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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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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