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| The day had a stressful turn later on, but more on that story later (silly photo uploader!) |
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| Today marked our crossing from Scotland to England! |
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| But back to the start of the day! Here is Town Yetholm from the community shop, where we collected snacks. |
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| This bridge between town and Kirk Yetholm, marks the half way point of the walk. |
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| Looking closely at this picture you can see the tiny white buildings of Yetholm, and beyond that the three Eildon Peaks, so far away now! |
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| Eccles Cairn just off our route. Eccles as a name may have churchy origins, and it may be that this place was a place of religious meetings once over. A long may to hike to though! |
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Not an unusual sight today! We passed few villages today, it was very much wading
through swamps, heather, and grassy tracks |
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| A fun gate in a deer fence |
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| Should have taken my bag off, but that seemed like hard work! |
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| Alarming cows and calves pitched up right on the track. With there being calves we were a bit wary to get close, but managed to safely circumnavigate them. |
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| More cows later on, including a super shiny fresh white one on the left there |
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| Spot the Cuthbert sign! |
Tricky to spot from a distance signpost!
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| A heathery leg rest! |
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| First views of Wooler |
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| Descending into trees! Shortly after this we saw the notice (pictured at the top of this post), suggesting we take a short cut due to windfallen trees. As we were looking, a man walked by and assured us the way ahead was clear, so we decided to go ahead with the standard route, even though our feet ached and we had been warned! |
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| At least we saw some pretty gorse flowers before the forest of Doom tried to ensnare us |
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Things starting to look pretty bad!
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| Clambering began! |
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| Eventually there was no way forward, and after a bit of sulking all we could do was admit defeat and go back to the start of the diversion, and take the short cut after all! We didn't see our ill advisor again, or we should have told him not t misdirect future weary travellers! |
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Looking back at the path blockage once we were back out!
Today was about 14 miles. To say I've previously run that far in 2.5 hours, today it took 8.5 to limp along. That is a good illustration of how hurty the feet are! Tom has been extremely patient with me. He has had his own aches and pains, but my blisters were the main slower-downer today! Thank you Tom! 💖 14 more tomorrow, then a short day to finish! |
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