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  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)
  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)
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My brother and I went out to Wensleydale today, partly for the cheese, which is already nearly all gone, and partly for the amazing walking and scenery! The walk up Great Shunner Fell, 716m and the 3rd highest in Yorkshire, is spectacular, with forest tracks, open moorland with Black Grouse, and large, grassy fields and meadows. Here is a selection of some of the pictures - the weather was superb, with a strong sun and plenty of heat while walking even at the very top, and despite the haze, views extended from the North York Moors, over to the Three Peaks, round to the Lake District, the Howgills and Cross Fell.

The drive over is made much more interesting when the road from Oughtershaw, Wharfedale to Hawes, Wensleydale is taken - it winds all the way up to 620m near to Whernside. The beginning of the walk, from Hardraw nr. Hawes:

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Walking towards Cotterdale, an ancient and very isolated hamlet:

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The beginning of a forest track that winds up the fellside and provides some welcome shade B)

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Opening out onto moorland, and he begins to moan!

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Ingleborough, 723m, and Whernside, 737m:

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The summit:

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Descending:

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  • Location: High Wycombe, Bucks
  • Location: High Wycombe, Bucks
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Looks a bit flat Yetski... B)

Decent pics - I'm looking to do a cheese related adventure to Cheddar and the Cheddar Gorge this summer (for the pics rather than cheese!) because it's so beautiful there! Oh, and some of those pics just reminded me of the views off the A37 just north of Dorchester...I miss that part of the world... :p

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  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)
  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)
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Looks a bit flat Yetski... :D

Decent pics - I'm looking to do a cheese related adventure to Cheddar and the Cheddar Gorge this summer (for the pics rather than cheese!) because it's so beautiful there! Oh, and some of those pics just reminded me of the views off the A37 just north of Dorchester...I miss that part of the world... :D

B)

I thought a comment about Cheddar was on its way! :p

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  • Location: High Wycombe, Bucks
  • Location: High Wycombe, Bucks
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B)

I thought a comment about Cheddar was on its way! :p

I'm just gutted I didn't call it "gorgeous." *Groan*

Either way, you oughta see it for yourself. Hell, even I do, I've only driven through it!

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  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)
  • Location: Cambridge (term time) and Bonn, Germany 170m (holidays)
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I'm just gutted I didn't call it "gorgeous." *Groan*

Either way, you oughta see it for yourself. Hell, even I do, I've only driven through it!

I do, occasionally, gorge on Cheddar.

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  • Location: City of Gales, New Zealand, 150m ASL
  • Location: City of Gales, New Zealand, 150m ASL
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I do, occasionally, gorge on Cheddar.

The cider? Mmm, delicious.

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