NORDIC WALKING – For fun AND fitness
Souter Lighthouse to South Shields is where we (Julie and Martin) live and has been familiar to us for our whole lives. It has an incredible coastline of limestone cliffs, beautiful bays and golden beaches.
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Allen Banks is one of our favourites as the scenery is always beautiful regardless of the time of year. The variation of a tarn, a wooded valley, a beautiful river and it’s bridges makes a wonderful walk. It’s a great place to visit.
Continue reading “Allen Banks – 6th Mar 2022”
The walk from Souter Lighthouse to South Shields was a day of two halves. The walk out was better than expected. Sunny with showers but beautiful rainbows and moody skies made the already spectacular coast look even better.
Continue reading “Souter Lighthouse to South Shields – 20th Feb 2022”
Bamburgh and Budle Bay is a gorgeous walk in one of the less accessible areas of the Northumberland Coast. It has interesting features, history and spectacular views throughout the walk.
Continue reading “Bamburgh and Budle Bay – 23rd Jan 2022”
The Allen Banks walk is always beautiful and enchanting any time of the year. This time it was April and we were expecting a spring day. However, the weather had other ideas and gave us a winter day. Luckily, this one was a good winter’s day.
Continue reading “Allen Banks walk – 11th Apr 2021”
The Bamburgh to Seahouses (and back of course) Walk is one of our regular ones. It does vary a little, depending on the tides, but whichever way we go it is great. The fish and chips at Seahouses only makes it better.
Continue reading “Bamburgh to Seahouses Walk – 3rd April 2021”
Pilgrim’s Causeway Sunset Walk is a twist on our traditional and popular Pilgrim’s Causeway walk. We were hoping to capture the sunset, as we returned back to Beal.
Continue reading “Pilgrim’s Causeway Sunset Walk – 11th October 2020”
The Crag Lough and Sycamore Gap walk was put together to allow everyone to see Sycamore Gap from a different perspective.
Continue reading “Crag Lough and Sycamore Gap – 26th September 2020”
Crimdon Dene is a new walk, suggested by one of our walkers. It is one of the longest walks that we have done, but takes in some of the best bits of County Durham.
Continue reading “Crimdon Dene – 5th September 2020”
The Wall and Heavenfield is a short walk but so varied and beautiful. It is one of Julie’s favourite shorter walks.
Continue reading “Wall and Heavenfield – 29 August 2020”