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The Debatable Lands on the King Charles III England Coast Path

7.96 miles 4h 5m ascent 63m Rockcliffe-Gretna (the old Cumbria Coastal Way, now the KCIIIECP) O young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best;….He staid not for brake, and he stopp’d … Continue reading

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Eden Way: 12 – Water Cut, Ure Force and Ruswarp

7.1 miles 3h 42m ascent 291m Thrang-Garsdale Station Well, the Eden Way proved to be quite an epic, interrupted as it was by legal lockdowns, common-sense social distancing, various illnesses, and bad weather (too hot and too cold). We had … Continue reading

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Eden Way: 10.1 – the part we missed out

6.48 miles 4h 12m ascent 197m Stenkrith Park-Thrang Part 10 was to be Stenkrith to Hellgill with a loop back to Thrang along the Pennine Bridleway. But misfortune struck and we only managed the Thrang-Hellgill-Thrang loop of part 10. We … Continue reading

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Eden Way: 11 – Eden Springs, the source

6.69 miles 5h 3m ascent 332m Aisgill Moor-Eden Springs circular Between two sister moorland rillsThere is a spot that seems to lieSacred to flow’rets of the hills,And sacred to the sky. We had slightly damp boots but the weather was decent. … Continue reading

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Eden Way: 10.2 – where the River Eden begins

6.30 miles 3h 53m ascent 247m Thrang-Hellgill Bridge circular And still of a winter’s night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,When the road is a ribbon of … Continue reading

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Eden Way: 9 – The Search for Passage

10.85 miles 5h 48m ascent 227m – Eden Way: 9.47 miles 4h 50m ascent 201m – Poetry Path, 1.38 miles 58m ascent 26m Sandford-Kirkby Stephen-Stenkrith This section of the Eden Way took us from Sandford Bridge to Stenkrith Park in … Continue reading

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Eden Way: 8 – Appleby-in-Westmorland

8.68 miles 4h 43m ascent 219m Colby-Sandford We had finished the last section a little way off the Eden Way. The closest parking had been where Colby Bridge crosses Hoff Beck, half a mile off the Way. Luckily, a public … Continue reading

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Eden Way 7: Satan’s stiles

7.83 miles 4h 5m ascent 117m Temple Sowerby-Colby Bridge Our first Eden Way sortie of 2022, indisposition and inclement weather having delayed us. There was neither deluge nor drama and it was no great distance. But I cannot say it … Continue reading

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