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- At the start line, our leader (left) describes the route
- A good turn out on the last walk of the year
- The ’sweepers’ shepherd the flock on the way to Dowthwaitehead
- Towards the finish line with Gowbarrow Fell on the right
- Striding along Aira Beck (at the foot of Gowbarrow) …
- … towards High Force …
- … and then across the bridge …
- … to a lovely picnic spot …
- … before proceeding towards Lucy’s Wood (above Dockray)
- The wood is a magnificent memorial to a girl named Lucy …
- … and abounds in features of interest, this cute house being one of them …
- … with this enclosed stone seat being another one
- Then we lunched in a beautifully crafted barn …
- … with a candle in the middle …
- … and Lucy’s dates of birth and death carved above the door …
- … before cutting through the secluded Dowthwaite Head …
- … and then down towards Matterdale End …
- … to return via Ulcat Row