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May

 

Route

Route

Walk Leader

Lance

Route

Yair - Three Brethren - Peel Bridge - Yair

Weather

Cold, but became warmer towards the end. Very windy, heavy show over lunch, cleared up later to become sunny.

Walkers

Lance, Julie, George B, Evelyn, Ron, Sandy, Ashley.

Excuses

Carol - going to a retirement party

Mike and Michelle - Michelle on call

Bernie - entertaining lots of workmen

Beth - lazy

Alyx - working

 

Comments

A short 8 miles, as Ashley (recovering from broken ankle) and Evelyn (just back from the Aegean) completed the walk. At the start Ron and Sandy saw the same bikers that Sandy had met at Belsay. Steep start through the woods, lots of felled forest. Lunch was under the canopy of the trees, sheltering from heavy rain. Tea cooled by raindrops.

There was a smell of pine from the felled timber and also a smell of mushrooms. Passed by a black labrador being walked by a forestry worker in a van. A second friendly labrador gave Ashley a kiss and preferred him to a Polo mint. We climbed up to the Three Brethren, where there were good views in all directions, though we were nearly blown away. Met three or four people on the way up, one of whom resembled Clint Eastwood.

A disappointing Peel bridge, where a snooty horse declined Sandy's mint. Nice afternoon stop by the river. Attractive walled garden at Yair, with a Chinese bridge over the footpath. Yair farm had a sheep maternity ward.

Lots of yellow gorse, sorrel, bluebells, rhododendron (pink and deep red), and forget-me-not.

Wildlife: slugs and leeches, centipede, bluetit, mallard, sand martin, shelduck, dipper, pied wagtail, pair of eider ducks. Attractive black hens with white eyes.

 

Meal

The Plough Inn at Lilliesleaf. Good meal with friendly service.

Photo Gallery

Walkers

May Walkers

Bleak

Bleak

Lunch

Lunch

Packing up

Packing up

 

Sandy and Evelyn

Sandy and Evelyn make it to the top

 

Three Brethren

Six at the Three Brethren

 

Breather

Breather

View

View from the top

Peel bridge

Peel Bridge

Teatime

Teatime

Garden

Walled garden

 

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