We are barrelling along through the Yorkshire Dales, a third of the way into a three-hour training ride.

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The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority already has some lines running underground and now wants to expand the scheme.

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Back in Britain and with the season looming, the Yorkshire Dales provide the ideal, rugged environment in which to prepare.

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Landowners in the Yorkshire Dales are being urged to plant more trees.

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Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales are being asked to take precautions to prevent the spread of a disease that is threatening millions of ash trees.

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"He would always attend open days and really fly the flag for us and for all of the Dales - he loved the Yorkshire Dales, " said Bethell.

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Richard, the last monarch of the House of York, grew up at Middleham Castle in the Yorkshire Dales and visited York several times during his short reign.

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The Dioceses Commission said it had accepted the consensus that the new diocese should be called Leeds, rather than Wakefield, and that it may be known informally as the Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales.

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Millions of sheep, cattle and pigs from the Lake District National Park and Yorkshire Dales have been sold at the four-acre mart since 1904.

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According to the Forestry Commission, the Dales has 2% tree coverage, compared to Yorkshire's 5.8%.

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