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Staying on the North Side
Teesdale

Staying on the North Side

Gainford to Barnard Castle - 30 March 2024 An Easter Saturday walk to Barnard Castle with the clocks going forward an hour on Easter Sunday and the weekend weather looking quite good. If that is not enough to make you think about coming out the walks are following a section of the Teesdale Way beside the River Tees for much…
Past the Coal Mines
Durham

Past the Coal Mines

Easington Colliery to Castle Eden - 16 March 2024 You would think that walking past the coal mines that made up this part of Durham just a few years ago might not be the best place to walk. However, walking along the clifftop or the beach along this section of the coast between Seaham and Hartlepool and then entering Castle…
A Salubrious Coach Journey
Northumberland

A Salubrious Coach Journey

Powburn to Glanton - 2 March 2024 We are going on a salubrious coach journey, all the way from North Tyneside to Glanton in Northumberland. In 1895 when the Northumberland historian David Dippie Dixon came to this part of Northumberland he called Glanton a salubrious little village. David probably arrived in the area by train because a branch line to…
Covid Stopped Us Going Out
Cumbria

Covid Stopped Us Going Out

Lambley to Alston - 17 February 2024 Covid stopped us going out may seem an odd title for this post but bear with it and all shall be explained. The year 2020 started quite normally. We had a walking programme set up and we had already completed the first five walks of that programme. The last one was from Masham…
This Side of the River
Northumberland

This Side of the River

Hexham to Slaley - 3 February 2024 It is not exactly a repeat of our last time out on the 20th of January because this time we are on this side of the river, the south side of the River Tyne that is. We are also walking south towards Slaley but the 9-mile route starts one bus stop away from…
Just Across the Bridge
Northumberland

Just Across the Bridge

Hexham to Warden - 20 January 2024 It's just across the bridge. Warden that is, actually the little village of Warden is a bit further up the road. Just across the bridge is a place called Bridge End, consisting of a pub called the Boatside Inn and an old church converted into small office suites. Why is it called Bridge…