Friday, 12 April 2019

Lindale Fell road continuation.

Thursday walk with Pete - 11th April 2019 - Lindale Fell road continuation

 We have now walked five miles on this road and it has been consistently attractive all the way. Today we reached the T junction where we will need to decide which way to continue. At that junction we still needed to walk a bit further so we could keep to our schedule which of course ends up with our visit to Café Ambio. The road to the left climbs steeply past Hodge Hill House. Pete said if we went that way it would be downhill on the way back. We were able to see into the garden of the old house and it had been laid out as a sort of sculpture park.

 Pete is off to Galloway next week on a hotel break, and I am off again on my Berwick/Castle Carey wslk on the 24th April, so our Thursday walks will be suspended for a while. I reckon we could continue coming back on the higher road to High Newton.
Photos a bit dark - much better if you click the first to enlarge as slideshow

Spannel Beck - SD 417 868 - looking east







Hodge Hill House and some of its sculptures below








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8 comments:

  1. afootinthehills16 April 2019 at 12:24

    Enjoy the (final?) section of your trip Conrad. We expect to be away ourselves around then but we’ll follow you when a signal allows.

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  2. Sir Hugh17 April 2019 at 08:37

    afoot - I am finding I can get on the Internet much more readily all over the country when I have a 4G signal which now seems to be more often than not.

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  3. afootinthehills17 April 2019 at 11:53

    It's variable in the Highlands. The campsite we go to in Killin, for example, doesn't get 4G and doesn't offer wi-fi either. As a rule I find 4G better than campsite wi-fi or hotspots. I always use a VPN when on public w-fi.

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  4. Sir Hugh17 April 2019 at 23:08

    afoot - what is a VPN? I'm sure I woll get a better answer from you rather than Google.

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  5. afootinthehills18 April 2019 at 07:10

    Virtual Private Network. Public will-fi is not secure. A VPN creates an encrypted tunnel shielding your data.You will find lots of detail and reviews online.

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  6. Sir Hugh18 April 2019 at 08:31

    Ah. I presume you mean you only use wiFi at a privately owned site whrre you need their password to enter. I'm not sure whether this always applies in some public places where "Free WiFi" is advertised. I presume you can be sure if you have to use a password?

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  7. afootinthehills18 April 2019 at 11:33

    Sir Hugh - a password makes no difference. I always use a VPN unless at home and even then there is a good case for using a VPN to encrypt your communications. Depends how paranoid you are...

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  8. afootinthehills19 April 2019 at 13:02

    Sorry. I meant how paranoid ‘one’ is, not you Conrad.

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