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1. The River Lune rises on the northern slopes of Green Bell Fell in Cumbria, one of a small group of 50 or so hills between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales that reach up to 2,218 feet (676 metres). The legendary fell walker and mapper Alfred Wainwright said that these were his favourite hills, and likened their appearance to "sleeping elephants". What's the name of these fells?
2. The Lune comes to Newbiggin and makes a right-angled turn to flow west. A few miles further on it arrives at the village of Tebay where it makes another right-angled turn to flow south through the Lune Gorge. This twisting and turning is often evidence for what is termed "river capture", and is often the result of what climatological condition?
3. The Lune now runs southwards through the steep-sided Lune Gorge, where the M6, the A6, the West Coast main railway line and the river run in parallel and within spitting distance of each other. The river flows past the remains of a Roman fort at Low Borrowbridge on the right bank, and then passes a heart-shaped copse of trees on the left bank. Why was this copse planted?
4. As the Lune emerges from the Gorge it passes on its right an outcrop of rock on the moor above Firbank. This rock was the scene on 13 June 1652 of a gathering of about 1,000 people who had come to attend a sermon by a dissenting preacher who'd often been persecuted by the state and religious authorities for his unorthodox beliefs. He converted so many people that day that this area is now the heartland of the religious society he founded. What was his name?
5. Dotted around Cumbria and along the length of the River Lune are about 48 public works of art created by Andy Goldsworthy between 1996 and 2003; there are a number of them around the Lune-side village of Casterton. If you think about the type of farm animal most frequently seen on the desolate fells and rugged mountains and moorlands of Cumbria, perhaps you could say what these works of art represent?
6. As the river passes Kirkby Lonsdale it makes a sharp left turn beneath the hill upon which stands the parish church. The view from the hill over the river with the Yorkshire Dales in the background is often referred to as "Ruskin's View" after the art critic John Ruskin (1819-1900). However in 1818 the scene had been painted by one of the greatest British artists, another of whose works has been voted "Britain's Favourite Painting". Who painted this view?
7. The Lune then flows past the village of Cowan Bridge where a Clergy Daughters' School (now closed) was set up in 1824. It was attended from 1824 to 1825 by four sisters - who were they?
8. The Lune flows on through a wide flood plain and then negotiates a constricted horseshoe bend known as the Crook o' Loon - another place painted by Turner. Going under the M6 bridge it comes to the outskirts of Lancaster, where it's crossed by an astonishing structure over 60 feet above the river. What does this carry?
9. And so at last the Lune flows through the city of Lancaster, an old Roman settlement at a place where the river could be forded. The city saw a great increase in prosperity in the 18th century - what economic activity brought this about?
10. The Lune finally empties into the Irish Sea at Sunderland Point. A small village founded here in about 1725 acted as an outport for Lancaster, and in the fields about half-a-mile away there is a grave of an enslaved African boy who died there in 1736. What is this landmark called?
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