{"id":1540,"date":"2018-05-02T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2018-05-02T18:34:37","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T08:34:37","slug":"day-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/julesforth.com\/walkingtheblackdog\/day-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 55"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From:\u00a0<\/strong>Kellah to Greenhead
\nDistance: <\/strong>4m \/ 6.4km
\nCumulated distance: <\/strong>715m \/ 1151km
\nPercentage completed: <\/strong>60.5<\/p>\n

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It was the cruisiest of cruisy days yesterday. Just four miles from Kellah to Greenhead along the PW and the Pennine Journey. And with the most convivial of company. We used Hartleyburn Common to make our way across Cow Rigg, Cross Rig and Galloping Rig. Once we’d left the track the views became expansive and the thread of Hadrian’s Wall started to come more into focus. There were obliging sheep along our path and one of the many open-air baths I’ve come across since leaving Land’s End.<\/p>\n

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Setting out – pity Nick forgot to put his trousers on…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Modelling sheep<\/p><\/div>\n

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Enticing? Perhaps not.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Nick, Adam and Steve leading the way<\/p><\/div>\n

Not for the first time the clouds stole centre stage yesterday, casting a majesty across the empty moorland. There was a reasonable path which had been augmented by paving stones and planks, in the particularly boggy sections.<\/p>\n

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Helpful boards<\/p><\/div>\n

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Looking back at the way we have come – Cross Fell a faint smudge on the horizon<\/p><\/div>\n

And then we reached the Wall! Well, not really .. but there was much conjecture about whether it was a practice wall which had stood the test of time better than the real one. Tikka showed us how she could rise above our silliness and sat beautifully atop the stile, while the paparazzi moved in to take her photo.<\/p>\n

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The team show disappointment that this was not Hadrian’s actual Wall. Perhaps a practice wall?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Tikka encouraging us on.<\/p><\/div>\n

We sauntered and meandered the remainder of the way across pretty but poorly marked fields, past copses and the busy A69, to reach our destination .. Greenhead Hotel, with its exceptionally welcoming lady behind the bar.<\/p>\n

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Blenkinsopp Common<\/p><\/div>\n

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Measlings Cleugh.\u00a0 Does anyone know what a Cleugh is?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mushrooms or possibly toadstools on the pathside<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ready for refreshment after a gruelling 4 miles!<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s going to be a wrench saying goodbye to such lovely companions who’ve been with me for several days .. and not just because Joanna<\/strong> organised the luggage pick up or Nick took on the navigational tasks or Shauna, Adam and Steve brought the wonderful Tikka. It’s been the best fun with the long days of walking rewarded with convivial evenings and even the odd game of pool.<\/p>\n

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Good advice from Adam ..<\/p><\/div>\n

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.. oh no!<\/p><\/div>\n

PS<\/strong> Two lovely readers wrote to offer identification of the unusual looking plant we saw a few days ago by the side of the river. Kate wrote ‘My daughter, who works at Sissinghurst and is pretty knowledgeable about plants, has suggested Petasites hybridus’. And a message from Stewart came in with the everyday name: Butterbur. Thank you both. Having the identity I was able to find out that it’s part of the sunflower family and is particularly popular with bees.<\/p>\n

Black Dog Tails<\/strong>
\nTatiana was Cristina’s ears as she was at university, enabling her to get the degree she only dreamed of. Watch the video by tapping on the link in the pic ..
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