Category Archives: woodland

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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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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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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A Christmas walk from Corbridge 17th December 2017

Posted on January 3, 2018 by Family Walking Group

Our Christmas walk is one of the highlights of our walking year. It’s the one walk of the year where we can guarantee most of our children (now rapidly growing up) will turn up and walk with us. The enticement … 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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Haydon Bridge Hike 12th November 2017

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Family Walking Group

  Our preferred driving route to the Lakes usually consists of A69-Haydon Bridge-A686 to Langley and then on through Whitfield to Alston. The road from Haydon Bridge to Langley is a lovely twisty-turny road through the thickly wooded valley of … 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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Sunset Stroll at Stocksfield August 25th

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Family Walking Group

One of our regular walk leaders, Kevin Hilton, suggested a short walk for this programme – only 2 ½ miles he said. How about we do this one evening? I suggested. Good idea. So here we were, parked up at … Continue reading →

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