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Well, the government said we could now go out and travel......"to exercise or spend time outdoors for recreation" and "should continue to take particular care to minimise contact with others outside their household."
Sounded like a ride out in the Jeep fitted the bill on all counts! So the first stop was the petrol station to top up the tank. I'd fitted a small "action camera" to the roof bows, looking forwards and after filling up the fuel, started the camera running. From there we headed out of Washington, through Birtley to get to open country. |
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It was our first time out of Washington since March. Due to the lockdown, we'd only made exercise walks to neighbouring estates. The pictures here come from frame grabs of the drive video seen below. It was nice to see open space, trees and few houses on the drive. |
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From Birtley were drove through Kibblesworth and on towards Beamish. The road I had planned on taking at the next junction turned out to be just a track with a car parked across it. Instead I shortened the route, catching up with my planned road at a different point. The revised route turned out to be exactly 17 miles which we completed in about 45 minutes. It was good to be out in a Jeep for a decent drive again. |
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