Category Archives: bridge

Urban Walk in Jesmond Dene April 14th 2019

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Family Walking Group

If you don’t know Jesmond Dene in Newcastle then for me to call this an urban walk is a bit misleading. The Dene is beloved of Newcastle folk as an oasis of calm, green tranquillity in the heart of their … Continue reading →

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My favourite Allen valley walk 17th March 2019

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Family Walking Group

One of the perks of being a Walks Coordinator is that you can schedule your favourite walk on your birthday! Hence, this walk in the lovely valley of the river East Allen. We do this walk regularly and it never … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Historic Walk 3rd February 2019

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Family Walking Group

One of our occasional urban walks. With a programme theme of Local Heroes, a saunter around the centre of Newcastle offered us the chance to explore the historical figures that loom large in the list of Newcastle inhabitants. We started … Continue reading →

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A walk around Beamish Woods 25th November

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Family Walking Group

This lovely short walk started out near to the excellent Beamish Museum. There’s a car park just off the A693 on the road to the museum that has a few footpaths leading off it into the woods. We started off … Continue reading →

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Sunderland Bridge and Croxdale Hall 11th November

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Family Walking Group

Autumn 2018 has been a delight. It started early with a chilly stretch of weather in early October and that kick-started the colour change in the trees. Dry and still weather followed with cool nights and so we had an … Continue reading →

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Wylam and Ovingham walk 28th October

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Family Walking Group

Although the weather forecast was a bit threatening, this walk escaped all but the briefest of showers and we enjoyed a glorious Autumn day. Starting out at the Tyne Riverside Country Park car park, on the Prudhoe side of the … Continue reading →

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Wylam Wanderings 26th November 2017

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Family Walking Group

Now I like a nice bit of complicated map reading as much as the next man, but sometimes you want a nice easy walk on a good footpath and an itinerary that doesn’t involve a compass, GPS triangulation and returning … Continue reading →

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East Allen Valley 1st October 2017

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Family Walking Group

With one of our group’s mainstays suffering from ill health, we swapped out his walk for this one –  favourite walk of mine along the East Allen valley. On a gloriously golden #Autumn day we set off from just outside … Continue reading →

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Walking around Featherstone 20th August 2017

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Family Walking Group

It’s a lovely couple of miles’ drive to the start point of this walk once you have exited the A69, just past Haltwhistle. Fantastic undulating, winding country roads that pass through verdant pasture full of contented looking sheep. The grassy … Continue reading →

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