DISABLED ramblers will be going off road to enjoy some of the sights and history of the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week.

Members of the national Disabled Ramblers charity and their support team will be riding their tough, off-road electric wheelchairs over rough terrain and up and down some steep hills during a two-day visit on July 15 and 16.

The Disabled Ramblers visited Swaledale in the north of the National Park during 2008 and enjoyed their trip so much they have decided to make a return visit.

Rachel Briggs, the YDNPA’s Access Development Officer, said: “The use of off-road wheelchairs provides opportunities for disabled people to explore parts of the National Park that would normally be inaccessible to them – it’s going beyond the flat, surfaced road we would normally provide for a wheelchair user.”

National Park Rangers will be providing back-up during the ramblers’ outings to Bolton Abbey and Threshfield Moor areas in the south of the National Park.