Monthly Archives: March 2015

Pooley Bridge to Patterdale

Date:  31/10/2014
Start time:  9:30
Time taken:  7 hours
Distance:  16 miles
Weather:  cool, windy, overcast
Route:  Pooley Bridge – Arthur’s Pike – Bonscale Pike – Loadpot Hill – Wether Hill – Steel Knotts – Martindale – Patterdale

This walk was my first ever visit to the fells on the eastern side of Ullswater. It was also the first day on the fells of a weeks holiday so I was fresh and full of enthusiasm when I set off on a route taking in a handful of fells from Pooley Bridge to Patterdale where my bed for the night was waiting.
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A walk alongside the River Tweed from Berwick to Norham

Date:  07/03/2015
Start time:  10:15
Time taken:  4 hours
Distance:  11 miles
Weather: Overcast, light drizzle, strong westerly wind
Route:  Berwick – River Tweed – Union Chain Bridge – Horncliffe – Norham

I have had my eyes on a walk following the River Tweed for some time, a footpath follows the south side of the river from Berwick to Norham and beyond. It would include visiting the Union Chain Bridge and the villages of Horncliffe and Norham. I had wanted to do it on a summers day, but I decided it had been sitting on my to do list long enough, grasped the bull by the horns and went for it on a windy and overcast early spring day.
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Craster to Alnmouth and Longhoughton

Date:  23/08/2014
Start time:  11:30
Time taken:  4 hrs 30 mins
Distance:  14 miles
Weather:  Warm and clear
Route:  Craster – Boulmer – Alnmouth – Longhoughton

In previous walks I’ve walked down the Northumbrian coastline south from Bamburgh (read about my walk from Bamburgh to High Newton by-the-Sea here). With this walk I intended to continue exploring the coast south from Craster to Alnmouth. I followed the Northumberland Coast Path for most of way and stuck close to the coast.
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