A walk in the Browney valley
Jun. 14th, 2021 06:37 pm"What would you like to do today?" asked
durham_rambler. "We could go to Beaurepaire, I think there's something happening there..." Visiting the ruined manor house at Beaurepaire was something we'd both wanted to do since we attended a lecture about the recent renovations there. Once upon a time, so long ago that I can't find any trace of it either in this journal or on Flickr, it was one of our regular walks, but clearly there had been changes since then, and ot would be good to check it out. But was I ready for the encounters with other people that might result from visiting on a summer Sunday when there was an event in progress? Further investigation established that there had indeed been a volunteer gardening session yesterday, so we worked out a route which would allow us to walk to the site within the very limited distances I am currently capable of -
- and not to spin out the suspense too far, this was as close as I got. It's a steep scramble up from the track to the ruins, and I got maybe halfway. It wasn't the climbing up that bothered me, but the prospect of getting down again: when
durham_rambler went on ahead and confirmed that the way back was indeed the way we had come, I decided against it.
Even so, it was a good walk, with plenty to see: ( Pictures! )
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- and not to spin out the suspense too far, this was as close as I got. It's a steep scramble up from the track to the ruins, and I got maybe halfway. It wasn't the climbing up that bothered me, but the prospect of getting down again: when
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Even so, it was a good walk, with plenty to see: ( Pictures! )