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Back Walking Again

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After a 3 week break from walking due to this horrible virus that hit the Graham family we headed up to Eskdalemuir today for a 6 mile walk from Samye Ling round the alternative forestry transport road. This was built at a cost of £5m a few years ago so that forestry wagons could avoid the village of Eskdalemuir. In the 1.5 hours on this road there were 7 loaded wagons and 3 unloaded wagons used the road so it is getting well used.
2 old Stupas plus the Samye Ling one
An empty forestry wagon passes by
A loaded wagon heads our way
The view from the forestry road.
Tom and John about to be run over by a forestry wagon.
Eskdalemuir Kirk
The entrance to the Samye Ling retreat
The last mile of the walk along a perfect track beside the road for walkers and cyclists that takes you from the village to the Buddhist Monastery.
This was a most enjoyable walk on a perfect day but I was glad to see the finish and it is going to take me a wee while to get back to my pre virus fitness when walks of 7 miles or further we're no bother at all. It still annoys me that Gaye and I should be in California for October enjoying beautiful weather with our American grandchildren but will re book once we are fully fit again. 

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