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The Long Walk 2004
Logical Genetics » Photos » Wholesome Activities » The Long Walk 2004
Some of my stuff packed up and ready to go
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Mark, Ron and James in the hire car on the way down to Minehead
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The driver, driving
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The walkers on the morning of the first day of walking
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At the seafront in Minehead
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The sculpture marks the start of the South West Coast Path
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Back towards Minehead
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Heading onto Exmoor
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At the top of our first big cliff
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James monkeying about
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James Skene in front of James Clarke
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Typical moorland heather and shrubs
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The way forward
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Skene pressing on
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More colourful flowers
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Down our first steep hill
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Jo and Skene on the way down
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Landscape
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Crossing the flood plains
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Quite a contrast to the moorland
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Ron, Mark, James and Jo walk past some dead hedges
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A spooky tree, killed by the seawater
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Lunchtime
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Ron and Dougal
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The walkers enter a tunnel
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Alot of the South West Coast path has slipped into the sea
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Less moorish
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Ron in the lead
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Bracken
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A less well looked after section of the path
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Ron performs some maintenance with his Stanley Knife
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The view back towards Minehead
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Breakfast time: Skene, John, Pamela and Richard
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Ron, Mark, Richard, Jo, Dougal, Skene and James
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At the start of day two
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Dan, Mark, Richard, Dougal, Jo, Skene and James
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Down another hill
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A stone cross
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View from near the top of a 300 metre cliff
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Heading down into the woods
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Impressive scenery
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A long way to fall
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Stopping for a breather
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Exmoor -vs- Bristol Channel
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The narrow path clings to the cliff edge
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Where we came from
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The picturesque village of Lynmouth
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Walking into the village
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Bridge over the river Lyn
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Mr Skene enjoys some refreshments
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The funicular railway runs up the hill
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But were we allowed to catch it?
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Yeah, right. We walked.
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Landscape
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There should be more signs like this
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A nice bay
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Ron plods on
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Shampoo advert?
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Richard and Ron have a shower
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Up again
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Yet more impressive cliff scenery
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Yes, we do have to go down there and then climb up the other side
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About time for a sleep on night two
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Campsite two, in Combe Martin
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Day three. We lost the path and had to climb through a bog
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On the top of Great Hangman hill nr Combe Martin
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Walking down the hill again
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More moor
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Heading for Ilfracombe
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Getting closer, just one more hill to climb
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Campsite on the hill
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Another impressive view
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Check out that castle
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A busy bay
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Look! Ilfracombe!
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Ron and me struggled on the hill
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Back the way we came, again
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A horrible little beach
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An abandoned child´s bike...
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...at the bottom of this huge cliff
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Ilfracombe harbour
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On our way again
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This is how the world looked to me by this point
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It´s very hard to get lost on the South West Coast path
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Not a good place to get shipwrecked
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We´ve walked all that way!
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Up another evil hill
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Annoying camera strap
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Ron walks through a tunnel
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Somewhere around Bull Point
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Richard likes it here ;o)
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James still looks alive
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Rough seas
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Heading round Morte point to Woolacombe
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The top of Morte point
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Day 4. Morte bay, looking back towards Woolacombe
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Ron looking back towards the beach
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Richard points out Morte point
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James, on the approach to Baggy Point, does a baggy point
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Baggy Point
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Nice day for it
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Onwards, ever onwards
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Don´t fall off
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Bye bye to Morte Point
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A whale bone from a beached whale
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Heading down towards Braunton Sands
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A four mile trek along the beach lies ahead
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Dougal seems to be enjoying it
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James walks near the sea, perhaps to keep his feet cool?
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An impressive cloud with a rude shape
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Back the way we came. The walk along this beach was agonisingly tedious
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Past the beach at last we head towards Wrafton
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Very very boring scenery sets in
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Nice.
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Wrafton in sight, but still 5 miles of today´s mammoth 22 mile slog to go!
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Railway signage on the last leg of day 4
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Day 5 starts with a nice flyover
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Very picturesque!
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Big big prop
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Tug
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Tug from the front
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Another day of boring walking in store
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Mud and sand in the Taw estuary
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I think this is a street in Fremlington
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Rusty old tub
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Helicopter!
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Last leg of the shortened day 5 is Appledore to Westward Ho! in the rain
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More inspiring landscape
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Landrover ice cream van
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Day 6: Skene and Johnson at Westward Ho!
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Walking along the old railway line again
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On we go
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More information
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Our first hill in three days!
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Beaches of round black rocks
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A typical coastal oak, encrusted with lichen
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Quite a change from Exmoor and the boring estuary
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Totally tropical
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Look closely and you´ll see hundreds of grouse
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It just happens to be the first day of the shooting season!
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Famous Grouse
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Three wise grouse
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Clovelly, the end of day 6.
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Cat, interrupted
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The pub in Clovelly
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No cars are allowed in the village, but tourists are!
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Richard loves Land Rovers
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Richard loves Snug Bars
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In the Land Rover on the way up the hill
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Bye bye Clovelly
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Day 7. A very nice wooden shelter
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More scenery
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Close to the edge
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Straight down
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Where we are headed
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Over the edge of the path
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Tall cliffs
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100 miles! At last!
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The 100 mile place
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Skene does some boot maintenance
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Cows
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More fantastic scenes
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James Clarke heads up the hill
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That zigzag on the hill over there is where we came down
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Very nice view
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Ron and Richard enjoy some Metcalfe Christmas cake
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Heading towards Hartland Point
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Bored of these coastal scenes yet...?
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...strangely, we weren´t
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Very nice
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The moon on a stick?
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The best cream tea in the world. From a small hut on Hartland Point, Devon
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Feeling good after my cream tea
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The lighthouse on Hartland Point
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Onwards!
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Very impressive, but very painful ups and downs
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Waterfall
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The last tiny corner of a hill that´s been slowly eaten by the sea
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Keep up you lot!
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Stark
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Another waterfall in yet another valley
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Whoosh
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For some reason I was feeling very energetic on day 7
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Still if front ;o)
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Another place not to fall
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Architecture
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Stopping for pain killers, energy food and a rest
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Heading down into Hartland Quay
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Stomping down the hill
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Two big men
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"If only I could read..."!["If only I could read..."](http://logicalgenetics.com/oldgallery/albums/longwalk/thumb_IM005863.jpg ""If only I could read..."")
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Been there
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Hair raising!
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More rocks
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The biggest waterfall of the walk...
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...and it´s little friend
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Campers
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Richard, Waterfall, Ron and James
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That waterfall again
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Sheep!
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Cows!
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Cliffs!
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The end of day 7 is in sight
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Richard takes the lead
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Be careful!
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The hill we were at the top of
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Ron on his way down
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Over the stream
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...a scene from <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>?
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Tomorrow´s walk looks like this
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Only one day to go
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The weather looks grim
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Down by the sea
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Day 8: The last day involves many more ups and downs
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Entering Cornwall
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Looking back towards Devon
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Richard loves cows
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Richard cleaning some bullocks
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Sheep on a cliff
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Another day of fantastic views
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Skene looks like a German prostitute
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Heading for the satellite dishes
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Getting closer
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Richard and Ron love satellite dishes
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Ron and myself pose just before Bude
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The road goes ever on and on...
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...but not just yet!
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