Blanchland

Having been thoroughly spoiled with lovely weather at the weekends for most of this year, we finally faced a very grey and slightly miserable walk in the middle of October. Keen to avoid prolonged exposure…

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Greta Bridge

After two weeks on the trot where I’d picked our weekend adventure, opting for new walks in Swaledale and Ribblesdale, Sam finally got his turn to choose the walk. He picked a 5 mile circular…

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Cotherstone to Romaldkirk along the Tees

Making good on our promise to ourselves to spend more time in the North Pennines, we recently managed to get back up to Teesdale for another walk in this most underrated of areas. With the…

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Allenheads

Finally, we’ve been making good our intentions to spend more time exploring the North Pennines AONB. After a slightly grey but still enjoyable trip to Cockfield Fell, we headed north again on the early May…

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Cockfield Fell

Time is slipping away at an alarming rate these days. With such lovely weather over the last few months, we’ve been spending as much time as possible outside, but that does mean that the boring…

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Grassholme Reservoir

It’s a little known fact that the North Pennines are home to many reservoirs which welcome walkers. After our visit to Hury Reservoir last year, we’d vowed to visit a few more in the area,…

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Bowes and Lady Myers

As freshly minted English Heritage members, we’re very excited to get out and explore some new local places which we’ve not yet discovered, being too stingy to pay the individual entry prices (I’ve clearly been…

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