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                                        F RO M T H E IR I S H S E A
                                        TO THE NORTH SEA

                                        J u l y 4 to 12, 2020

a p ro g ra m of th e st a nfo rd
a lu m ni asso ciati o n
FROM THE IRISH SEA TO THE NORTH SEA - July 4 to 12, 2020 a program of the stanford alumni association
Strung across northern England
from the Irish Sea to the North Sea are three
remarkable national parks, and our ambitious hike
traverses all three: the Lake District, the Yorkshire
Dales and the North York Moors. In 1971, the
great walker and author Alfred Wainwright created
a 180-mile-long hike across these landscapes.
We’ll take in half of his 12 stages, combining the
breathtaking scenery of the Lake District, the
grandeur of the Dales, and the rugged wilderness
and coastal splendour of North Yorkshire. Along
the way, we’ll enjoy daily picnic lunches, the
comforts of country hotels and inns, and the
company of Anglophile and comparative literature
professor Linda Paulson. Join us on the trail!

B R E T T S. T H O M P S O N , ’ 8 3, D I R E CTO R , S TA N F O R D T R AV E L / S T U DY

                                                     About our hikes
                                                                            One step ahead. Nothing puts you more
                                                                            in touch with a place than hiking the paths
                                                                            and trails that etch its landscapes. Starting
                                                                            out on a Travel/Study hike, you’re guided by
                                                                            experts who really know the lay of the land.
                                                                            You also hike with our carefully chosen
                                                                            faculty leader, a Stanford scholar who
                                                                            offers valuable educational insights along
                                                                            the way.

                                                                            We go the extra mile. Enjoy al fresco
                                                                            lunches starring a region’s bounty and stay
                                                                            in the best of delightful inns and historic
                                                                            hotels, while our staff tends to every detail.

                                                     COVER: YORKSHIRE
                                                     DALES NATIONAL PARK
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Faculty Leader
                                      D R . L I N D A P A U L S O N discovered Europe as a teenager,
                                      traveling with family and visiting friends, and has tried to spend
                                      a part of every year there ever since. She majored in English,
                                      French and art history as an undergraduate and taught at
                                      an international orphanage in Switzerland after graduation.
                                      She returned to the U.S. and earned her PhD in comparative
                                      literature at UCLA, specializing in 19th-century British, French
                                      and German literature, particularly the novel. Since coming
                                      to Stanford in 1985, she has shared her love of theater with
                                      thousands of undergraduates, some of whom she takes
“Linda was                            to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival several times a year.
                                      “Comparative literature,” says Dr. Paulson, “tempts me to
 wonderful!                           range across disciplines and to study history, art, theater and
                                      music, along with literature—a constant challenge and delight.”
 Viewing these                        While in graduate school, she began spending summers in
                                      the U.K. and continues to explore Great Britain whenever her
 places from                          schedule allows. She regularly retraces the footsteps of Charles
                                      Dickens, Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters, as well as the

 a literary                           travels of Samuel Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell,
                                      in Scotland. During our program, Professor Paulson will touch
                                      upon such topics as the Romantics—a revolution in literature,
 perspective                          art and politics; Yorkshire in the literary imagination of the 19th
                                      century; and the December 1914 attack on Scarborough and
 really enriched                      Whitby.

 the trip.”                                —		Associate dean and director, master of liberal
                                             arts program, Stanford University—Lecturer,
                                             Stanford’s English department
 V E R O N I C A W O L F F,                — Resident fellow, Donner House since 1986
 WILD AND ANCIENT                          — Recipient, Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Award for
 B R I TA I N , 2 019                        distinguished teaching and service to the University

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    SIGN UP ONLINE:    alumni.stanford.edu/trip?hike2020
    OR BY PHONE:    (650) 725-1093

    LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK
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NORTH
Ennerdale                                                                         YORK MOORS

                                                  P
  Water                                                                            NATIONAL N o
              Keswick Appleby-in-Westmorland                                         PARK
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Bees                                                    Whitby
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        Gable        Stephen                     Hills       Ba

