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I'm breaking in a new pair of walking boots, ready for a new assault on the Fells and a new season of high-level book-releasing. So I thought I'd start off very gently with an amble up to the Sir John Barrow Monument on Hoad Hill, near Ulverston.

At only 110 metres it's not very demanding but the view from the top is pretty good and far-reaching even on a hazy day like today. It's a cousin of one of my other favourite places to while away an hour or so on a balmy summer day: the Tyndale Monument at North Nibley in Gloucestershire.

Naturally, it wouldn't be right not to wild release a book up there, so there goes Crack Down by Val McDermid...

You can see more pictures from the trip here.

Current Mood: content
Current Music: The Archers

Today's picture is of The Hoad, the monument-on-a-hill which dominates the town of Ulverton. Strictly speaking, the hill is Hoad Hill and the tower, a replica of the original Eddystone Lighthouse, is the Sir John Barrow Memorial. Together they are usually called The Hoad, and The Hoad defines Ulverston as surely as the Eiffel Tower defines Paris.

Ulverston is Barrow's prim maiden aunt, rather chichi and a bit sniffy about the poor relation down the A590!