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An insider's view: Stephen Walker, Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

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Can you tell us a little about your job and how you came to be doing it?

I am the Business Manager of the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and have been since 1990 prior to that I was a volunteer here since the mid 1970s

What aspect of your job and the place where you work makes you feel happiest?

I love meeting our passengers and it's great to work in such a fantastic location

What do you think visitors gain from being at the railway?

They all love the trip back in time, the wonderful sight, smell and sound of a working steam engine and the fantastic scenery which surrounds us

If some one is feeling a little down and perhaps in need of a boost, where in the Yorkshire Dales do you suggest they should visit?

Bolton Abbey has such a magical setting and there is so much to explore on the Bolton Abbey Estate

If a visitor was coming here for two days what would you recommend they should try to do? Any particular places to eat or drink you'd like to recommend?

Obviously they should start by taking a trip on our railway! That should be followed by a visit to Skipton Castle, Malham Cove and Aysgarth Falls

I like to eat at the Red Lion at Burnsall, The Wellington Inn at Darley and the Consiton Hotel
Is there somewhere in the Yorkshire Dales where you feel sudden swooping joy?

The drive to work from Addingham when I see the Highland Cattle

Is there a happy detail in everyday life that many of us miss?

A happy dog running loose in a field, under control of course

Where's your favourite place to just sit and look?

By the reservoirs at Blubberhouses, Swinsty or West End
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Find more places to visit in the Yorkshire Dales

Wharfedale
Grassington
Kettlewell
Burnsall
Appletreewick
Kilnsey

Bolton Abbey Estate

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Swaledale & Arkengarthdale
Reeth
Richmond
Muker
Thwaite
Keld
Buttertubs
Langthwaite
Gunnerside
Crackpot Hall
Corpse Way
Swale Trail
Wensleydale
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Hawes
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Leyburn
Masham
Middleham
Askrigg
Wensley
Aysgarth
Carperby


Ribblesdale & Three Peaks
Settle
Settle-Carlisle Railway 
Yorkshire Three Peaks
Clapham
Feizor
Hoffman
Ingleborough
Ingleton
Stainforth
Nidderdale
Pateley Bridge
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Scar House Reservoir
Coldstones Cut
Fountains Abbey

​Brimham Rocks

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