Bank of nettles, former A38
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Bank of nettles, former A38
Image: © Derek Harper Taken: 26 May 2012
The only picture I took (too busy dealing with it) of the final obstacle along the public access route shown in Image and Image This would probably have been simple to cross a few weeks earlier, but the astonishingly fast growing Urtica Dioica had covered it to a height of over a metre, obscuring the steep banks on either side. Without a proper stick it took me well over 10 minutes to batter my way across and descend this western side safely.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.896521
Longitude
-3.364872