On a fine afternoon I took
a short, five mile, circular walk from Royal Oak that was packed with historic
connections, heading down a remnant of Dere Street along which Roman soldiers tramped
en route from York to Scotland, then crossing the original line of the
Darlington & Stockton Railway (no rails now - just a track), before
returning through the gnarled and twisted ancient oak and birch trees of
Brusselton Wood; on this last leg my route card failed me, a petering out path
leaving me waist deep in ferns, through which I pressed on, creating my own
historic route that, with good reason, no-one had ever used before (and probably won't again).
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