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Great Chesterford to Newport (Essex) Walk

Through rolling hills and river valleys to the historic market town of Saffron Walden and one of Britain's finest stately homes.

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Audley End House

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Bridge End Garden, Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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St Mary the Virgin, Little Chesterford

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Bridge Street, Saffron Walden

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Essex farmland in late summer

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Monk's Barn, Newport

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Footpath

27-May-19 • msganching on Flickr

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Inside A Greenhouse

27-May-19 • msganching on Flickr

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Topiary

27-May-19 • msganching on Flickr

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Farm Building

27-May-19 • msganching on Flickr

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Walsingham memorial, Little Chesterford church

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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The Eight Bells, Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Summerhouse Lawn, Bridge End Garden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Walled Garden, Bridge End Garden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Bridge End Garden, Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Mythical beasts, Bridge End Garden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Trompeta Real organ pipes, Saffron Walden church

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Old Sun Inn, Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Old Sun Inn, Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Crossing the River Granta at Audley End

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Bridge over the River Granta, Audley End House

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Audley End House

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Beechy Ride

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Essex farmland in early spring

15-Apr-17 • Sean O'Neill

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Tree

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Rapeseed field

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Twin tree

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Tree

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Pylon

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Seat with cowslips

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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flowering hedge

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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The Eight Bells in sight

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Bridge End Gardens

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Bridge End Gardens

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Weird organ

Saffron Walden church. Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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The Cam at Audley End

Great Chesterford to Newport

15-Apr-17 • moontiger on Flickr

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Pylons

Little and large

15-Apr-17 • quitenearmike on Flickr

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Allotments

Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • quitenearmike on Flickr

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St Marys

Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • quitenearmike on Flickr

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Inside St. Marys

Saffron Walden

15-Apr-17 • quitenearmike on Flickr

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Audley End

Gatehouse

15-Apr-17 • quitenearmike on Flickr

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Auldley End House

River Cam in the foreground

15-Apr-17 • quitenearmike on Flickr

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Saffron Walden

08-Oct-16 • msganching on Flickr

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Pargetting

08-Oct-16 • msganching on Flickr

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Converted mill, Great Chesterford

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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All Saints, Great Chesterford

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Village school, Great Chesterford

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Village sign

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Footpath to Little Chesterford

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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St Mary the Virgin, Little Chesterford

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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After the harvest

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Dutch Garden, Bridge End Garden

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Bright red wall, Saffron Walden

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Turf Labyrinth, Saffron Walden

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Almshouses, Saffron Walden

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Dryad's Saddle, Audley Park

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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A glimpse into Audley End Gardens

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Circular Temple, Audley End

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Stable Block, Audley End

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Audley End House

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Audley End village

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Dryad's Saddle, Beechy Ride

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Essex farmland

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Keeping watch

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Footpath to Newport

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Newport Toll Bridge

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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White Horse, Newport

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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St Mary the Virgin, Newport

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Gargoyle, St Mary the Virgin

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Gargoyle, St Mary the Virgin

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Oriel window, Monk's Barn

18-Aug-16 • Sean O'Neill

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Saffron Walden

23-Feb-14 • msganching on Flickr

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14-Jul-12 • msganching on Flickr

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Mushrooms on a manure heap

Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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The group speed off

Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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A pylon crosses

Luckily, it didn't see me. Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Pastel pargeted cottages

Saffron Walden Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Pargetted house

Saffron Walden, Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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More pargeting

Saffron Walden. Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Spider window

Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Old roof and tree

Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden

Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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St Mary's Church, Saffron Walden

Biggest church in Essex - says here. Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Displaced brasses - assorted wives

Vandalised during the dissolution, returned c20 and set into the walls. St Mary's church, Saffron Walden. Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Displaced brasses - assorted geysers

Vandalised during the dissolution and placed in the wall. It looks like they've had a couple of visits from Darth Vader as well (images 2 and 4). St Mary's church, Saffron Walden. Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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The Sun Inn, Saffron Walden

The Sun Inn as never seen before - bent round a corner . My camera's panoramic feature does this to objects that are too near. Oliver Cromwell's headquarters during the Civil War. Ornate pargeting. Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Wacky hedge - Audley End

With Audley End house in the background. Great Chesterford to Newport

24-Mar-12 • moontiger on Flickr

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Former Youth Hostel, Saffron Walden

29-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Audley Park

29-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Braving the stepping stones in Audley Park

29-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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First pargetting of the day

Ornamental plasterwork typical of this part of Essex.. Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Field stripes

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Field stripes

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buildings, Saffron Walden

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Bridge End Gardens

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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We're coming to get you!!!

Bridge End Gardens, Saffron Walden. Great Chesterford to Newport Worth visiting just to see these ugly mugs

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Bridge End Gardens

Great Chesterford to Newport Worth visiting just to see these ugly mugs

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Bridge End Gardens

Worth visiting just to see these ugly mugs. Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buildings, Saffron Walden

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buildings, Saffron Walden

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Trompettes reales

Part of the organ St Mary's Saffron Walden Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Walden Castle

Reminds me of that Home Office building in St Annes Gate. Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buildings, Saffron Walden

Great Chesterford to Newport Oliver Cromwell based himself in this one. Note the pargetting

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Scarves around a monument

Unexplained. Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Cross Keys, Saffron Walden

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Tree

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Field

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Field

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Newport Tolls

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Buildng, Newport

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Monk's House, Newport

15th C carving of the coronation of St Mary. Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Building, Newport

Great Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Newport

Outside a garden centreGreat Chesterford to Newport

29-Aug-11 • moontiger on Flickr

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Thatched cottage, Great Chesterford

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Essex farmland

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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A place to rest and admire the pylons

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Essex farmland

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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House with pargeting in Castle Street, Saffron Walden

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Dutch Garden, Bridge End Garden

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Dutch Garden, Bridge End Garden

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Walden Castle ruins

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Lady Portsmouth's Column (Obelisk), Audley End

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Under starter's orders

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Audley End miniature railway

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Beechy Ride

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Late afternoon sun on Essex farmland

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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Threatening skies

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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House with pargeting on Belmont Hill, Newport

03-Aug-11 • Sean O'Neill

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