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Country Tracks: Cumbria West

30/08/2009

Cumbria West

BBC One - Country Tracks, Cumbria West

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through western Cumbria.

Ellie Harrison explores western Cumbria, starting in the Eskdale valley and finishing in the Honister Pass. En route she takes a ride on a Harley Davidson motorbike.

Ellie Harrison goes on a journey through western Cumbria, starting in the Eskdale valley and finishing in the Honister Pass. 

En route she takes a ride on a Harley Davidson motorbike, unearths an extraordinary archaeological discovery at St Bees, and visits the sheep farmers of Borrowdale. 

Along the way, Ellie looks back on the best of the BBC's rural programmes from this part of the world.

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