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A song of hills and rain: Dent to Appleby-in-Westmorland

A song of hills and rain: Dent to Appleby-in-Westmorland

  From picturesque Dent we went on to the next cute town, to Sedbergh in Cumbria. It’s apparently England’s official book town, you find a lot of independent and second-hand-booksellers. The landlady of the BnB we stayed in, Sue, a nice elderly lady, also used to have an antique shop up to a few years ago, where she sold „quirky things for quirky people“. Now, she rents it out. The path to Sedbergh was rather unimpressive, and quite short –…

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50 Shades Of Mud: Horton-in-Ribblesdale – Ingleton – Dent

50 Shades Of Mud: Horton-in-Ribblesdale – Ingleton – Dent

  On the road again. After resting for 5 days my ankle and my toe seem better so we continue our trip up north. We decided to take things slowly for the start and made our way to Horton-in-Ribblesdale from where we would walk to Ingleton. The route was about 14km and had an ascent of 483m taking us to the top of mount Ingleborough at 730m. The route itself took us over some meadows and along some old Roman…

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Crossing the Black Mountains – Pandy to Hay-on-wye

Crossing the Black Mountains – Pandy to Hay-on-wye

  For me, this was definitely the best stretch of the Offa’s Dyke Path. Despite the weather, the hardship, the scarce landscape. Or maybe because of these apects. Our Guidebook had warned us that the upcoming hike across the Black Mountains should not be undertaken lightly in bad weather conditions. The ascent was supposed to be steep and long, and the mountain scenery scarce and harsh. If conditions were to worsen on the ridge, there were only two possibilities to…

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