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a grey horse standing in front of a stone wall and gate with grass on the ground

Use a smartphone or GPS device to navigate to the provided coordinates. Look for a small hidden container. When you find it, write your name and date in the logbook. If you take something from the container, leave something in exchange. The terrain is 3 and difficulty is 1.5 (out of 5).

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three horses are standing on the side of a hill

North of Kendal, where the winding Tebay road drops towards the Lune Gorge, you will often see a scattering of black shapes high up on the steep fellside. The shapes are the fell ponies of Roundthwaite Common, some of the toughest animals in Britain. The ponies spend the whole year out there. Semi-wild, they have little contact with their owners. In the winter of 1947, under unusually heavy snow, a small herd got stuck in a distant hollow, cut off from their owners. Seven weeks later, they

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a black horse standing on top of a lush green field

The Fell pony is a versatile, working breed of mountain and moorland pony originating in the north of England in Cumberland and Westmorland (Cumbria) and Northumberland. It was originally bred on the fell farms of northwest England, and is used as a riding and driving pony. The breed is closely related to its geographic neighbour, the Dales pony, but is a little smaller and more ponylike in build. The Fell pony is noted for hardiness, agility, strength and sure-footedness.

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