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- The Garrigill Corpse Motorway
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- A last view of Cross Fell, as you approach Alston
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- First view of Garrigill from the Corpse Road, cloud starting to lift.
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- Garrigill Post Office looking a little bit League of Gentlemen, but at least still surviving.
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- The bunkhouse at Garrigill Village Hall also still exists. All in all, at the moment you could overnight very pleasantly in this lovely village.
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- Waking up in Greg’s Hut. Shame nobody had anything to burn on that stove.
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- Approaching Alston
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- The river was amazingly low
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- The pretty South Tyne, as advertised.
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- Freaky, Beaky, Cockaleekie…
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- Plasticated Epiacum
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- The Trail Pixies have even rebuilt the Gap Shields causeway and replaced the fallen fingerpost. Good work, Trail Pixies!”
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- As demonstrated by two men from Sheffield, the Greenriggs swamp has been tamed!
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- Pixie bridge over Knar Burn
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- My lunch was a Butter Pie, a delicacy I’d only previously seen in a chippie in Liverpool. Traditionally a Catholic Friday food, I was told via Facebook.
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- Vintage waymarker just after Slaggyford
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- The highest point along the wall, with the proper North beckoning…
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- Rapishaw Gap, with the Pennine Way finally heading away from the funky old wall. It’s all North from here…
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- Glowering atmospherics like this at Shitlington mast are run of the mill to an Outdoor Activities Instructor.
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- Another of my favourite Pennine way houses
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- Wark Forest. The bit without forest, obviously.
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- At the mysterious sheepfold in Wark Forest, during our brief experiment in sociable hiking.
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- More tent-friendly space at Walltown Crags
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- Quite a few Wayfarers sneakily camp here at Walltown Crags, arrive late out of season and there’s lots of flat space and a useful loo. Camper vans are officially allowed to overnight, so why not?
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