| 28th April 2025 | In response to reader enquiries I’ve decided that it’s time to personally review both the Weardale Way and Teesdale Way long-distance hiking trails. Information regarding their status normally has to be derived from feedback in the comments sections. However, I think it’s about time I went and had a proper […]
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Rookhope to Stanhope | 25th April 2025 | This general update for walkers concerns current access and navigation on Section 4 of the Weardale Way (Rookhope to Stanhope) with particular regard to where it differs from what might be published elsewhere on this site or in our Weardale Way Pocket Guide. Bear in mind that
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Westgate to Rookhope | 21st April 2025 | This general update for walkers concerns current access and navigation on Section 3 of the Weardale Way (Westgate to Rookhope) with particular regard to where it differs from what might be published elsewhere on this site or in our Weardale Way Pocket Guide. Bear in mind that
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Cowshill (Burtreeford Bridge) to Westgate | 19th April 2025 | This general update for walkers concerns current access and navigation on Section 2 of the Weardale Way (Cowshill to Westgate) with particular regard to where it differs from what might be published elsewhere on this site or in our Weardale Way Pocket Guide. Bear in
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Killhope to Cowshill (Burtreeford Bridge) | 19th April 2025 | This general update for walkers concerns current access and navigation on Section 1 of the Weardale Way (Killhope to Cowshill) with particular regard to where it differs from what might be published elsewhere on this site or in our Weardale Way Pocket Guide. Bear in
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Overview On Sunday, 6th of April 2025 – a day of unbroken sunshine, warm but with a cool breeze – we drove a few miles north to Corbridge, on the River Tyne, to hike its Historic Fortifications Trail (which I’ll refer to henceforth as the ‘HFT’). The route is a hilly, multi-surface circuit between Corbridge
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Teesdale Way – Dufton to Cow Green (Section 1) – 28th February 2025 John McCullagh of the Teesside Walking & Talking Society kindly sent me this report of their day out walking the Teesdale Way’s most challenging section, from Dufton, in Cumbria, to Cow Green, in the wilds of Upper Teesdale on 28th February 2025.
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White Kirkley Footbridge |13th February 2025 | I’ve recently been advised by Paul N from Northumberland LDWA that the footbridge over the Bollihope Burn (pictured) in Fineburn Quarry, White Kirkley, on Section 5 of the Weardale Way has been closed due to its being unsafe. I visited on 13/02/25 and found the advice to be correct
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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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