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  • THE END sign for England Coast to Coast Walk, at Robin Hood's Bay, on the North Sea, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Playing Lawn Bowls in Keswick, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: overnight at Keswick Country House. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • The Fairy Glen (or Faerie Glen) is an unusual landscape of grassy, cone-shaped hills, with Castle Ewen most prominent, near Uig village, on the Trotternish peninsula, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Walk an easy loop of 1.2 miles round trip (see www.walkhighlands.co.uk). This image was stitched from several overlapping photos.
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  • Robin Hood's Bay, North Sea, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • First mentioned in the 500s AD, Highland cattle (Scots: Heilan coo, slang: curly coo) have long horns and long wavy coats and are primarily for meat. They originated in the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Today we toured North York Moors National Park from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van, plus Whitby on the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 13 of 14. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Cleveland Way sign, North York Moors NP. Hike from Osmotherly to Great Broughton on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, in North York Moors National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. Overnight at Wainstones Hotel, Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4036_England.jpg
  • The picturesque Easby Abbey (Abbey of St Agatha) was founded in 1152, but was suppressed by King Henry VIII in 1536-7 and fell into ruin. This Premonstratensian abbey was home to canons (ordained priests), rather than monks. The still-active parish church displays wall paintings dating from the 1200s. Visit Easby Abbey on the River Swale, on the outskirts of Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Pink fireweed and the Green Bridge over the River Swale in Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-3662_England.jpg
  • Miniature pony. We hiked the valley of Smardale Gill to cross its historic Viaduct and visit Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14; overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Smardale Gill Viaduct, built 1861, was closed in 1962 as the Barrow steelworks closed, and was restored in 1990 as a cultural icon. Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 7 of 14: Smardale Gill Viaduct (built 1861) and Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve. Visit Kirkby Stephen Parish Church (built in 1240, partly rebuilt in 1847 and restored in the 1870s). Overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-2845_England.jpg
  • We hiked the valley of Smardale Gill to cross its historic Viaduct and visit Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14; overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-2769_England.jpg
  • Breakfast in Keswick Country House Hotel, Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 4 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-2300_England.jpg
  • Greenup Gill stream flows high with heavy rain. On England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 4 of 14, we hiked from Rosthwaite to Grasmere, in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. We climbed to Lining Crag and descended via Easdale to Grasmere. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • A tarn near Styhead Pass in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: from Wasdale Head to Seathwaite. From Wasdale Head, we climbed to 1637-foot Styhead Pass, then descended via Styhead Tarn to the valley of Borrowdale. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-0926_England.jpg
  • Eskdale Trail, in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-0444_England.jpg
  • Pastoral view of hedgerows and farms from Muncaster Fell. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 1 of 14: Starting with dipping our boots in the Irish Sea at Ravenglass in Lake District National Park, we ascended Muncaster Fell, seeing the ruins of a Roman bathhouse along the way. We then passed Muncaster Castle  and descended into Miterdale. Overnight in Irton Hall, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Irton Hall is a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-0340_England.jpg
  • Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. Visit it near Ripon and Aldfield, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. The adjacent Studley Royal Park features striking 1700s landscaping, gardens and canal. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. Visit it near Ripon and Aldfield, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. The adjacent Studley Royal Park features striking 1700s landscaping, gardens and canal. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust.
