[1] The Yorkshire Water Way was devised in conjunction with Mark Reid, an established writer and authority on long-distance paths.

It then heads south through Pateley Bridge and into the Washburn Valley passing Thruscross, Fewston and Swinsty reservoirs.

After this is passes over Denton Moor and into West Yorkshire via a footbridge over the River Wharfe into Ilkley,[5] where the first book ends.

[6] South of Ilkley, the trail heads over Ilkley Moor passing Weecher Reservoir and going into the Aire Valley through Shipley, Bingley, Harden, Cullingworth, Cross Roads and Haworth before passing Lower Laithe Reservoir and heading west across Haworth Moor and dropping into Calderdale past the three reservoirs at Walshaw Dean.

[7] At Dunford Bridge, the trail goes due east and then south to finish at Langsett Reservoir.