Northumberland

Harwood Gate to Rothbury - 7 January 2023 Our first walk of 2023 is from the Harwood Forest area to Rothbury although only one of the routes is heading for the woods. Harwood Forest is a huge, (8,720 acres) conifer plantation located to the south of Rothbury in North Northumberland and is managed by Forestry England. The forest occupies moorland…

Seahouses to Embleton - 10 December 2022 Well, it's the last one of the year. Hasn't it come around really quickly, there we were walking through the winter and all of a sudden it was spring and then summer. All those walks in the sunshine and then into a long Autumn and now you can feel the start of winter…

Allenheads to Allendale Town - 26 November 2022 No, the title of this post is not a football result, it's the number of times we have visited both Allenheads and Allendale Town. The last time we ended the walks in Allenheads was in September 2013 when we started from St John's Chapel and the last time we finished in Allendale…

Hexham to Haydon Bridge - 29 October 2022 The first time we visited Haydon Bridge was in 1999. Nearly 19 years later we visited again in 2019 and here we are again with lucky number three in 2022. We do not keep records of what the weather was like at all the places we visit and it is doubtful if…

Kirkwhelpington to Ridsdale - 15 October 2022 Hey Diddle, Diddle, it's in the middle. The answer is of course the village of Ridsdale. Get the Data states; Ridsdale is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of Northumberland, and roughly centrally between the easternmost and westernmost extremities of Northumberland. So now we know where it is we just…

Wooler to Belford - 30 April 2022 On our last trip out on the 16th April, all three routes came along the Teesdale Way to Barnard Castle. This time it is similar paths but different routes that we are taking. We are off to Wooler to walk along a section of St Cuthbert's Way until we turn away from the…