Leave Station car park at 9.15am. Start at pull in parking by the bridge below Marske (GR: NZ 103 004, What3Words: ///beans.overture.besotted) at 10.00am. 9 Miles. Moderate. £7

Our walk takes us into the valley alongside Marske Beck as we make our way to Telfit Farm and Helwith. As we climb onto the moor towards the hamlet of Hurst there are plenty of reminders from the days of the lead mining industry in this area. Our circuit takes us back across Skelton Moor with views that include a distant Richmond Castle. Further grand views open up as we follow the high-level path along Telfit bank and return to our start.

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Leave Station car park at 9.15am. Start Bowes and Gilmonby Village Hall DL12 9HR (GR: NY 996 135, What3Words: ///lotteries.superbly.years) at 10.00am. 10.5 Miles. Moderate. £7

We explore some of the vast, empty moors in the southwestern corner of County Durham, mainly using sections of both the main route and the Bowes Loop of the Pennine Way. Bowes is a handsome village dominated by the ruins of the 12^th Century Bowes Castle. Also of interest are the remnants of RAF Bowes Moor, near Barnard Castle, which was used in the 1940s to store mustard gas, which was burnt off at the end of World War II. The highlight of the walk is undoubtedly God’s Bridge, a limestone bridge over the River Greta, and the UK’s best example of a natural bridge formed by cave development.

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Meet outside the Town Hall at 2.15pm. Free, just turn up on the day. Donations to Richmondshire Museum most welcome.

This walk around the central area of Richmond lasts for between one hour and one and a half hours and remains on level ground, as far as is possible in Richmond!

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Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond DL10 4DW | 7:30pm | £12 from www.georgiantheatreroyal.co.uk | Bar, bookstall, disabled access

1868. Morten, a discharged soldier, lives on the edge of Sweden’s ancient forests.

Suddenly he begins to suffer nightmares and mysterious night visits. He is told he’s plagued by a Mara - a possessed person who oppresses another in their sleep. To free himself, he must discover the Mara’s identity. But who is it?

Entertaining, unsettling and moving, this solo storytelling performance is a whodunit; a dive into the dreamscape of Swedish folklore; a love story and a playful look at our relationship with sleep and what it means to be awake

Dominic’s warm, witty, immersive storytelling style has captivated audiences around the world. His UK venues include the Barbican, National Theatre, British Museum and The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. His performances have been described as “Compelling, funny and heart-breaking” (The Times) and “Stunning” (Herald & Post).

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Leave Station car park 9.45am. Parking behind the Wheatsheaf Inn Carperby DL8 4DF (GR:SE 008 898, What3Words: ///mealtime.probing.interacts). Start walk at 10.30am. 6 Miles. Easy/Moderate. £7

An attractive walk in Wensleydale with fine views, a few short climbs and a stop to admire the magnificent Bolton Castle which dominates the skyline and has been owned by the Scrope family continuously for over 600 years. The walk begins at the Wheatsheaf Inn, a traditional Yorkshire pub, chosen by James Herriot as the location for his honeymoon. We climb up onto the limestone ridge with wonderful views across the dale to Penhill, then head to Bolton Castle for a coffee break where you can choose to use the castle café or sit and enjoy your own refreshments outside whilst admiring the view. Then its downhill all the way back to the Wheatsheaf Inn for lunch at around 1.45pm. Walk participants will be contacted prior to the walk for their pub lunch menu choices.

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The Station, Richmond DL10 4LD | 10:00am – 4:00pm | free entry | Café/restaurant, disabled access.

A variety of new, second-hand, antiquarian and collectable books from expert sellers will be on The Station platform along with The Station’s regular ‘Lost and Found’ book stall. Heaven for book worms and collectors!

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Richmond Town Hall, DL10 4QL | 4:30pm | £10 | Refreshments, bookstall, disabled access.

Ramesses II ruled Egypt from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter and an astute diplomat. His reputation eclipsed that of all other pharaohs: he was decried in the Bible as a despot, famed in literature as Ozymandias, and lauded by early antiquarians as the Younger Memnon. In this illustrated talk, leading Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson considers Ramesses’ preoccupations and preferences, uncovering the methods and motivations of a megalomaniac ruler, with lessons for our own time. Toby Wilkinson is a prize-winning and best-selling author of 14 books which have been translated into 12 languages. He lives in Suffolk and Swaledale.

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Richmond Town Hall, DL10 4QL | 7:30pm | £10 | Refreshments, bookstall, disabled access.

 Felix Francis has published over 20 books, both under his father’s name – Dick Francis – and his own. His festival event will cover his life with Dick Francis, his father’s career as a jockey and growing up in what he calls "the greatest fiction factory of the twentieth century". He will cover how he came to take over the writing of the Dick Francis novels of which he has published 18. He now publishes under his own name and his book 'Hands Down' (2022) was set in North Yorkshire. Francis will talk about how he researches and develops the characters and plot of a novel based around horse-racing. He will finish by talking about his latest book ‘Syndicate’ which is published just days before this event!

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