Here we were at Blanchland for the third time this year and the second time in a week.  This time it was for the walk though and not a recce.

We welcomed a new walker to our group, Chris.  He is Sylvia’s husband.  Sylvia had come on her first walk with us earlier in the year and had enjoyed it so much that she recommended it to her husband, who decided to try it out.  Juno, the Border Terrier would also be with us again.

As The White Monk Tea Room didn’t open until 10:30, the time that we were scheduled to begin the walk, we had to use the facilities in the village and settle for a takeaway tea from the Post Office. Continue reading “Blanchland – 1st September 2018”

We arrived at Thrunton Wood early and paid a visit to the Thrunton Long Crag Trout Fishery for breakfast sandwiches and tea.

This was the second Thrunton Wood walk of this week.  (See the previous post to this one for that.)  It was still a popular one though, with eleven people making the walk.  Many of them were regulars but it was Ally’s first walk with us.

Continue reading “Thrunton Wood – 18th August 2018”

Thrunton Wood

Thrunton Wood was an extra walk added to the programme.  We had been contacted by Mauro, an Italian Nordic walker, who was on holiday in the area and was interested in a walk.  We added this walk mid week as this fit his timetable.  Four of our regular walkers joined us. Continue reading “Thrunton Wood Extra Walk – 15th August 2018”

Swarland Wood

We were unlucky on the day of the Swarland Wood walk as the amazing weather we have enjoyed decided to take a day off.  We woke to torrential rain across the area. Continue reading “Swarland Wood – 12th August 2018”

The amazing summer weather continued and we again had lovely dry, warm and sunny conditions for our walk from Swainby to Osmotherley and back. Continue reading “Swainby to Osmotherley – 4th August 2018”

Another gorgeous day of walking ahead, we met up just outside of Ford, to enjoy a walk taking in Ford Village and Ford Moss and a few extra things thrown in for good measure.  A quick warm up and we were off. Continue reading “Ford Village and Ford Moss – 21st July 2018”

This walk was a little different from our usual walks, in that it mainly focused on training.  It kicked off a weekend of Nordic Walking training, with a second session taking place on Sunday.

We welcomed two new walkers to our group Maggie who was on holiday in Northumberland and wanted to do some Nordic Walking and Sylvia, a friend of Sandra. Continue reading “Take your Nordic Walking to the next level – 14th July 2018”

You can see from the group photo above that the sun was out and it was going to be a hot one from the start.  We had checked out this walk in June and we knew it was a good one. Continue reading “Low and High Force – 7th July 2018”

Details

Walk: Felton and Weldon Bridge
Guide: Julie
Walk leaders: Anne
Weather: Sunny and hot
Distance of walk: 10.7 miles

It was a great day for this beautiful walk.   It was great to welcome Shirley for her first Strolls with Poles walk. Continue reading “Felton and Weldon Bridge 30th June 2018”

Well this post is a bit late as I usually do it immediately after the walk.  However, I forgot this time.  Anyway it’s here now, the Allenheads walk blog. Continue reading “Allenheads 17th June 2018”