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