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We found a signpost which was also where we had to turn off. For some unknown reason however, the signpost was completely blank. Just two arrows pointing off, but with absolutely nothing written on them – nor any signs that there ever was anything written on them.
Distances to Maidenhead, (High) Wycombe, Aylesbury, Oxford (not apparently given), Stokenchurch and Hatfield.
This had a unique solution to hanging a cache in an open signpost. A bracket was screwed into the cap. It was just wide enough to prevent the tube from falling into the post. It was barely noticeable from the ground looking up. It was reachable by standind on a nearby retaining wall.
More mirror, and water filter fun with one of the Chinatown Dragons.
The sculpture was created under the direction of engineer Martin Brunt by local artist and cultural advisor Meng Huang and primary artist Heather Presler.
Here's where we pick up the York branch of the Trans Pennine Trail. It's come up from Selby along the old York-Selby railway line and is now following the A64.
Tuesday 23 July 2013 - Day 04 - Acclimatisation day 2, Huaraz (3,052m)
Our second day's acclimatisation in Huaraz saw us head out of town, past the smart residential district built for the people working for the mines, onto unpaved roads and out through the older villages and farmland beyond. Our minibus coped brilliantly with the ever narrowing, winding route, until we approached our drop off just past the last village, when we stalled on an uphill section and rolled back, almost into a drainage ditch. Much excitement (of varying kinds) ensued. Eventually it was agreed that the ladies should start off on the morning's walk, heading east towards the Quebrada Llaca, a gap in the Cordillera Blanca that lies within the Parque Nacional Huascarán. Having walked back to the village to get planks and successfully getting the minibus out of its hole, Val and the chaps followed in our footsteps.
A lovely morning's walk, rising to over 4000m, with beautiful landscape all around us: luring us ahead were the imposing snow tops of Ranrapalca / Ranrapallqa (6,162 m) to our right and Ocshapalca / Uqshapallqa (5,881 m) to our left, on the lower slopes sheep were grazing and accompanying us on our route east rose an imposing ridge. All around us we could find colourful examples of High Andean flora (including lupins!), and as we rejoined the road for a short stretch we walked between Queñuales / Polylepis (paperbark) trees.
Yesterday evening en route to dinner we'd bought bread rolls from a local lady outside one of the town's supermarkets which had supplied a block of cheese and some oranges, and stopping for our picnic lunch today we were rewarded with fantastic views from our gorge/ous location - looking back the way we'd come we could see Huaraz down the valley and the high mines cutting into the hill tops above, and head of us loomed the snowy, fluted ridges of Ocshapalca / Uqshapallqa with Ranrapalca / Ranrapallqa and its thick duvets of bright, white snow peaking snuggling up from the south.
After our picnic, we didn't continue on to Laguna Churup but instead retraced our steps back to the minibus. Back at base, after a kit check by Val, we packed and then headed into town for a mooch and to (at last!) withdraw some funds from the bank. In the town square, we had our first encounter with the build up of festivities in anticipation of 28 July when Peru celebrates its Independence day (Día de la Independencia) in great style, with the additional excitement of Huaraz's own 156th birthday celebrations. The town was holding its first Battle of the (Brass) Bands, with three groups facing off, literally, two at a time at either end of the stretch of the main street by the main square. Amongst the town residents we saw an occasional visiting villager in more traditional dress - including high hats and full skirts.
We rendezvoused for dinner at Crêperie Patrick, where Val treated us to a Coca Pisco Sour - no wonder sleep proved elusive that night!
Read more about the Cordillera Huayhuash Circuit plus Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
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Brenizer method panorama, simulating a 9mm f/0.25 lens on APS-C, or a 14mm f/0.40 lens on FF.
5 rows of 10 images @ 50mm f/1.4 1/8000 ISO100 on a Canon 7D.
Signpost by the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
I was a bit surprised to see the distances shown in metres and not something English like furlongs and chains...
Despite what the signpost implies, this signpost does not mark the arrival in Erith of Robinson Crusoe. For he is a fictional character.
Instead it marks the arrival of Alendaer Selkirk, who is believed to be the inspiration for Robinson - but not Robinson himself.
Harumpf.
Read about my Thames Path walks at ramblingman.org.uk/walks/thames-path/