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Duchess of Sutherland heading north at Carnforth
Passing through Carnforth, I noticed there were quite a few people gathered by the track at Carnforth...
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A welcome cafe break
Having been on the road at 5.20am, I was mightily pleased to find this cafe, the Meadowside, open at...
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Memorial Fountain, Dent
Dedicated to Adam Sedgwick, father of modern geology who grew up locally. Note the cobblestones which...
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Five seconds too late
This stretch of the M6 had been completely empty a few seconds earlier but I couldn't get the camera...
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Casting a long shadow
By chance, as I was crossing Hardendale Fell I noticed the long shadow created by an early morning, low-in-the-sky sun.
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Liddel Water
Forming the border between Scotland and England at this point. This view is facing west, so the right-hand bank is Scottish.
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Thomas Telford
Part of the memorial to the engineer Thomas Telford who was born at Glendinning (a few miles due north of Bentpath) and lived his early life here.
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Strutting peacock
One of at least two peafowl (I think the other was a female judging by its plumage) that were very vocal around the monastery grounds.
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Mossy tree
In the grounds of the monastery, adjacent to the Victory Stupa.
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Prayer Wheel House
I was quite surprised to hear the hum of electric motors. I had assumed that the prayer wheels would...
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Inscription adjacent to the Victory Stupa
Nagarjuna Statue
"An important Buddhist teacher and philosopher," according to the Wikipedia entry.
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Cloutie Tree, Kaygu Samye Ling Monastery
Tibetan custom of making a wish and tying a ribbon to the tree. The cloth fades as the wish is carried off by the elements, hopefully to be fulfilled.
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And into Eskdale
Just over the border from Borders. The sky was becoming cloudy but it didn't amount to much more than some loud thunder a couple of hours later.
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Tima Water and the timber road (B709)
Feeds into Ettrick Water. This road leads south and up to a pass over into Eskdale (and into Dumfries...
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