{"id":6668,"date":"2023-03-15T14:01:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T14:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/?p=6668"},"modified":"2023-04-03T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:16:09","slug":"lake-district-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gentianclub.org.uk\/blogs\/2023\/03\/15\/lake-district-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake District &#8211; March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Winter weekend in the Lakes walking around Blencathra and staying in the very comfortable Lonscale bunkhouse. Some snow at last!   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