Tom & Sara, almost at the Nine Standards

Kirkby Stephen to Keld

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July 22nd 2016
Day 7 for us, halfway mark of our walk and the first day with the Prices. Today's walk took us to the 2nd highest point of the trip, the Nine Standards. A steady climb to 662 m. Perched on the top of a range, the debate continues on why they are there - a beacon, a marking between boundaries, or a Shephard's folly... We then negotiated the bogs along the red route, some sinking to their knees i ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more