Day 13 of the End to End included a lunch stop at the White Hart in Holsworthy, a small Devon market town. We stopped there because Bob had stopped there in 2003; it was one of our overlaps. In fact the whole walk included a host of overlapping points that Bob has since made into a video. If you want to see it then here is 17 minutes synopsis of pictures from 3 LEJOGs, 20003, 2012 and 2019, with narration
https://youtu.be/rcir-EjT9rw
Our walks at the moment are much shorter of course but they overlap even more. We live on the edge of the Longdendale Valley and the Transpenine Trail is very near by. The nearest section follows the line of the old Manchester to Sheffield railway via Woodhead and our plan this spring had been to discover some of the other sections of this route further from us. Bob remembers when it was running but I have only ever known it as a path, complete with fantastic views and wildlife. There are also lambs in the fields at the moment, just as there were in Devon last year..
Each day I go out I take photos of many of the same things. I see the weather change around me and the season unfold. I am very grateful to the staff and volunteers who maintain it. As I walk I walk in beauty (Navajo saying).
From the remembered gospel
They were walking along and he came alongside them…
For the companions we recognise,
The new faces we see and greet,
Those maintaining our routes, quietly and usually unseen,
For the beauty around us
We give thanks.
JAL: 14.04.2020 in Longdendale.