Day 6: Sedburgh to Burneside

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Day 6, Sedburgh to Burneside, 16.8 miles - possibly more, my watch stopped working, 1.89 miles/hour. So with the short day yesterday, we are making up for it today. But the terrain is reasonable. We started with the Inn proprietor asking if we were prepared for the thunderstorm. We were—mostly! Three TORRENTIAL rain storms throughout the afternoon left us soaked through by the time we arrived at The Jolly Anglers. It was actually one of our favorite days though. We leave Yorkshire Dales National Park and enter Lake District National Park, so new scenery through the rain drops. It’s also our 6th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary to us!

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Old Iron Railway Bridge, over the River Rawthey, outside Sedburgh, and past Birks

While I haven’t mentioned much about the sheep, there are a lot of them on the trail, and they are very interested in us. They always turn their heads and stare at you. And then if you get in their bubble, they run away. The sheep were a positive highlight of the trip and I liked learning about them.

“Look for the happy chap on the fence post.”

The Happy Chap. I appreciate the landowners guiding us to where they want us to walk.

Lincolns Inn Bridge, over the River Lune, 17th century

Lune Viaduct—a railway viaduct no longer in operation—was built between 1858 and 1861 and transported its first passengers in September 1861.

Bramaskew Farm. The only chickens we saw on the trail.

It seemed odd to walk through this driveway, but nonetheless, this is the trail right-of-way. There were several traverses through people’s driveways and backyards, feet from their personal spaces.

Lowgill Viaduct in the distance

Crook of Lune Bridge

Pool Barn (or Pool House on OS maps). Much welcome honesty box, with candy bars, juices, and other sundries. Thank you Pool Barn!!

Lowgill Viaduct. We leave the boundary of Yorkshire Dales National Park here.

Fruitella from Pool Barn’s honesty box. We donned our rain jackets here and not a moment too soon. You can see what we’re about to walk into.

Pictures are a bit sketchy for the rest of the day. It rained too much to get out our cameras and maps. This is the bridge crossing the M6.

Drenched!

Sprint Mill. They also offer camping and were very good to our hiking buddies who needed dry shelter after the storm.

The Jolly Anglers. Accommodations for the night. I also stayed here in 1997. We arrived here drenched after the third downpour, and were happy to see Sonia and Ian with whom we’ve been trail hop scotching over the week. Had a nice low-key anniversary dinner with our trail friends. (this pic was taken the next morning, we were in no state for pictures when we arrived).