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  • The monks' cellarium, where food was stored. Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. Visit it near Ripon and Aldfield, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. The adjacent Studley Royal Park features striking 1700s landscaping, gardens and canal. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Canal leading to the Falkirk Wheel, built 2002. Scotland, UK, Europe. Built in 2002, the Falkirk Wheel is the world's first and only rotating boat lift. It reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal for the first time since the 1930s. The wheel raises boats by 24 metres (79 ft) in just 15 minutes, then a pair of locks raises them 11 metres (36 ft) higher to reach the Union Canal. Falkirk, central Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • Pastures surround Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea. Today we toured North York Moors National Park from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van, plus Whitby on the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 13 of 14. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey and the seaside fishing port of Whitby. Overnight at Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel, in Pickering, North Yorkshire. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Dynamic, partly cloudy blue sky at sunset. Dinner and lodging at Wainstones Hotel in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4264_England.jpg
  • Hike through pastures and farmsteads along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-3486_England.jpg
  • Old stone bridge. We hiked the valley of Smardale Gill to cross its historic Viaduct and visit Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14; overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-2782_England.jpg
  • Bronze "hoblin" statue (see http://bronzehoblins.co.uk, Staffordshire) at Comlongon Castle, a restored Medieval Scottish tower house dating from the late 1400s. Guests can stay in the attached Edwardian hotel, a baronial style mansion built 1900-02, set in 120 acres of manicured gardens, sweeping lawns, carp pond, lakes and woodlands, near Clarencefield and Dumfries, in southwest Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Originally built by the Murrays of Cockpool, Comlongon Castle remained in the Murray family until 1984.
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  • In Bram Stoker's famous 1897 novel, Dracula came ashore as a creature resembling a large dog who climbed the dramatic 199 Church Steps to the graveyard of Church of Saint Mary, shown here atop East Cliff, above Whitby at the mouth of the Esk River. The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is an Anglican parish church serving the towns of Whitby and Ruswarp in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Founded around 1110 AD, the church has a tower and transepts dating from the 1100s and 1200s, and interior dating mostly from the late 1700s. Seen on our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The still-active parish church at Easby Abbey displays wall paintings dating from the 1200s. The picturesque Easby Abbey (Abbey of St Agatha) was founded in 1152, but was suppressed by King Henry VIII in 1536-7 and fell into ruin. This Premonstratensian abbey was home to canons (ordained priests), rather than monks. Visit Easby Abbey on the River Swale, on the outskirts of Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-3799_England.jpg
  • We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages, on our walk from Keld to Reeth in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 8 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-3166_England.jpg
  • Fells seen on England Coast to Coast hike between Ullswater & Kidsty Pike in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. On England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 6 of 14, from Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen, we hiked 10 miles with 2600 feet cumulative gain in the fells of Lakeland over the highest Roman road in England, then down to the lakeshore of Haweswater. Overnight in Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-2582_England.jpg
  • Eskdale Trail, in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-0535_England.jpg
  • A Bengal eagle owl male named Elmo is shown at the Owl Sanctuary hands-on experience, at the preserved 1869 Haverthwaite railway station on Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The Bengal eagle-owl (Bubo bengalensis) is a large horned owl with large head tufts, native to the Indian Subcontinent. They are splashed with brown and grey, and have a white throat patch with small black stripes. Photographed on day 1 of 14 of our England Coast to Coast hiking tour with Wilderness Travel.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-0113_England.jpg
  • Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. Visit it near Ripon and Aldfield, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. The adjacent Studley Royal Park features striking 1700s landscaping, gardens and canal. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust.
