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Woke to a wild wet morning - usual ritual; tea and enough oatmeal porridge to keep a Scottish drover going all day! Excited today, tracks right from the tent, first up to Moor Divock to the Roman road coming off High Street, up to a stone circle where I went right on the bridleway to Howtown. This is a desert island track (another one), nearly all rideable. It’s pouring down and I'm writing this while drinking excellent coffee in the Howtown Hotel. Then the good track to Martindale. It is noticeable how these old ways (usually longer) are less steep than the modern roads