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The Sunken Lanes of Cumbria (when we found them)
The last time we did this walk was in November 2014 and many of the lanes were flooded. As they are sunken they are below the level of many of the fields so water just collects in them. No such problem...
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The Canonbie (Overgrown) Walk
The plan for todays walk was to do a circuit of 6 miles and finish with afternoon tea at the Canonbie Community Cafe. It had been hoped that David would join us but unfortunately he had meetings all...
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Walking Week in the Dales - Day 1
Our group of walkers gathered at the lovely holiday cottage in Middleham in the Yorkshire Dales. Martin & Aileen are here for a long weekend and will be replaced by Peter & Elizabeth on Monday....
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A Week in the Yorkshire Dales
I had intended to complete a daily blog but the Wi-Fi connection at our holiday cottage was not good and it took hours to upload the photos for the only blog I managed so these are a selection of...
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A Day at The Kelpies and Falkirk Wheel
After experiencing Langholm Common Riding Carlo and Sidne started a whirlwind tour of the South of Scotland and Northumberland. First stop on Saturday morning was The Kelpies at Falkirk. After an...
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A Royal Visit
After spending the night in The Holiday Inn Express at Leith we walked the short distance to The Royal Yacht Britannia. This was the highlight of Carlo & Sidne's holiday and they were totally blown...
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Supersonic Visit
Our next visit was on our way down the A1 to Holy Isle but we called in to see Concorde at The National Aviation Museum at East Fortune.The small cockpit of Concorde looks very cramped.Scotland was...
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Islands & Castles
We arrived on Holy Isle on Sunday evening as soon as the causeway was open and checked into our B & B and headed to The Ship Inn for a nice meal. The weather was superb and Carlo & Sidne just...
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Lindisfarne Castle
As the causeway did not close until 1.00pm we had plenty of time after breakfast to walk to Lindisfarne Castle on a beautiful warm morning. Sidne does love her castles and this may be very small but it...
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A Lemon Common Riding
Marti Borthwick is presented with the Hound Trail Cup with David Stevenson looking on. David prepares to hand the Flag to Cornet TweddleThe Barley Banna at the head of the paradeThe Front Three My good...
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My Birthday Walk round Castle Loch
This was my postponed Birthday Walk and I am delighted to report that we had a complete full house of friends walking. I chose Castle Loch at Lochmaben as it was easier for Tom who is recovering from...
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An Aborted Walk to Minska Wind Farm
Tom decided last night that today's walk would be to the Minska Wind Farm as he has never been to it despite passing it many times. We took the Lockerbie road and parked the car at the gated entrance...
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A Trip to Perth
We were invited to spend a couple of days in Perth with Dinah Morren an old friend of Gaye's family in Dalbeattie. On the Sunday we took a long drive up through the Glens to Braemar and Ballater. It...
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The Pentland Ridge for John's Birthday Walk
We headed to Edinburgh for John's Birthday Walk which started at Hillend Ski Slope on the Pentlands. Unfortunately there was one or two last minute absentees due to illness and accidents. Elizabeth has...
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From Bentpath to Langholm
After the challenges of last Wednesday in Edinburgh it was a much quieter walk today with Niall and I walking 7 miles  from Bentpath to Langholm and Tom joining us at Burnfoot for the remaining 5...
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Loads of Red Squirrels at Eskrigg
There was just 3 of us today and the original intention was to do a walk at Eskdalemuir but the weather forecast for there was not good (Mist) so we decided to go to Eskrigg near Lockerbie and combine...
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A Glorious Week in Jersey
We have just returned from a lovely week in Jersey where the weather for 6 out of the 7 days was glorious and the only rain was a short spell on the morning of our last full day there. We flew out on...
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A Walk from Talkin Tarn to Brampton
A combined age of 280+ years but still managing to do our Wednesday walk. Both Tom and Peter had mobility problems today so we decided on a fairly easy walk from Talkin Tarn to Brampton and back. I am...
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A Walk Round The Black Esk Reservoir
It's not very often David manages to find time to walk with us so it was a real pleasure to have him and the dogs with us today up Eskdalemuir. We chose a walk round The Black Esk Reservoir as it was...
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Gretna Walk to Redkirk and the Shore
Today's walk took us to Gretna and along an old B road to the village of Redkirk where we walked along a country lane down to the Solway shore. We were fortunate to meet Dougie Norden an old school...
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