Saturday 4th June 2022 With a fast approaching ten-day walking trip along the Southern Upland Way at the end of the month we needed to spend some time honing our fitness and camp-craft and testing various bits of gear including my new rucksack and trail shoes. Although we’ve done a fair bit of camping with …
This afternoon (21/09/2020), as part of my long-term project to record the fortifications of Northern England and the Scottish Border, I paid a quick visit to Staward Peel, a ruined medieval tower on a promontory ridge in Staward Gorge, Allendale, Northumberland. With little time to mess about, I decided on a short route, a circuit …
Saturday 05/09/20 Historically, the counties and shires along the border of England and Scotland have seen their fair share of conflict. Never more so than during the medieval period when for several centuries, national armies and predatory familial bands known as Reivers would decimate those individuals or communities unfortunate enough to fall within their area …
