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Before and After

Middleton Burn, St Cuthbert’s Way, Northumberland

One shot from before we reached St Cuthbert’s Cave (last post) and one from after. Except for at the cave we hardly saw a soul.

When monks first abandoned Lindisfarne, carrying the corpse of St Cuthbert, this cave was, according to legend at least, the first resting place of his miraculously un-decomposed cadaver. The people you can see in this shot were virtually the first we ran into on our walk.

Hill Descent

Some more images from the first few hours of our 14½-mile walk the first day (click on any of the images below to see them larger).

One Tree Leafed

Stand Out

Christo Installation?

I wasn’t sure what these were exactly. At first I thought they were to protect newly-planted saplings but they really look more like stakes than saplings. either way, they reminded me of some of Christo’s work, wrapping in unexpected ways and places.