We're planning 3 weeks in England either mid-September to early October, or late September to mid-October. (A two week shift.) We'll spend the second week in the north, deciding between:
- Staying between Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District for walks in
both. or - Staying near York for the city and a couple days walking the Yorkshire Dales, weather permitting.
My questions are:
- Trade-off between crowds and weather: should we go earlier for better weather, or later for smaller crowds?
- How likely would it be to have decent walking weather -- little rain, highs above 10C -- in first half of October? Or for that matter in second half of September?
- Is York very crowded in mid/late September?
I've researched the weather averages and it's not very promising past mid September, but the averages are for decades. I'm wondering about the past few years.
I haven't found anything about York crowds that time of year so I'm interested in local opinion.
Thanks!