Day 6…

Burns Bank to Orton (14 miles - total so far 77 miles)

Veronica reports; The landlord of the Crown and Mitre drove us back to where he had collected us at Burns Bank the previous day.

We entered a woodland glade towards Naddlebridge where the mighty sound of cascading water of Thornthwaite Force rose to a crescendo. Following the signs for Shap, we came across the ruins of Shap Abbey (12th Century) and in Shap village found a welcome coffee shop. The pounding of the nearby motorway traffic reminded us of how close we were to reality as we crossed over the M6 into a dusty cement quarry.

We then headed towards Hardendale (where Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed on the night of 17/12/1745), before proceeding along the Lunn Valley to the pretty village of Orton where we sampled Kennedy’s chocolate at their factory once visited by our own Prince Charles.

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