The River Wansbeck - a riverside walk from Bothal Sawmill to Whorral Bank, Northumberland
Upstream from the pretty hamlet of Bothal lies a small car parking area (here 55.169805, -1.632587 What-3-Words...
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- Oct 9, 2022
- 2 min
The Woodland Trust - 2022 Update
Thanks to photo club talks, calendar sales, book sales and print sales, we've been raising funds for the Woodland Trust and have almost...
- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
Our Four Legged Friends
Dog portraits, raising funds for charity with the help of our four legged friends and their humans.
- Apr 3, 2022
- 3 min
Ford and Etal, Northumberland
Ford and Etal are a pair of pretty, estate villages tucked away in north Northumberland beyond Wooler and not far from a couple of other...
- Mar 30, 2022
- 4 min
Where The Cheviot Wild Goats Roam
If you venture off St Cuthbert's Way onto the quieter footpaths that lace the remote hills above College Valley near Yeavering Bell in...
- Dec 12, 2021
- 4 min
2021 In Review
As 2021 draws to a close it's nice to look back at the good times from another year of getting out and about hiking and exploring with a...
- Sep 27, 2021
- 5 min
The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 6 - Byrness to windy gyle
Day 14 (Sunday 26th September 2021) - The plan had been to do this stretch in August, when the heather was in full flower, but August...
- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
A morning with red squirrels, at Neil's hide in Cairngorms National Park
Some of my most precious childhood memories are of time spent in nature - from adventures down to a dell near my grandparent's old house...
- Jun 28, 2021
- 8 min
The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 5 - Bellingham to Padon Hill and on to Byrness
Day 12 (Sunday 27th June 2021) - After a bit of a break from the Pennine Way due to some leave and an overwhelming urge to do a border...
- May 19, 2021
- 5 min
Completing The Wainwrights - The Adventure So Far
The Wainwright fells of the English Lake District, a collection of photographs taken while hiking and wild camping on these beautiful fells.
- Apr 27, 2021
- 4 min
The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 4 - Greenlee Lough to Bellingham
To say exploring this stretch of The Pennine Way was a bit higgledy-piggledy would be an understatement as things didn't quite go as...
- Apr 3, 2021
- 4 min
The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 3 - Walltown to Hotbank Crags, Hadrian's Wall
Hiking and photographing the Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way, from Walltown to Cawfield Quarry, Sycamore Gap and Hotbank Crags.
- Jan 1, 2021
- 6 min
The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way - Part 2 - Greenhead to Walltown, Hadrian's Wall
With a couple of week's leave booked off from my day job work over the Christmas holidays, and a letter permitting travel to work on a...
- Dec 31, 2020
- 6 min
The Northumberland stretch of The Pennine Way (plus a bit) - Part 1 - Alston to Greenhead
Having started The Pennine Way about four times from the end, with the intention of hiking it the wrong way round for the Northumberland...
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
2020 - looking back
A little look back to start wrapping up the year: 2020 - thank goodness for nature and thank you to all who've helped get us as safely as...
- Nov 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Oaks, Holystone, Northumberland
About two months ago I briefly visited the nature reserve at Holystone after a trip to Harbottle and The Drake Stone. I was greeted by...
- Oct 10, 2020
- 2 min
The Drake Stone, Harbottle, Northumberland
Just love the name of this great big old rock sat up on the hillside overlooking Harbottle in Northumberland National Park - it's like a...
- Oct 9, 2020
- 4 min
A grand day out at Kielder Water Birds of Prey Centre
I'd completely forgotten about this but I've been trying to think back to when and why I first started visiting the brilliant Kielder...
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
The Beginning of The End - The Pennine Way
Over the years I've walked along stretches of The Pennine Way as it passes through some of Northumberland's best landscapes. The year...
- Aug 23, 2020
- 3 min
Hedgehope Hill walk from Hartside Farm, Breamish Valley, Northumberland
A superb walk to the top of Northumberland's second highest peak, Hedgehope Hill, from the Breamish Valley in Northumberland National Park.
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