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I AM very lucky to have an outdoorsy group of friends and we have many adventures walking, biking, wild swimming and running in the stunning countryside both on our doorstep in this region, and further afield. Wisely, I am not usually trusted with the navigation on these expeditions, directions not being my strong point, but one thing I have learnt from many years of bitter experience, is their ability to hugely underestimate the distance or time likely to be involved. Ten mile walks magically become 15 to look at a particular view, or find a special swimming spot, or we end up climbing an extra couple of fells because "we might as well while we're here".

And so it was on the recent bank holiday weekend, when, mindful that a couple of us were running Northallerton 10k on the Sunday, we set out on a "short" six-mile walk from Reeth , with plans to have lunch at the Dales Bike Centre back in Fremington afterwards. The Dales Bike Centre at Fremington, near Reeth I'd heard mention of calling for a drink at the Red Lion at Langthwaite as well, which seemed like a long way if the route was really six miles, but I bowed to the knowledge of those more familiar with the terrain and off we went up Fremington Edge. It was a stunning route, and we did indeed call at the Red Lion for shandies and crisps, served by the remarkable landlady Rowena Hutchinson, before largely following Arkle Beck through the meadows of Arkengarthdale back into Reeth.



But it was not six miles. Our various track.

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