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Mean midges on the hottest day of the year!

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I am guessing at some point rather than keeping midges out my net kept one in for a feast and it has chomped itself around the edge of my face down my neck and behind my ears before no doubt dying due to gluttony! Between that and horse flies that seemingly bit me through my trousers I am marginally peeved today....on the hottest oh wait wettest day of my holiday. The usual whoopsy where has the morrning gone as I ate my bacon amd scrambled eggs which basically.means Walnut then stops eating! Today was going to be our big day maybe even two hikes. Thay rapidly diminshed to maybe one in the drizzle soon to be rain that was expected. All needing to be within an hour of home to avoid carcolepy issues. A quick recap of the things/points of interest that I had saved and i was off to yomp along Hadrians wall and climb up into Robin Hood famous and infampusly treeless gap and look out yonder at my lands!!! For something so iconic that is no more it was surprisingly pop...

She loves me....she loves me not

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The nut returns.....apprehensive about how she's been and how she'll be. I turned up with sausages  What did she think of her hotel stay? What does she think of being back with me...... Today we headed out in hunt of waterfalls and a walk described by many as easy definitely what was required. I felt surprisingly bouncy when we set off on a round trip of 1hr 45....to Hareshaw Linn waterfall.  However any miniscule of incline and i was going zero speed or just wanting to stop....and the route was predominantly up hill.....in order for the water to fall down! Anyway, it is a stunning walk from open grassland with sheep to an other world of up down mainly up with plenty of mini waterfalls along the way. One of which I really hoped was the waterfall. But on I pressed.  I wasn't disappointed, accept in myself for not bringing my swimmers but making it there was achievement in itself and i think we saw one other person on pur way and two peop...