On Good Friday we went out to recce the Coldingham and St Abbs walk.   As soon as we got there we found that the original starting point, the car park on the harbour, charges £7 per day.  So we moved the start to the Nature Reserve, just outside of the village, which only charges £3 per day. Continue reading “Coldingham and St Abbs Recce”

Shaftoe Crags and Bolam Lake was the next walk to be recce’d and with Martin unavailable, the lovely Anne joined me.

We parked up in one of the car parks which was quiet when we arrived, quick change of shoes and off we set with map (Anne) and GPS (Julie) in our hands. Continue reading “Shaftoe Crags and Bolam Lake Recce”

We are often asked why we recce every walk we do and this is a prime example of why.

Last Saturday we set out to take a look at the Newbiggin and the Carrier’s Way walk, starting from Blanchland.  It was a damp and foggy day, even in Sunderland and it wasn’t any different when we arrived in Blanchland, although the rain had eased off.  Whilst we were driving up there we could also see the remains of the snow drifts cleared from the road.