amount of time. A team may only win one trophy and trophies are awarded in the following order of priority:- i) Open - All teams ii) Nidd - MALE walkers 13-19 iii) Wharfe - FEMALE walkers 13-19 iv) Swale - MIXED age 13-19 v) North Leeds - Senior teams entered by Groups or Units from North Leeds Scout District vi) Novice - A team where no individual member has won a senior trophy before vii) Ribble - The youngest walker aged 13-19 that reaches the furthest checkpoint on the senior walk D Certificates & Badges A Six Dales Certificate and Gold Badge - Awarded to all walkers who complete the Senior walk A Six Dales Certificate and Silver badge - Awarded to all walkers who reach Lofthouse for the first time A Six Dales Certificate and Bronze badge - Awarded to all walkers who reach Kilnsey for the first time E Entries 1. A team entry can be reserved by completing the Expression of Interest form on the website www.sixdales.co.uk 2. A team entry will not be complete until a Team Entry form is completed, either directly on the Six Dales website (www.sixdales.co.uk) or a paper form, plus an individual entry form for each walker, and a non-refundable entry fee, are submitted by the closing date. 3. Substitution of individual walkers will normally be allowed after the closing date up to 24 hours before the start of the event. Substitutes will be allowed on the day at the start, on the basis, for the purposes of the walk, that the new walker assumes the identity of the original entrant. Information about the substitution must be given in writing to the organisers before the start. Rules Downlaod H Incident / Emergency Safety Card The procedure set out on the Incident / Emergency Safety card is as follows: ​ Are you lost? Is a member of your team injured or unwell? If so, please read on... 1. If you have a mobile phone, try and ring the number below 2. Try and find a public phone or any other phone to ring the number below 3. Attempt to find a road or distinguishing landmark to identify where you are from your map - you maybe able to get back on route 4. If you are picked up, go to the nearest checkpoint, or to a phone to contact the number below 5. If a team member is injured, remember your training - one fit member to stay and two to go for help 6. Do NOT go home unless the organisers know you are safe and well 7. If you cannot find the route and are unable to carry on, try and keep dry and warm - we will find you Telephone no: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Privacy Policy North Leeds Scouts and the organising committee of the Six Dales Walk take the issue of privacy very seriously and we are committed to protecting and respecting our users' privacy. This Privacy Statement sets out our current data processing practices; if you have any queries or concerns regarding these practices, you should contact us at mail@sixdales.co.uk ​ 1. The information we collect We collect information about walkers and staff in order to permit the smooth running of our event and we may supply information to other parts of the Scout Association for legal reasons. Please ask at any time if you are not happy providing particular information, or let us know if the data you have provided has changed. The only circumstances in which we will provide any of your personal data to a third party for non-commercial purposes are those contained in this statement. Information you provide is stored on a standalone pc, details of which are available on request from mail@sixdales.co.uk ​ 2. Registration information When you register your team we ask for essential information relating to you and your membership of the Scout Association. This will include Name Address and contact information (email and phone number) and will also include other information required by the event organisers to ensure your well being during the event. ​ 3. Sharing of Data We may share data supplied by you (or collected about you) with other parts of the Scout Association. ​ 4. Legal Jurisdiction All personal information and details held on and processed by computers situated in the United Kingdom ​ 5. Further Information North Leeds Scouts Six Dales Walk will as part of its normal operation send out information emails and may post information, eg photographs, to public and private websites (eg Facebook) no names will be added to any Photographs . Please contact us if you have any concerns about this practice or would like to opt out. ​ 6. Disclosure of Data by order of a court and security We reserve the right to communicate a member’s personal information as we hold to third parties who are empowered by regulation, statue or order of a court. ​ 7. The Data Protection Act You can obtain further information about data protection laws by visiting the Information Commissioner’s website at www.ico.org.uk ​ 8. Contacting North Leeds Six Dales Walk If you want to contact us to raise any questions about this privacy statement, or any general matters relating to The Six Dales Walk, you can contact us via mail@sixdales.co.uk . Please use this method if you wish to request from us a copy of the personal data we hold about you. Please note that under English law we are entitled to charge you a fee for providing this service.

History The Six Dales Walking Competition, launched in 1957 to mark the Golden Jubilee of Scouting, coincided with the movement's centenary in 2008. Covering 42 miles across six North Yorkshire Dales, the walk begins in Settle, Ribblesdale, and ends in Pickhill, Swaledale, offering challenging terrain and scenic landscapes. ​ Conceived by Ronnie Marshall, the Assistant District Commissioner for Senior Scouts in North West Leeds District, the walk emerged from a desire to provide Senior Scouts with a new challenge beyond the conventional Yorkshire Three Peaks route. The inaugural competition, titled 'The Jubilee Trail,' commenced on July 26th, 1957, with Barrie Walker from the 14th North-West Leeds Group emerging as the victor, completing 31 ½ miles within the 12-hour time limit. ​ Over the years, participation surged. In 1958, despite sweltering conditions, three Senior Scouts completed the full 45 miles to Skipton-on-Swale in 11 hours and 50 minutes. Alan Boden set a record time of 9 hours and 23 minutes in 1964. However, following Ronnie Marshall's death in 1966, David Boulton assumed the role of organizer, implementing crucial changes to enhance safety and organization. ​ Revised regulations mandated participants to adhere to stricter dress codes, particularly during moorland segments. Competitors formed teams, ensuring mutual support and safety. Additional checkpoints were established to streamline search operations in emergencies, with radio communication between checkpoints introduced for effective monitoring. Parental support enhanced logistical operations at checkpoints. ​ Participants were required to wear appropriate fellwalking attire and carry essential equipment, including walking boots, long-sleeved shirts, trousers, spare clothing, waterproofs, headgear, gloves, and emergency provisions. Each team possessed collective equipment such as maps, compasses, survival gear, torches, and first aid kits. Teams consisted of a minimum of four members, walking together until the end of the moorland section, after which individual walking was permitted. However, from 1977 onwards, a minimum of two individuals had to remain together. ​ Additional checkpoints at Henstone Band and West Tanfield mitigated risks and ensured participant safety. The checkpoint at West Tanfield facilitated safer river crossings, replacing precarious fording at North Stainley with the use of a bridge. In conclusion, the Six Dales Walking Competition, launched in 1957, epitomizes the spirit of adventure and camaraderie within the Scouting community. Evolving over the years, the competition has incorporated stringent safety measures and enhanced participant experiences while celebrating the ethos of exploration and perseverance cherished by Scouts worldwide.