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| Fiona has been in Langholm for mid term holiday this week so was invited to join the Last of the Summer Wine Walkers and also choose the walk. She selected a walk from Brampton to Lanercost with the return to Newtown via the Roman Wall. This was a distance of 8 miles and an excellent choice with the first section taking us along the Brampton Ridge. None of us knew of its existence and it provides superb views over the River Birthing valley. |
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| The Brampton Ridge |
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| Plenty of Bluebells. |
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| This section of the walk followed the Quarry Beck and it also had loads of Bluebells, but maybe just a week past their best. |
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| The Quarry Beck which was very muddy in places but a lovely walk beside the Beck. |
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| This is the old bridge over the River Irthing at Lanercost and is now only used for pedestrians. |
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| The new bridge is not nearly as nice as the old one. We reached Lanercost for coffee and cake in the Priory tearoom. While we were in it rained heavily for about 30 minutes but soon stopped after we set out along the Roman Wall. The heavy rain started just after we reached Newtown so our timing had been just perfect and the BBC weather forecast spot on. |
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I like that old bridge a lot.
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