The Dales Way long distance footpath runs for over eighty miles from Ilkley to Bowness-on-Windermere, encompassing the beautiful scenery of North Yorkshire and Cumbria and two National Parks. It is a varied walk of ever-changing scenery of lush river valleys, limestone pavements, moorland and mountains, and one undertaken by thousands of walkers every year.

When two friends decided to walk the Dales Way over a series of weekends they expected to complete it within a year, but life got in the way. For one of them, the Dales Way would remain an uncompleted long distance footpath.

With details of the scenery, the natural history and anecdotes about the walk, this book will give you a true flavour of walking this often overlooked yet delightful footpath. Light hearted but also darker at times, Dawdling through the Dales, like all of Julia's books, will make you laugh, but it might also make you cry. It is a true tale of walking, divorce, betrayal, depression and enduring friendship.