A Bit Better I Suppose
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| No idea what this building actually was... |
Day four and we were still going, although tired after the trials of the previous night. Today we are walking through Bronte country, as evidenced by the Japanese tourists wandering about - there are even signposts written in Japanese. We pass the ruins of Withins, the inspiration for Wuthering Heights, and eventually make our way to Ponden, which our guide suggests as a place to stop on the fourth day - but then it also suggests that we take nineteen days to do the Way, rather than fifteen.
While we expect to get further, nonetheless it has been a long walk and it is with great relief that we find a guesthouse at which the friendly landlady provides us with tea and sandwiches. Other than that there isn't much to Ponden, and the fact that the nearest pub is in Lothersdale is sufficient incentive to push on. We do pass Ponden Hall, another Bronte shrine and in fact the residence of a friend of one of my workmates.
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| Making use of the self-timer. |
Unfortunately I totally fail to recognise it from the photo he showed me, and end up getting a picture of somewhere else entirely (P1). Fortified by our lunchbreak we set off at a good pace, overtaking the family that are doing the walk to the same schedule, more or less, as ourselves. They pass us again when we stop for coffee, at which point I go a bit beserk with the camera (P2, P3 & P4). From there we make good time to Lothersdale and find that the campsite is basically somebody's back garden. Still it's perfectly adequate, and handy for the pub (P5).
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| Totally needed three pictures at this spot. |
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| Well, I probably needed a break at least. |
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| Yay pubs. |
Photos to go with this post can be found here.
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