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River Kent at Kendal, Cumbria

This evening, I am focusing on the sizable town of Kendal which is located in the Lake District area of England, (although some distance from the actual water) and relatively close to the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

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Lake District, England

 

Today, we departed pour lodgings at Carlisle and then proceeded to drive S.W.to track the southern side of Bassenthwaite Lake to Keswick and then continued south past Ambleside to Windermere and Lake Windermere stopping for lunch at a lakeside restaurant at Newby Bridge.

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Roman Cavalryman

This morning, we departed our lodgings at Thirsk, Yorkshire and drove north to viist some of the key sites along Hadrian’s Wall. The Wall was built AD 122-AD138 and extends for 73 miles, coast to coast. Along the Wall major forts were built at 7 mile intervals and smaller ‘castles’ at intervals of 1 Roman mile.

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