    17UK2-5571-p1.jpg
  • Whitby at the mouth of the Esk River, seen from Dracula's Church Steps, in England, United Kingdom, Europe. In Bram Stoker's famous 1897 novel, Dracula came ashore as a creature resembling a large dog who climbed the dramatic 199 Church Steps to the graveyard of Church of Saint Mary, adjacent to Whitby Abbey ruins atop East Cliff, above the Esk River. The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin is an Anglican parish church serving the towns of Whitby and Ruswarp in North Yorkshire county. This was at the end of our England Coast to Coast hike, on day 13 of 14. The next day, our 14th, ended being dropped off in York. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Teapots, milk, sugar. Brownber Hall Country House (built 1860), in Yorkshire Dales National Park, Newbiggin-on-Lune, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-2970_England.jpg
  • Fells seen on England Coast to Coast hike between Ullswater & Kidsty Pike in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. On England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 6 of 14, from Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen, we hiked 10 miles with 2600 feet cumulative gain in the fells of Lakeland over the highest Roman road in England, then down to the lakeshore of Haweswater. Overnight in Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-2581_England.jpg
  • Magnifying glass on newsprint at Dove Cottage, Wordsworth's home. In Dove Cottage in the heart of the remote Lake District, William Wordsworth (1770–1850) wrote some of the greatest poetry in the English language and his sister Dorothy kept her 'Grasmere Journal', displayed in the Museum. Visit Dove cottage in Grasmere, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 5 of 14: Grasmere to Ullswater. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Geese at Irton Hall, a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower; now offering luxurious Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe.  England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Dining on a dessert of chocolate cake and ice cream with raspberries at Irton Hall, a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower; now offering luxurious Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe.  England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 1 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • The 4000-year-old Burnmoor Stone Circles include five unique circles in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Behind these prehistoric monuments rises England's second highest peak, Scafell (964 meters or 3162 ft). England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed via the Burnmoor Stone Circles to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Sundew carnivorous plant (Drosera genus) near Burnmoor Tarn in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-0716_England.jpg
  • Hikers overlook the Irish Sea from Muncaster Fell above Ravenglass. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 1 of 14: Starting with dipping our boots in the Irish Sea at Ravenglass in Lake District National Park, we ascended Muncaster Fell, seeing the ruins of a Roman bathhouse along the way. We then passed Muncaster Castle  and descended into Miterdale. Overnight in Irton Hall, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Irton Hall is a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Dinner and lodging at Wainstones Hotel in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-4206_England.jpg
  • Gargoyle. Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-3474_England.jpg
  • In Dove Cottage in the heart of the remote Lake District, William Wordsworth (1770–1850) wrote some of the greatest poetry in the English language and his sister Dorothy kept her 'Grasmere Journal', displayed in the Museum. Visit Dove cottage in Grasmere, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 5 of 14: Grasmere to Ullswater. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Wastwater lake in Wasdale valley, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Wastwater is England's cleanest and deepest lake (72 meters deep). England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
    17UK-0826_England.jpg
  • Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. Visit it near Ripon and Aldfield, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. The adjacent Studley Royal Park features striking 1700s landscaping, gardens and canal. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • The elegant Keswick Country House Hotel (built in 1869) is in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Lights of Inverness reflect in River Ness at twilight, seen from Friars' Bridge, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Inverness is the administrative capital of the Highlands. The red sandstone Inverness Castle was built in 1836 by architect William Burn on the site of an 11th-century fort. Today, it houses Inverness Sheriff Court. A settlement was established here by the 500s AD with the first royal charter being granted by King David I in the 1100s. The Gaelic king Mac Bethad Mac Findláich (MacBeth) whose 11th-century killing of King Duncan was immortalised in Shakespeare's largely fictionalized play Macbeth, held a castle within the city where he ruled as Mormaer of Moray and Ross. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinne against Norway which took place on The Aird and the 18th-century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. Inverness means "Mouth of the River Ness" in Scottish Gaelic. Surveys place it as one of the happiest places in the UK.
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  • Inverness, the administrative capitol of the Highlands, reflects in River Ness, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. A settlement was established here by the 500s AD with the first royal charter being granted by King David I in the 1100s. The Gaelic king Mac Bethad Mac Findláich (MacBeth) whose 11th-century killing of King Duncan was immortalised in Shakespeare's largely fictionalized play Macbeth, held a castle within the city where he ruled as Mormaer of Moray and Ross. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinne against Norway which took place on The Aird and the 18th-century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. Inverness means "Mouth of the River Ness" in Scottish Gaelic. Surveys place it as one of the happiest places in the UK. This image was stitched from several overlapping photos.
