I very occasionally blog personal matters – I’ve been offline (literally) for ca 2-3 weeks doing the Coast2Coast walk (192 miles) across the top of England (middle of Britain) and had a wonderful time for 16 full days. I was relatively unfamiliar with the LakeDistrict and was able to do several of the additional routes including HighStyle ridge and Helvellyn/StridingEdge
We’ve blogged our exploits (https://oldgitswalking.wordpress.com/ ) – many of us are scientists and interested in digital freedom so we’ve had many in-depth conversations. The route is very popular with visitors to Britain so if any readers want to see a very exciting and varied section of the country it’s really worth doing (it was on Australian TV so there were a lot of Australians). There is NO climbing involved.
One of the guest houses:
Britain’s industrial revolution (10% of world lead was extracted here) and exported by steam train
The 900-year old Richmond castle
The reformation (dissolution of the monasteries)
Botany and ornithology:
Dactylorhiza fuchsia (Common spotted orchid) and other spp
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Corvus corax (Raven) at 54° 31′ 38.03″ N, 3° 0′ 57.79″ W |
950 m |
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So back to the future:
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