Harperley Park Footbridge (Section 7) I’ve been advised by Durham County Council’s Access & Rights of Way team that the footbridge over the beck in Harperley Dene (pictured) approaching Wadley Farm, has been closed temporarily due to its condition. A signed diversion using other public rights of way and a short section of the A68 is […]
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Sunday 7th May 2023 You should be able to spot Doddington easily on an OS map of North Northumberland: towering over the Milfield Plain, a few kilometres north-east of the historic market town of Wooler, it’s covered in the black gothic script used by the Ordnance Survey to indicate sites of antiquity. In an area
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Sunday 16th April 2023 With the knowledge that there are years of change facing the final few miles of the Teesdale Way I’d been thinking for some time about doing an ‘official’ review of the situation. So on a quiet Sunday with nothing better to do, and with the weather set fair, I packed my
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Sunday 26th March 2023 On the day the clocks went forward, with spring very much in the air, we decided to drive over to Teesdale to visit High Force, England’s largest waterfall. Primarily, it was in the hope of photographing the Tees spilling into the secondary, northern, falls – an event that has so far
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I think we might have to face it: the Rookhope Inn has been closed for a couple of years now and doesn’t look like it’s about to open any time soon. When I was last up there (18/03/23) there was no activity; in fact it appeared to be derelict to all intents and purposes. I’m
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Mothering Sunday, 19th March 2023 For those who may not know (and I recently counted myself as such) John Martin was a popular painter and polymath of the early c19th (1789-1854) who led an impressively productive life among contemporaries such as Turner, Constable and Ruskin. He lies buried in Douglas, on the Isle of Man,
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12th June 2022 Route map for NYM 2-Abbey Tour (Day 2) by Durham Cow on plotaroute.com Reflecting on a fitful night’s sleep, our lightweight Nordisk Telemark UL2 tent (1 kg with poles and pegs) had felt much like I’d remembered it: compact but with barely enough room to stow gear. Diane’s was at her feet
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11th June 2022 Route map for NYM 2-Abbey Tour (Day 1) by Durham Cow on plotaroute.com With 40 mph winds suddenly and unexpectedly forecast for the Cheviots in Northern England, Diane and I made a quick decision to abandon our planned camping trip to Wooler, in Northumberland, and drive the short distance back home for
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We’re happy to say that the footbridge across the Rookhope Burn leading into Rookhope village at the end of Section 3 (or beginning of Section 4) is now OPEN. The bridge lies inconspicuously alongside an imposing sliding gate which, when it’s closed, might make it look like there’s no access. The Rookhope Inn however, remains
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As part of the continuing development works affecting the south side of the river between Queen Alexandra Bridge and Wearmouth Bridge, Section 14 of the Weardale Way is once again closed, which could persist until 2023. When we visited, we found the situation to be messy with no official diversions in place around the affected
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