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: Tebay. Twinned with Jaipur?
Thursday
17th April 2025
At the start of our adventure today,
we came across a picture board about the village of Tebay, where we had
parked. If you know Tebay at all it
is probably as a quiet, little village near that place on the M6 where the road,
rail and river run alongside each other through the Tebay Gorge. Or, more likely, for the nearby, award winning
Tebay Services and Farmshop on the motorway.
What took me by surprise was the photograph of the Tebay Railway
station. I knew that it had a terrace of
cottages built for the railway workers. But I
never realised that it had had a station, never mind a surprisingly large one as
you can see from the photo. Nor that it was a seemingly important junction
for the route to Scotland and that to Darlington.
You can find a lot more about
it and its strategic position at Disused
Stations.
Our mission was to visit a
viewpoint overlooking the congruence of the those three modes of transport,. Bryan had suggested the
eastern side, an idea that appealed to Martin, Robert and me as it was unfamiliar
territory. Stan and Tony were not as
impressed as they have a dislike of the Howgills. I can understand why. The
"sleeping elephants", as they
were aptly called by Wainwright, are mostly rounded,
featureless moorland. However it is easy walking and does offer some
interesting views, including the
aforementioned congruence and also of
the deep folds of the elephants' skins plus the cliffs on the other side of
the gorge.
As expected, the track and the
moorland were relatively easy going. We
enjoyed the views over to the Lakeland fells .....
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.....up the
Westmorland Borrowdale and the Grayrigg Pike cliffs.....
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eventually
reaching the small cairn with the big road, rail and river view.
Impressive.
We stopped for lunch shortly
afterwards where we had a grandstand view of the deep folds of Weasel Gill and
Carlin Gill.
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The way back over Archer Hill, passing
a small tarn....
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was pleasant though uneventful other than
glimpses of wild ponies.
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Back
at the car, a further perusal of the notice
board identified more
places to visit when in search of history and culture on a day when the hills
aren't calling. Perhaps in July
when they have (or used to have)
the Tebay
Elephant Festival?
I
wonder if Tebay is twinned with
Jaipur?
They also have such a festival,
featuring a procession of elephants bedecked
with vibrant colours,
heavy jewellery and anklets that tinkle as they walk.
Somehow,
I suspect not
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Don,
Thursday 17th April 2025
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