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BB2425
: Answers on a Postcard, please!
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Wednesday
17th July 2024
A
strange thing happened the other
day. We received a postcard
from some good friends telling
us about their trip to Venice
and Milan. It was postmarked
in Italy with the date 02.07.24.
I thought that was pretty
fast, given that postage from
Europe is taking much longer
than it did pre-Brexit.
What
puzzled me was that we were
totally unaware that they had
been away. In fact, we
were absolutely positive that
they hadn’t strayed outside
the UK. So we asked when
it was that they had been there.
The
answer was, believe or not,
2010!
So
how could a postcard from Italy
take 14 years to arrive? We
can’t blame Boris Johnson for
that.
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Our
adventure today started from the Lakeside
Pier at the southern end of Windermere (the
lake, not the town), the views from which
are rightly found on many a postcard.
Our
first objective was the newly opened path
that leads alongside the railway and river
to Newby Bridge.
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Finding
the path was a minor challenge. You
certainly won’t find a postcard of it. It
isn’t even shown on the notice boards describing
the features at the location. However
the helpful lady in the kiosk pointed us
in the right direction. It is a pleasant
stroll along a path that is wheelchair friendly.
A bridge crosses the railway line
where I was able to replicate the childhood
pleasure of leaning over to breathe the
steam from the locomotive passing below.
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Our
next objective was Boreham Tarn. We
had been there in March last year ( BB2307
). What appeared on the map as a direct
route turned out to be private land so
we had to head west to the track that we
had descended last time. Unfortunately,
we hit a problem not experienced previously.
Monster bracken, making progress difficult
at times. though the views to the west were
good.
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Sadly,
the tarn wasn’t visible, being hidden by
hillocks. We could have worked our
way round to its north end but we had lost
so much time that we decided to press on
to reach High Dam which was not as busy
as expected though there were some wild
swimmers.
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Dropping
down past Low Dam ....
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to the road, we soon reached Finsthwaite
with its highly distinctive church as featured
on this old postcard.
Tony
was also keen to visit the grave of Clementina
Sobiesky Douglass who
is believed to have been the illegitimate
daughter of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
It
just remained to cross over the Great Knott
Wood and return to the jetty, the lake still
revelling in the sunshine.
Now
for our great prize competition. What
do you think happened next? Answers
on a postcard, please, to arrive not later
than July 17th, 2038.
Don,
Wednesday 17th July 2024
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