Harbottle Castle & The Drake Stone
Sunday 21st September 2025 | Today’s foray into the great outdoors was very much a last minute affair. Having been […]
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Harperley POW Camp
Saturday 20th September 2025 | On what was forecast to be a day of heavy rain ‘the moosus’ and I
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Haltwhistle Burn & Cawfields Quarry Hike
Now that we’ve finished reviewing the Weardale and Teesdale Way trails, I’m focusing on visiting places that have at least
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Isaac’s Tea “Trial”
Isaac’s Tea Trail is a well established, way-marked, hiking route in Northumberland and Cumbria. With the exception of an out-and-back
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The Palatine Pedal
“The Palatine Pedal” is a long-distance, multi-terrain cycling tour around the pre-1974 County Palatine boundaries of Durham [in medieval times,
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Corbridge Historic Fortifications Trail
On a day of unbroken sunshine, warm but with a cool breeze, we drove a few miles north to Corbridge,
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Woodhorn Mining Museum
Sunday 21st May 2023 In the industrial history of North East of England one of the most persistent themes involves
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Tour of Bedlingtonshire
Thursday 11th May 2023 I probably wouldn’t have thought about putting this relatively gentle cycling route together if it wasn’t
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What’s Up With Doddington?
Sunday 7th May 2023 You should be able to spot Doddington easily on an OS map of North Northumberland: towering
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Isaac’s Bike Ride
Thursday 4th May 2023 There was a time when being in the North Pennines around Alston Moor would mean hard