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It’s a beautiful spring day at Ribblehead and, with lockdown easing, visitors are out in force. For many it’s a first chance in months to spend time away from within their own four walls and enjoy nature unrestricted. Dales volunteer Jake Katborg writes. SOME are here for the first time - for others it’s like seeing an old friend again. What they all have in common though, is that their gaze tends to be focused upwards, either towards the arches of the Ribblehead viaduct, or the equally imposing sight of Whernside in the distance. My attention, though, is downwards, and anything which might look out of place. A can of Coke, a crisp packet, a discarded face mask, a shoe in a stream (how do you lose ONE shoe?). Either way, it ends up in my bin-bag, and I move on to the next patch.