Category: Stuart France

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… “Vastly different, why?”

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“Precisely! Why Penrith, anyway?”

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“Because we know it now…”

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“We nearly stopped off at Castlerigg on the way up…”

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“…and have worked with it. Indeed we did.”

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We are again approaching familiar territory,

and the sparing use of motorways

has meant we now have a little more time

to stop off at places should we so wish.

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It is too late, though, for most of our pre-trip laid plans.

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“What about Old Hadrian?”

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“The Romans and their infernal walls are hardly going to work for me,

now are they? However, as we are in the area.”…

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… “And there you have it!”

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“I have what?”

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“That’s what the Romans were trying to keep out.”

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“Beauty!”