                                                        n
                                  Reeth
               Grasmere
    LAKE                                  Helmsley

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DISTRICT                               YORKSHIRE
NATIONAL                                 DALES
  PARK                                                                                              U NITED

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 Itinerary                              natural beauty that is the high
                                        Lake District. BORROWDALE GATES
                                        HOTEL (B,L,D)
                                                                            the marker stones of the “Nine
                                                                            Standards” we hike down to the
                                                                            village of Keld, ending in famous
                                                                            Yorkshire county. From here we
 S AT U R DAY & S U N DAY,              T U ES DAY, J U LY 7                continue by road to our inn
 J U LY 4 & 5                           KESWICK /                           situated at the eastern edge
 DEPART U.S /                           APPLEBY-IN-
                                                                            of the national park near the
 MANCHESTER,                            WESTMORLAND
                                                                            small town of Reeth. CHARLES
 ENGLAND / KESWICK                      This morning embark from our        BATHURST INN (B,L,D)
 Depart the U.S. on overnight           hotel on a hike that takes us
 flights, arriving in Manchester on     south past the mountain of High     T H U R S DAY, J U LY 9
 Sunday. En route to our lodg-          Raise and descends to Word-         YORKSHIRE DALES
 ings, stop at the Heritage Coast-      sworth country at Grasmere.         NATIONAL PARK
 designated St. Bees Head. Take         Here, Dorothy and William           Return to Keld to hike up to a
 a short hike to its towering cliffs    Wordsworth made their home          high-elevation route that crosses
 at the edge of the Irish Sea to        in Dove Cottage. Continue our       the fells and leads to the little
 mark the start of our cross-           route by vehicle, driving through   town of Reeth. Return by road
 country adventure. Continue            the Lake District’s beautiful       to our inn on the moor. CHARLES
 on to our hotel near Keswick           Eastern Lakes region to our         BATHURST INN (B,L,D)
 in the heart of the Lake District      overnight stop at Appleby-in-
 National Park, where we spend          Westmorland in the Eden Valley.     F R I DAY, J U LY 10
 the next two nights. Gather this       APPLEBY MANOR (B,L,D)               REETH / NORTH YORK
 eveningfor a welcome reception                                             MOORS NATIONAL
 and dinner. BORROWDALE GATES           W E D N ES DAY, J U LY 8            PARK / HELMSLEY
 HOTEL (7/5: D)                         APPLEBY-IN-                         Driving into the Cleveland Hills
                                        WESTMORLAND /                       on the northwest edge of North
 M O N DAY, J U LY 6                    YORKSHIRE DALES                     York Moors National Park, we
 LAKE DISTRICT                          NATIONAL PARK /                     begin a full day’s hike leading
 NATIONAL PARK                          REETH                               across the heights of the moors.
 Drive to Ennerdale Water, a pris-      Check out of Appleby Manor.         The lauded British fellwalker and
 tine and remote lake where we          We begin today in Cumbria           guidebook author Alfred Wain-
 begin our ascent of the iconic,        county in Kirkby Stephen, it’s      wright described this landscape
 2,949-foot-high Great Gable.           easternmost town. Climb to          best: “heatherclad, unenclosed,
 Descend through the fells to           the ridge of the Pennines in the    uninhabited and remote from
 Borrowdale and then continue           Yorkshire Dales National Park       industry.” This is wild and blus-
 on foot and by bus to our hotel,       as we cross the watershed of        tery scenery at its best. From
 passing through the stunning           the “spine” of England. Leaving     Clay Bank continue by coach to
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orth
Sea

Hood’s
ay

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              YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK

                                              Hike Details
     the charming market town of
     Helmsley. BLACK SWAN HOTEL (B,L,D)