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  • Mary of Guise, one of 37 carved replica Stirling Heads at Stirling Castle, in Scotland, UK, Europe. Mary of Guise (1515-1560) was Queen of Scots from 1538 to 1542 as the second wife of King James V. She was the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, and served as Regent of Scotland in her daughter's name from 1554 to 1560. A native of Lorraine, she was a member of the powerful House of Guise, which played a prominent role in 16th-century French politics. Her main goal was a close alliance between the powerful French Catholic nation and smaller Scotland, which she wanted to be Catholic and independent of England. She failed, and at her death the Protestants took control of Scotland, with her own grandson achieving the Union of the Crowns a few decades later. The King's Inner Hall at Stirling Castle has a ceiling of 37 carved replica Stirling Heads, originally designed for James V and finished by his widow Mary of Guise in the 1540s.
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  • Pastures & homesteads. Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Great Broughton to Blakey Ridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 11 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Dinner and lodging at Wainstones Hotel in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Grinning cow in North York Moors NP. Hike from Osmotherly to Great Broughton on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, in North York Moors National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. Overnight at Wainstones Hotel, Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • 1400s Grey Friars Tower of Richmond, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • "Hiking in stile" along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Randale Beck stream, near its entry to Haweswater Reservoir, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Today, day 6 of 14 trekking Coast to Coast, we went from Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen. Hiking 10 miles with 2600 feet cumulative gain in the fells of Lakeland brought us over the highest Roman road in England, then down to the lakeshore of Haweswater. Overnight in Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Walking in heavy rain under Eagle Crag near Stonethwaite. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 4 of 14: Rosthwaite to Grasmere, in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. Today we climbed to Lining Crag and descended via Easdale to Grasmere. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • 1869 Haverthwaite railway station on the preserved Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 1 of 14: Starting with dipping our boots in the Irish Sea at Ravenglass in Lake District National Park, we ascended Muncaster Fell, seeing the ruins of a Roman bathhouse along the way. We then passed Muncaster Castle  and descended into Miterdale. Overnight in Irton Hall, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Irton Hall is a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • This statue of Scottish author Sir Walter Scott is inside the 1846 Scott Monument, the largest monument to a writer in the world. Find it in Princes Street Gardens, near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station (named after Scott's Waverley novels), in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. This Victorian Gothic monument was designed by John Steell. It is made from white Carrara marble, showing Scott seated, resting from writing one of his works with a quill pen and his dog Maida by his side. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature, including: Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian and The Bride of Lammermoor. Scott was also an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, and throughout his career combined his writing and editing work with his daily occupation as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. A prominent member of the Tory establishment in Edinburgh, Scott was an active member of the Highland Society and served a long term as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–32). In the background of the Scott Monument fly the UK's Union Jack and Scottish flag, atop the Bank of Scotland Head Office building (HBOS, Lloyds Banking Group) on The Mound. Inside is Museum on the Mound, which focuses on money, coinage and economics.
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  • Delicious seafood lunch, crab salad, at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel, Robin Hood's Bay, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Hike under old bridge in North York Moors NP. England, UK, Europe. Today we toured North York Moors National Park from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van, plus Whitby on the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 13 of 14. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey and the seaside fishing port of Whitby. Overnight at Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel, in Pickering, North Yorkshire. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Electric locomotive and muck truck used to build the Channel Tunnel. The spoil deposited at Shakespeare Cliff near Dover increased the size of the UK by 90 acres. Opened in 1994, the Channel Tunnel runs 31.4 miles beneath the English Channel connecting the UK to France. The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In the 1800s, York became a hub of the British railway network.
