Category Archives: newcastle

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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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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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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Straying into Cumbria 17th September 2017

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Family Walking Group

For logistical reasons most of our walks are based in County Durham or Northumberland; most of us live there and our walks are relatively easy to get to. A long drive home is often more tiring than the drive to … Continue reading →

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A walk to the sea at Whitley Bay 28th May 2017

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Family Walking Group

  If you don’t know the North East coastline then be quick; your life is ebbing away and you need to visit! We don’t walk the coast much as a group which is a shame, but out of summer it … Continue reading →

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Going Underground; a tour of the Victoria Tunnel in Newcastle 22nd January 2017

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Family Walking Group

Our first ever underground walk! A few weeks ago, before Christmas 2016, we walked from Newcastle Quayside to Jesmond Dene park. It was a lovely walk with plenty of urban interest and whilst walking through the Ouseburn Valley we noticed … Continue reading →

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A walk in the city; Newcastle

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Family Walking Group

27th November Every now and then we have an urban walk. They are always a welcome change to the stunning rural walks we do. Consequently, we only do about one every two years! Anyway, enough of the psycho analysis. This … Continue reading →

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