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BB2220
: A Garden Of Delights
Thursday
7th July 2022
You
nearly didn’t get any pictures today. I
lost my camera. I do have another
one, two grades up in the same series, which
worked fine until I dropped it. Now,
sometimes, it misbehaves whereas my old
one doesn’t. Anyway, I didn't have
that one with me. There is a camera
on my phone but the quality is nowhere near
so good and, more relevantly, the phone
is full and, like me, its memory corrupted.
I was cross with myself for being
so careless.
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Poor
Martin. He had suggested
the route then had to drop out.
The
idea was a subset of walk number
8 produced by the Sedbergh Information
Centre:
Sedbergh
to Dent circular walk.
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Kinder
people might have postponed but as Robin
was traveling from the other side (Settle,
that is, not from beyond the curtain) we
decided mostly to stick with the plan.
To
save a bit of distance and, more importantly,
avoid an unwelcome climb at the end of the
day we parked at the bridge near Millthrop
and set off to the north-east. We could
have gone through the hamlet but I was saving
that treat for later. Instead we passed
two reminders of when the Tour de France,
or was it the Tour de Yorkshire, rode through
some years ago.
Ignoring
the danger of being accused of becoming
another Jeremy Corbyn, I remarked on a pair
of rather unusual manhole covers. Fortunately
the Bboys did agree they were rather interesting
specimens.
It
was on Frostrow that I lost the camera.
We stopped to cream up as the sun
was threatening to frazzle us. Half
a mile further on, I wanted to take a photo.
But I couldn’t. Stan and I set
off back the way we came whilst Robin and
Tony wandered on slowly. Stan identified
exactly where we had stopped and there,
clear to see thanks to its garish green
neckstrap, was the camera. Normal
service resumed, I could record the Howgills.
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On
a cooler day and with a more aggressive
attitude we might have continued along to
Aye Gill Pike (as per BB0936
: Aye Up What?)
but instead we dropped down towards the
river at Barth Bridge.
As
we walked along the short stretch of road
to the bridge over the River Dee, I could
hear voices. Shrouded by the trees,
there was clearly a group of people walking.
Nearing the bridge, I thought, “I
know that voice”. Indeed I was right.
As I crossed the bridge, who should
be climbing the stile to the road but Ann
H with founder BOOTboy
husband, Philip, a few yards behind. That
is the second time we have encountered their
U3A group on our adventures.
After
they moved on, we found a place for our
lunch .....
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and Holly for a swim.
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Now
being on the Dales Way, heading towards
Sedbergh.....
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we saw some of its unusual route markers.
We
crossed back over the river near Gate Manor.
From a distance this looks an impressive
building but our route only showed us its
side gate and rear view.
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After
a short climb we could see Sedbergh
and the unusual tower.
It
has been renovated but had previously
been used as a tuberculosis
isolation quarter, the home
of a school master and more
recently, the upstairs lounge
for a cow.
It
is described in more detail
in BB2132
: Akay and the Pepperpot.
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The
path took us down to Millthrop and now we
could enjoy its charms. To the left,
an immaculate row of old, terraced cottages.
To the right, a cottage with the most
splendiferous garden of delights.
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What
a good job I had found my camera!
Don,
Thursday 7th July 2022
Comitibus:
Don
(+ Holly), Tony, Stan, Robin
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