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| The start of it all...St Bees on the Oirish Sea |
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| Day 1 - Saint Marjorie in Moor Row |
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| Day 1 - C2C sign...only 192 miles to go |
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| Day 1 - Low Cock How Farm, near Ennerdale Bridge |
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| Low Cock How Farm breckie...fuel for Day 2 |
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| Day 2 stretches at Ennerdale Bridge |
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| Ennerdale Water...very moody |
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| Well earned ale at the end of Day 2 in The Yew Tree, Seatoller |
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| Tired boots after only 2 days |
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| Appropriate selection of ales at The Yew Tree, Seatoller |
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| A prophetic forecast at Glara Mara for day 3 |
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| The long haul up Greenup Gill in the glorious Langstrath Valley |
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| A somewhat phallic breckie |
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| Hawes Water after fighting our way over Kidsty Pike in dire conditions |
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| Angry Lakeland water feeding down into Hawes Water |
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| Enticing refreshments at Scar Side Farm...sadly ignored |
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| Day 6 - the delightfully timeless Smardale Valley |
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| Smardale Bridge |
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| Smardale Valley looking back to the old viaduct |
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| Day 7 - sheep fold lunch by Whitsundale Beck |
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| A spot of moorland bog-hopping |
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| Ravenseat Farm - closed for lambing, would you believe! |
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| The sun always shines in Swaledale, right? |
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| Butt House, Keld...a fantastic resting place after day 7 |
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| A refuge in the storm...the pub in Muker, Swaledale |
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| Picnic stop approaching Richmond |
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| Carol & Steve approaching Richmond |
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| Simon enjoys an elusive flat white in Richmond on The Big Day Off |
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| Gill enjoys an easily found hot choc in Richmond |
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| Gill embraces the charmingly named Danby Wiske |
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| Appropriate ale in The White Swan, Danby Wiske |
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| Simon & Gill ready to pop up on to the North York Moors |
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| Gill & Simon remember the words to Ernie, the fastest milkman in the west (don't ask) |
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| Coming down off Hasty Bank |
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| 'twixt Hasty Bank & Clay Bank Top |
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| A light breckie at Malt Kiln House, Urra |
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| The perfect sausage butty at Malt Kiln House |
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| Every home should have this book |
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| The old & beautiful Malt Kiln House, Urra |
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| Jerry, Wendy & Andorra...perfect hosts at Malt Kiln House |
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| Another breckie...at Red House Farm, Glaisdale |
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| Qualification needed for Red House Farm. We got in. |
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| Heading to Egton Bridge from Glaisdale |
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| The old toll sign near Egton Bridge |
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| Gill's hip flask makes a welcome appearance on the way to Littlebeck |
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| The ford in Littlebeck |
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| The bouldered hermitage - dated 1790 - in Littlebeck Wood |
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| Afternoon tea at Foss Falls Tearoom...heaven on a plate |
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| River-hopping after Foss Falls |
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| Robin Hoods Bay on the North Sea...we done it |
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| My boulder - and Simon's & Gill's pebbles - lugged all the way from St Bees |
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| 3 well-worn boots |
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| Simon dips his boot in the North Sea....tentatively |
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| No caption needed |
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| Actually, I made it 193.1 |
I'd like to point out that the breakfast at Red House Farm was for the 3 of us to share... After 2 weeks of cooked breakfasts I'm not sure any of us could have eaten that plateful on their own!
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