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Underneath the Arches
Underneath the Arches Durham

Underneath the Arches

Birtley to Causey - 1 February 2025 At Causey Arch, you can walk underneath the arches or walk across the top of them. Either way, you are under or on the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world. The bridge was built in one year between 1725 and 1726. Horse-drawn carts using wooden tracks hauled coal to the River…
Past the Coal Mines
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 Visit to Old Durham Town
A Visit to Old Durham Town Durham

A Visit to Old Durham Town

Bowburn to Sunderland Bridge - 12 November 2022 This is the first time we have made a visit to old Durham Town although it is actually a city now. For those old enough to remember, Roger Whittaker released a record, an actual plastic 45rpm recording of the song Durham Town in 1969. It spent 18 weeks in the UK singles…
Its Not the Garden of Eden
Its Not the Garden of Eden Durham

Its Not the Garden of Eden

Easington Colliery to Shotton - 5 March 2022 Unfortunately, it's not the Garden of Eden but Castle Eden Dene that we walk through on this set of new routes. There is a Garden of Eden Bridge in Castle Eden Dean if that is some consolation. The routes were supposed to finish at a pub in Castle Eden but due to…
This is Close to Home
This is Close to Home Durham

This is Close to Home

Riding Mill to Ebchester - 1 February 2020 This one is close to home, after picking up at our last stop in Gosforth we are off on a short trip west of Newcastle and over the Scotswood Bridge to pick up the A695 road which we more or less follow all the way to the last drop off at Riding…