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  • Robin Hood's Bay waterfront boat launch ramp on the North Sea, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Robin Hood's Bay, North Sea, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • A hiker carries a symbolic stone across England Coast to Coast, to Robin Hood's Bay, on the North Sea, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • On a plaster replica of the Easby Cross at the parish church at Easby Abbey, the rear face has a continuous vine scroll inhabited with beasts, an early appearance of this motif in Anglo-Saxon art. The original of this sandstone standing cross from AD 800–820 from the Kingdom of Northumbria is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Visit Easby Abbey on the River Swale, on the outskirts of Richmond, in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The cross was erected just as the golden age of Northumbrian art was ending with devastating Viking raids, which began with the attack on Lindisfarne in 793. Picturesque Easby Abbey (Abbey of St Agatha) was founded in 1152, but was suppressed by King Henry VIII in 1536-7 and fell into ruin. This Premonstratensian abbey was home to canons (ordained priests), rather than monks. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • 1100s Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Funny sheep, curly wool. Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Farmsteads & pastures along River Swale in Yorkshire Dales NP. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages, on our walk from Keld to Reeth in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 8 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Ivelet bridge, River Swale, Swaledale. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages, on our walk from Keld to Reeth in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 8 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Keld, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 8 of 14: Keld to Reeth. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Rainbow over Ullswater, England's second largest natural lake. Lake District NP, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 6 of 14: Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen, in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. Hiking 10 miles with 2600 feet cumulative gain in the fells of Lakeland brought us over the highest Roman road in England, then down to the lakeshore of Haweswater. Overnight in Brownber Hall Country House near Kirkby Stephen, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Stairwell pattern. Keswick Country House Hotel in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Salmon plate dining. Keswick, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: overnight at Keswick Country House. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Fork in green salad. Keswick, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: overnight at Keswick Country House. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • The elegant Keswick Country House Hotel (built in 1869) is in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • The elegant Keswick Country House Hotel (built in 1869) is in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Eskdale Trail, in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved ruined Cistercian monasteries in England. Visit it near Ripon and Aldfield, in North Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe. The adjacent Studley Royal Park features striking 1700s landscaping, gardens and canal. Founded in 1132, the abbey operated for 407 years becoming one of the wealthiest monasteries in England until its dissolution in 1539 under the order of Henry VIII. Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The abbey is a Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust.
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  • She celebrates a walk across England with bare feet dipped in Robin Hood's Bay, along the North Sea, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We splashed into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog 2019 and 2022-23. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Black sheep with white faces. Eskdale Trail, in Lake District National Park. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill, in the United Kingdom, Europe. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, then descended to the hamlet of Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for the second night. Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog 2019. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Lights of Inverness reflect in River Ness at twilight, seen from Friars' Bridge, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Inverness is the administrative capital of the Highlands. A settlement was established here by the 500s AD with the first royal charter being granted by King David I in the 1100s. The Gaelic king Mac Bethad Mac Findláich (MacBeth) whose 11th-century killing of King Duncan was immortalised in Shakespeare's largely fictionalized play Macbeth, held a castle within the city where he ruled as Mormaer of Moray and Ross. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinne against Norway which took place on The Aird and the 18th-century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. Inverness means "Mouth of the River Ness" in Scottish Gaelic. Surveys place it as one of the happiest places in the UK.
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  • A cruise ship passes us on the Stornoway–Ullapool ferry nearing Ullapool. The Highlands of Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • The byre or cowshed in the 1880 Arnol Blackhouse, in Arnol village, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Europe. Built around 1880, Arnol Blackhouse is a fully furnished traditional Lewis thatched dwelling, which sheltered a family and its animals under the same chimneyless roof. Warmed by a peat fire in a central open hearth with the smoke filtering out through the thatched straw roof, this blackhouse was home to a Hebridean crofting family and their animals, until they moved out in 1966. Today Arnol Blackhouse is insightfully preserved like the family left it. Evolving health regulations in the early 1900s demanded that livestock be housed separately, so "whitehouses" were built with several chimneys, single-thickness walls cemented with lime mortar, wallpaper, lino floors, and separate barn and byre (cowshed). Across the street from Arnol Blackhouse you can visit a furnished 1920s whitehouse. These new crofthouses were so different and bright inside that they were nicknamed "whitehouses," which led to the nickname "blackhouses" for the older antiquated structures.
