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Jools flushing grouse from their bracken nests. Welcome to the Yorkshire dales and moors. 
Renovator's delight! A lick of paint would do wonders for this little doer upper. Just right for the novice handyman. Desirable location. Somewhere north of York. 
Keith and Phil (of the previously mentioned Extreme Tours) plan day three - the rural leg. 
For those of you with sharp eyes - you will note that now there are five. Our teddy family is multiplying, must have something to do with the location. Will miracles never cease? 
Hutton La Hole - a special village where the sheep and the tourists out numbered the residents. 
The Jolley Farmer in Leavening (some pretty inspired naming going on here.) And so with a heavy heart and now 3 inches shorter a piece than when we started - we leave Yorkshire - onward to the Lake district. This picture from left to right : Karen, Seona, Philip, Maureen, Eileen, Keith, Jools and Thatch. 
This graceful bridge spans a section of the Derwentwater in the Lakes District. The village of Grange can be reached by crossing it. 
Introducing David, he's American and a molecular biologist. David came to England to look at churches, instead he is climbing mountains, Go figure. See David - and you thought we wouldn't do it. (Late breaking news - David has now scaled the highest peak in England (Scarfell Pike), Scotland (Ben Nevis) and Wales (Snowdonia) and lived to tell the tale. Will he now tackle the Cascades when he returns to Seattle? 
On a mountain pass high above the Lake District and close to Scarfell Pike, was the YHA at which we stayed. Here is a view from the YHA owned Honister Haus which used to house the slate miners who worked this area. 
This is another scene of the area. 
The lot of us by the side of a man made loch - Thirlmer. 
Some typical spiffy scenery for the Lakes District. 
It is said that a family of 6 lived and ran a business from this building. It spans the stream that runs through the picturesque village of Ambleside. 
At Newbury we pause for a refreshing lunch of an orange cheese "sanger" and a "harf". 
Leaving the Lakes District with the last of the lakes - Buttermere - towards Keswick. 
Ancient artifact number one million seven hundred and forty two. Are you getting bored with it? We're not. This circle which is located in the middle of a sheep field is strangely free of sheep droppings within its circumference. 
Karen reaches the Mecca of Collectedom - Skirsgill - Home of Lilliput Lane. Where we are all unwittingly carried away by the Maelstrom of her enthusiasm. 
....and here's one we prepared earlier. 
Hadrian's Wall. The Romans came, they saw, they buggered off. Now it's the Teddies turn! 
We stumbled in here at the end of a long day, without paying. This was just as well because we couldn't figure out what we were looking at. The site was excavated and labeled and sign posted, but we left unenlightened and indeed puzzled. It had obviously been one of the forts located every mile along Hadrian's Wall, but the site had also been reused several times since during different periods and for different purposes. 
The home away from home you wish you lived in. It came with cats and teddy bears. |
| To Be Continued... |
| Last updated: 26/09/2000 |
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