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Holyday 2010

Our arrival and drive across England, crossing the Northern Pennines, and our first walk: a short circular walk to Blae Tarn, near the camping site

Sunrise over the North Sea 01-Sunrise 01-Sunrise.jpg 3072x2304 (500kB)	As cloudy it was on departure, so bright it is now 02-Trails 02-Trails.jpg 3872x2592 (1.1MB)	Yet, windy and cold, so there's hardly anyone outside -... 03-Direction 03-Direction.jpg 2592x3872 (704kB)	The English coastline, from south of Hull to just North... 04-SightOfLand 04-SightOfLand.jpg 15190x798 (984kB)	Getting closer, details of the coast emerge. 05-ClosingIn 05-ClosingIn.jpg 6008x720 (243kB)
Once we entered Tynemouth, we passed a wharf at South... 06-SouthShields 06-SouthShields.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	Old docks - not much changed since we arrive a few years... 07-OldDocks 07-OldDocks.jpg 4893x1211 (450kB)	The shipyards and harbour of Newcastle 08-TyneHarbour 08-TyneHarbour.jpg 3868x1712 (569kB)	Offshore industry is now a major business 09-WorkingTheRig 09-WorkingTheRig.jpg 3872x2592 (882kB)	Disembarking - which meant waiting for the bikers to pass... 10-CustomsQueue 10-CustomsQueue.JPG 3072x1444 (403kB)
We got in lane, but it took quite some time to get to the... 11-EndOfQueue 11-EndOfQueue.JPG 2924x1360 (254kB)	Heavy traffic in Newcastle. We followed less major roads... 12-EnRoute 12-EnRoute.JPG 2995x2120 (515kB)	We got to Corbrigde upon Tyne, the banks show very... 13-TyneBank 13-TyneBank.JPG 3072x2304 (570kB)	The old bridge of Corbridge - one lane - the only one... 14-OldestBrdige 14-OldestBrdige.jpg 3872x1705 (767kB)	Looking upstream from the bridge 15-Upstream 15-Upstream.JPG 2304x3072 (591kB)
Current parallel to the bridge 16-Current 16-Current.jpg 3227x4265 (1.2MB)	Looking downstream - showing islands that may flood (and... 17-Downstream 17-Downstream.jpg 3872x2592 (1.8MB)	Corbridge church exterior. 18-Church 18-Church.jpg 4230x2874 (2.1MB)	and the former over... 19-Bakery 19-Bakery.jpg 3808x2480 (1.4MB)	...as described on the note between the windows. 20-Note 20-Note.jpg 2252x1800 (549kB)
Most remarkable: the priest's house is fortified - almost... 21-ThePriestsHouse 21-ThePriestsHouse.jpg 2300x3435 (1.2MB)	The inside of the church: The main isle. 22-MainAisle 22-MainAisle.jpg 3756x2304 (965kB)	looking to the base of the Norman tower - the arch is... 23-Base 23-Base.jpg 2465x3400 (895kB)	The outside entrance, with a decorated glass door. The... 24-Entrance 24-Entrance.jpg 2592x3872 (1.2MB)	The flower-piece decoration in the gateway. 25-Decoration 25-Decoration.jpg 2387x3132 (608kB)
Stain glass window in one of the chapels. 26-OuterWall 26-OuterWall.jpg 2304x3072 (1.0MB)	and three narrow ones at the end of one of the side-isles. 27-Chapel 27-Chapel.jpg 3072x2304 (1.0MB)	Gravestones near the church wall 28-Gravestones 28-Gravestones.jpg 3072x2304 (1.0MB)	A backside view of the church and churchyard 29-Backside 29-Backside.jpg 2304x3072 (946kB)	A full view of church and tower 30-SideView 30-SideView.jpg 2190x2180 (856kB)
The back entrance of the graveyard gives this view 31-Graveyard 31-Graveyard.jpg 3872x2592 (1.9MB)	Back to the bridge, a wall marks the boundary of private... 32-StoneWall 32-StoneWall.jpg 3872x2592 (1.6MB)	and it's full of ferns. 33-Fern 33-Fern.jpg 3428x2224 (1.5MB)	Another view over the Tyne - a silent, shallow arm on the... 34-SouthView 34-SouthView.jpg 3872x2592 (1.0MB)	On our way crossing the Northern Pennines after Hexham. 35-PennineWildlife 35-PennineWildlife.jpg 3072x2304 (1.0MB)
A closer look to the sheep in the ditch 36-SheepInGully 36-SheepInGully.jpg 3872x2592 (1.7MB)	Looking onto the Northern Pennines to be crossed 37-NorthPennines 37-NorthPennines.jpg 7824x2004 (1.7MB)	On the summit, this is the open view to the Southwest -... 38-OnSummitSW 38-OnSummitSW.jpg 13774x2170 (2.9MB)	A somewhat different angle 39-LakeDistrict 39-LakeDistrict.jpg 8844x1408 (1.0MB)	En route over the Pennines 40-LeavingPennines 40-LeavingPennines.jpg 3072x2304 (365kB)
BleaTarn Once we docked at the camping site, we had some time to... (16 Images)

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