Here’s a few more pictures taken by Graeme and Matt on the Shivery walk to the border…. brrrrr and a couple more from me on the reccy.
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About Me
- Mike Knipe
- Crook, County Durham, United Kingdom
- I am a retired NHS Personnel person. All I do nowadays is walk about. I used to have my pet dog Bruno with me (in the front page pic). he was Superdawg but he died. Now I have Lucky the pup. He's a bit like Bruno, only smaller and more suspicious.
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2 comments:
Decidedly wintry looking. Some cracking photos, love the bridge/waterfall.
Lucky looks like he's saying something in his photo...
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