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From Psalm 42
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\nAs the deer pants for water, so I long for you, God: I thirst for God, the living One. <\/i><\/p>\n

As well as the beautiful hedges, I love the strips of woodland on the walk. On Day 15 there are many of these strung out along the route. Each day the trees come out a little more, one at a time, not all at once. So too the flowering plants change a little with the Primroses now passing their peak and the bluebells yet to come into theirs.
\nAs I took the road out of Great Torrington I heard a male cuckoo call. A few miles later, on one corner I surprised a doe. She bounded away, cracking branches as she departed. A few steps further on I noticed something small on a wood anemone flowers. A closer look confirmed it was the underside of an orange tip butterfly, which are a beautiful green and white pattern.
\nEach of these small beauties is wonderfully at home in the woodland.<\/p>\n

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\nThere were other more sobering things to remember. I sat on a bench that recalled the loss of two airmen in a helicopter crash in 2008.<\/p>\n

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\nIt was a long morning walk to Ebberley Hill for lunch. I was tired and had a snooze in the car for twenty minutes. It had been a tiring route with many ups and downs.
\nThe last four miles continued the woodland theme. Along one such the first early purple orchids were coming into flower. <\/p>\n

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Then a fallen beech tree in early leaf, maybe bought down by yesterday’s winds. A few miles to Kingford and across the main road for the end of the walk for the day.<\/p>\n

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\nWe returned to Great Torrington for a meal with my lifelong friend Rosie and her family. One of the good things about this walk is the opportunity to connect with family and friends old and new.<\/p>\n

God grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end.<\/i><\/p>\n

JAL 16.04.2019
\nDay 15 of the End to End, Great Torrington to Kingford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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