Category Archives: northumberland

A walking weekend in Berwick 5th – 7th April 2019

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

It’s been a couple of years (or more) since we had a group weekend away. School exams for kids, YHA ‘issues’ and other stuff has seemed to get in the way but this year we managed it. I’ve been through … Continue reading →

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My favourite Allen valley walk 17th March 2019

Posted on May 7, 2019 by

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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A Stamfordham Ramble 17th February 2019

Posted on April 30, 2019 by

I can honestly say that I have never walked around the village of Stamfordham. Indeed, I have never been to Stamfordham before we did this walk despite it being a few miles from our house. It’s a surprisingly big village … Continue reading →

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Wylam Wanderings 13th January 2019

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

The first walk of our new 2019 ‘Local Heroes’ Programme was based in and around the village of Wylam in the Tyne Valley. There are rich pickings for local heroes in this corner of Northumberland, you can barely walk a … Continue reading →

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A Christmas walk at Corbridge 16th December

Posted on December 18, 2018 by

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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Wylam and Ovingham walk 28th October

Posted on November 26, 2018 by

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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An afternoon walk around Haydon Bridge, 14th October

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

This turned out to be the first proper Autumn walk of our 2018 programme. The weather was crisp and clear and the leaves had started to change colour; this all contributed to a lovely afternoon walk in the Tyne Valley. … Continue reading →

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