Ascent: not much (130m)
Weather: warm and sunny
Red squirrels: 5
Lizards: 1
Doll gibbets: 1
Sheep, horses, cows: lots
Waterfalls: none
A sunnier day today, we decided to have a potter around from the hotel before driving home. They have red squirrels in the woods right next to the hotel which are fed and practically tame. A short walk through the woods up to the monument and around the rhododendron woods didn't quite take the hour that the little walk leaflet had suggested, so we headed off in search of Docker Force waterfalls marked on the map not too far away. It wasn't far but even so it took a while to pick our way through boggy fields and identify correct gates by farms and proper paths through the fields. In the end we didn't see the waterfalls, although we could hear them through the fenced off trees, and we headed back. The lane and drive were drier and pleasant in the sunshine, and we saw lots of butterflies on the thistles and a little common lizard.
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