Category Archives: northumberland

A walk from Bolam Lake to Shaftoe Craggs on the 5th March 2017

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

  I can’t believe I missed out on posting the blog for this walk at the time. Probably something to do with moving house a week later I suspect but unforgivable nonetheless. Like the previous walk from Ponteland, this area … Continue reading →

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Hexhamshire 2nd April 2017

Posted on April 5, 2017 by

Well here we are again after a long-ish #walk break due to logistics problems. Our return to walking saw us in sunny #Hexhamshire – and boy was it sunny! We started out in the car park opposite the lovely Dipton … Continue reading →

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A walk around Ponteland; 26th February 2017

Posted on February 27, 2017 by

Believe it or not we’ve never walked in this part of Northumberland before today. A good day to break our Ponteland duck then. It was a bright and breezy day at 11:00 when we started out with the threat of … Continue reading →

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Walking thoughts; a reconnoitre

Posted on February 20, 2017 by

  Yesterday we did a reconnoitre for a walk we’re leading in April. Three points spring to mind. First point. Using the word reconnoitre makes me feel a little quasi-military and I feel I should probably have been making notes … Continue reading →

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A linear walk from Corbridge

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

15th January 2017 Due to all sorts of complicated group logistics this was our first walk of our new 2017 programme. We have walked this route a couple of times before over the last few years, most memorably when I … Continue reading →

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A walk in the city; Newcastle

Posted on December 13, 2016 by

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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Simonside 9th October 2016

Posted on October 24, 2016 by

Another in our series of Autumn 2016 moorland walks – this time way up in Northumberland near to the lovely town of Rothbury. After a bit of a twisty turny drive through sunshine and showers we arrived at Lordenshaws car … Continue reading →

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