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Thursday 10 May 2012

The English Lake District


I had a good day out in The Lake District with John Rickard. John manages my art web site and we have become good friends. He also guides for us during the annual Japanese Lake District week which Kunie hosts.
We climbed Harter Fell ( pictured ) from Eskdale descending to Hardknott Pass where we watched cyclists trying to cycle up without dismounting. Some of them were real athletes and were probably training for the up and coming tough round Lake District cycle race. Hardknott Pass is INCREDIBLY steep and very narrow. Some cars barely made it up and going down is hair raising.
On the way down we stopped to look at Hardknott Castle a high and exposed Roman Fort. It was built about the same time as Hadrian's Hall to the north. It is very exposed and I wouldn't have liked to be a Roman Soldier stationed there! If you are interested in learning more about this Roman Fort here is a link to Roman Britain.

4 comments:

  1. Wow - climbing Harter Fell looks like it would be an amazing adventure!

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  2. Looking forward to similar adventures next week in the Lakes. Here's hoping the weather will be better than the hail and rain we had yesterday!

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    1. Me too as I will be back there next week as well. If you see me with a party og Japanese say hello

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  3. Which of course you will Lostplot10!

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