Category Archives: castle

Afternoon Delights in Two Parts 26th May

Posted on July 1, 2019 by Family Walking Group

As the days lengthen, we have more daylight available in the afternoons and one of our group can contribute walks. Due to work rotas he can no longer come along to Saturday or Sunday morning walks with us and so … 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 Christmas walk at Corbridge 16th December

Posted on December 18, 2018 by Family Walking Group

With many of our children at University or already graduated and out in the big wide world, this is the walk when we are guaranteed to see them all together. For the last few years we have started from Corbridge … 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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Richmond 20th March 2016

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Family Walking Group

After the rugged beauty of the Northumbrian borderlands, our well-travelled walking group headed to North Yorkshire for this walk around the handsome market town of Richmond. The first leg of the walk follows the path of the famous Drummer Boy … Continue reading →

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Corbridge 2nd January 2016

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Family Walking Group

An early start for us in 2016, two days in and we were up to our knees in Tynedale mud! The flood waters had receded a little in the New Year and Corbridge residents were thankfully safe until the next … Continue reading →

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