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  • Street performer woman in white. Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • Bagpiper in Highland dress, including kilt (or trews), tartan (plaid in North America), and sporran. Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • Inverness, the administrative capitol of the Highlands, reflects in River Ness, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. A settlement was established here by the 500s AD with the first royal charter being granted by King David I in the 1100s. The Gaelic king Mac Bethad Mac Findláich (MacBeth) whose 11th-century killing of King Duncan was immortalised in Shakespeare's largely fictionalized play Macbeth, held a castle within the city where he ruled as Mormaer of Moray and Ross. Inverness lies near two important battle sites: the 11th-century battle of Blàr nam Fèinne against Norway which took place on The Aird and the 18th-century Battle of Culloden which took place on Culloden Moor. Inverness means "Mouth of the River Ness" in Scottish Gaelic. Surveys place it as one of the happiest places in the UK. This image was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • Morning rainbow seen over farms at Digg village, near Staffin, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • The Fairy Glen (or Faerie Glen) is an unusual landscape of grassy, cone-shaped hills, with Castle Ewen most prominent, near Uig village, on the Trotternish peninsula, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Walk an easy loop of 1.2 miles round trip (see www.walkhighlands.co.uk). This image was stitched from several overlapping photos.
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  • Waterfall in the Fairy Glen (or Faerie Glen), an unusual landscape of grassy, cone-shaped hills near Uig village, on the Trotternish peninsula, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Walk an easy loop of 1.2 miles round trip (see www.walkhighlands.co.uk).
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  • Whitby and the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. This was at the end of our England Coast to Coast hike, on day 13 of 14. The next day, our 14th, ended being dropped off in York. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.] This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Robin Hood's Bay, North Sea, North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, UK, Europe. On our England Coast to Coast hike day 13 of 14, we went from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van.  We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Today we toured North York Moors National Park from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van, plus Whitby on the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 13 of 14. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey and the seaside fishing port of Whitby. Overnight at Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel, in Pickering, North Yorkshire. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August. Today we toured North York Moors National Park from Grosmont to Robin Hood's Bay on foot and via van, plus Whitby on the Esk River, in North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 13 of 14. We walked a rural path through bracken, purple blooming heather moors, and farmland before descending cliffs to the beach and village of Robin Hood's Bay. We dipped our boots into the North Sea, having completed our journey via foot and car from the Irish Sea over two weeks. Lunch at Wainwrights Bar at the Bay Hotel. Visit spectacular Whitby Abbey and the seaside fishing port of Whitby. Overnight at Best Western Forest & Vale Hotel, in Pickering, North Yorkshire. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Trough House to Egton Bridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Heather species here are: 1) Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) with very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather with dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Trough House to Egton Bridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Heather species here are: 1) Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) with very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather with dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 12 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Visit the open-air Ryedale Folk Museum in Hutton-Le-Hole village in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 11 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Fish for breakfast at Wainstones Hotel in Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 11 of 14.  [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Hike through fields of purple heather flowers from Great Broughton to Blakey Ridge, in North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. British taxpayers subsidize this privately-owned National Park, where the high, semi-natural moorland is managed by farmers and landowners for traditional sheep farming and grouse shooting. Burning the heather encourages new growth to provide food for sheep and the native red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica, a subspecies of willow ptarmigan). Controversial killing of foxes, stoats and crows (predator control) is done to increase grouse density. While only a rich elite can afford the regulated hunt for grouse, hunting infrastructure supports the local economy. Three types of heather grow on the North York Moors: 1) Ling (Calluna vulgaris), the most common type here, has very tiny pink flowers generally blooming in mid- to late-August; 2) Bell heather has dark pink or purple bell-shaped flowers; 3) Cross-leaved heath, found in boggy areas, blooms with pale pink bell-shaped flowers. England Coast to Coast hike day 11 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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