6th April -- Ravenstonedale, Cumbria
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Very wet all day |
The A group made a wet start in Sedburgh | |
Climbing up | towards The Calf |
where the rain turned to snow! | |
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| Shortest ever lunch stop |
Frizzy hair was the day's main worry | Alan gets topical and impersonates Nigel Farage |
Plan D down Bowderdale | Subliminal advertising frm LLoys Bank |
A fine bunch | Bowderdale our escape route for the day |
There's always time to do the Funky Chicken |  |
 | What we thought of the weather.. |
The B walk kept to the valley - avoiding the mist and snow but still getting thoroughly wet. Not many photos.. |
Cheer up, only a mile or so to go... | Tops clearing |
Rain clouds disappearing towards Yorkshire |
The C walk headed North up Smardale, and maybe had the best of the day's picturesque (and plenty of bridges!) |
Keep smiling through.. | |
| The day's first bridge |
| No bridge too small.. |
..but some are too wonky.. | That's more like it! |
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The biggest bridge of the day | |
View down Smardale with the cloud-covered Howgills in the distance |
And finally...the more than usually welcome warmth and shelter of the pub |
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Right Ruff bunch found in the pub, been there a while going by their condition |  |
Everyone talked about what a smashing walk it was...In hindsight | |
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Interference! | Too late.. |
.. the Sun came out ..at home time | Catching up on lunchtime on the coach home! |
Photos by Derek Hesketh, Bob Jackson, Phil Cunningham and John Hodgson |