It is good to burn off the Christmas food with a good walk. We walked from Ainstable to Armathwaite.
A knitted crib and angels.
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| Nativity scene |
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| Flying angels |
Ainstable parish church is very pretty with a quaint lynch gate.
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| Beautiful wooden gates |
Inside the church.
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| A lovely rood screen |
The viaduct of the Settle - Carlisle railway line.
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| Stunning scenery |
A view across the fields.
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| Armathwaite in the distance |
At this time of year sheep are fed on turnips.
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| Sheep mongst turnips |
The walk took us along the river Eden.
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| The water flood level was 3.6 metres high. You can see the debris in the trees |
A dovecote at the entrance to Armathwaite.
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| Two turtle doves and no partridge |
Herdwick sheep in the field.
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| Happy Herdys |
Friendly donkeys.
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| Double donkey |
The Fox and Pheasant is a pub in Armathwaite.
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| Look at the Fox's face? |
Ducks a dabbling.
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| Cluck cluck |
One of the Eden Benchmarks 'Vista Game' by Graeme Mitcheson.
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| Can you see a pair of trousers? |
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| Have you lost a cap? |
Some plants are flowering at the wrong time of the year.
Winter jasmine.
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| Yellow jasmine |
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| Hawthorne in leaf in January |
An eagle keeping watch.
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| Eagle eyed |
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| Such wonderful colours. |
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