     S AT U R DAY, J U LY 11                  This is a rigorous hike which covers distances
     WHITBY / ROBIN
                                              of up to 14 miles per day and with eleva-
     HOOD’S BAY
     Our final hike leads us to the           tion gains of up to 4,000 feet. Our daily hikes
     edge of the North York Moors             average five and a half hours in length, with a
     and the dramatic scenery of              maximum length of seven hours.
     the North Sea shoreline below
     Whitby, home to both the
     explorer, Captain James Scott,
     and the ill-fated Captain James
     Cook. It was also where the
     earliest-known English poet,
     Caedmon, once dwelled. We
     then turn south along the coast
     to Robin Hood’s Bay where we
     pause for the ritual of dipping
     our boots in the waters of the
     North Sea to celebrate our trek
     all the way across Northern
     England from the Irish Sea.
     Return to our hotel by coach
     to continue celebrating our
     accomplishment at our farewell
     reception and dinner. BLACK
     SWAN HOTEL (B,L,D)

     S U N DAY, J U LY 12
     HELMSLEY / U.S.
     This morning, depart
     Helmsley for the two-hour
     drive to Manchester Airport
     for our flights back to the
     U.S. (B)
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HELMSLEY, NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK

                                                              costs Meals and beverages other than

Trip Information
                                                              those specified as included Independent
                                                              and private transfers Trip-cancellation/
                                                              interruption and baggage insurance
                                                              Excess-baggage charges Personal items
DATES                                                         such as telephone and fax calls, laundry and
July 4 to 12, 2020 (9 days)                                   gratuities for nongroup services
SIZE                                                          AIR ARRANGEMENTS
24 participants (single accommodations                        You are responsible for booking and purchasing
are limited—please call for availability)                     airfare to the start location and from the end
                                                              location of the program. These air purchases
COST*
                                                              are NOT included in the program cost. To assist
$6,795 per person, double occupancy
                                                              you in making these independent arrangements,
$7,995 per person, single occupancy
                                                              we will send you details with your confirmation
*Stanford Alumni Association nonmembers add $300 per person
                                                              materials on when to arrive and depart.
INCLUDED
                                                              WH AT TO E XPECT
7 nights of best-available hotel accommo-
                                                              The primary focus of this trip is hiking, and
dations 7 breakfasts, 6 lunches and
                                                              although cultural or historic visits are often
7 dinners Welcome and farewell receptions
                                                              included, this trip should be considered only
  Gratuities to guides and drivers for all
                                                              by people for whom hiking in this wonderful
group activities All tours as described in
                                                              scenery is the main goal. We consider this hike
the itinerary Group transfer and baggage
                                                              to be very strenuous and physically demanding.
handling on program arrival and departure
                                                              Participants must be active, regular hikers
days Minimal medical, accident and
                                                              who are physically fit and in good health.
evacuation insurance Educational program
                                                              Trails are often rough, and all participants
with lecture series and predeparture materials,
                                                              must be able to navigate very rocky, muddy
including a recommended reading list, a
                                                              and steep terrain, unassisted, for extended
selected book, a map and travel information
                                                              periods. Hikers will need to carry a light daypack
Services of our professional tour manager to
                                                              with raingear, camera, sunscreen and water.
assist you throughout the program
                                                              We welcome travelers 15 years of age and
NOT INCLUDED                                                  older on this program.
International and U.S. domestic airfare
Passport and visa fees Immunization
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Terms & Conditions                         offered includes special benefits        services, sickness, weather, strike,
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required to reserve space for this         14 days of written confirmation of       other causes beyond our control.
program. Sign up online at alumni.         your participation on the trip.          All such losses or expenses will
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Travel/Study at (650) 725-1093.            We encourage membership in the
Final payment is due 120 days                                                       only for the time stated. We reserve
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participants are required                  A person traveling as a guest paid       right to cancel any program prior to
to sign a Release of Liability.            for by a current member will not         departure, in which case the entire
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Deposits and any payments are              For more information or to purchase      further obligation on our part. We also
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levels of protection while you are
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 landscape with the total support of the Stanford staff
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