Weather report Gloomy overcast start with threat of thunderstorms later. The latter did not materialise and the day remained dry with the latter part being sunny. Most of the day was spent crossing the moors in both directions between Weardale and Teesdale and then investigating the eastern margins of the dales region. The roads across the moors were attractive although not on the scale of the Yorkshire moorland crossings. I did manage to find some really remote gated roads - for the uninitiated that means every few hundred yards you have to stop, open a gate, get back in and drive through, stop and shut said gate. All this of course to prevent livestock straying. Somebody should invent the cattle grid. Anyway it discourages visitors which makes for some interesting travelling. Probably would not be a
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