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- Remembrance of Things Past
- The Flowers of the Forest: Flodden Field
- Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
- Lindisfarne
- A wee horseshoe from Langholm
- Torr Point and Red Haven in 24 degrees
- O’er Burnswark Hill, we cheerily roam’d
- Quintinshill and the River Sark
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Category Archives: Northumberland
Berwick to the Border, and beyond
7.33 miles 4h 26m ascent 245m Berwick-Burnmouth There is an attraction in these billowy uplandswhich increases the better we know them; beautyin the mighty stretches of green pasture slopingupwards and backwards, as often as not vanishinginto grey mist in the … Continue reading
Collective Nouns: Holy Island to Berwick.
8.99 miles 4h 46m ascent 92m A great day with good weather and easy walking along the KC3 England Coast Path. Land of singing waters,And winds from off the sea,God bring me to Northumberland,The land where I would be. — … Continue reading
The Flowers of the Forest: Flodden Field
1.88 miles 1h 9m I’ve heard them lilting at our ewe-milking,Lasses a-lilting before the dawn of day;But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning-The Flowers of the Forest are a’ wede away.
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Bamburgh: royal castle, aviation museum and a sycamore gap
3.70 miles 1h 44m ascent 88m (Budle Point walk)1.99 miles 1h 5m ascent 53m (Bamburgh Castle) Wyrd bið ful aræd The Wanderer I’m so out of touch with TV that I didn’t recognise the Last Kingdom inspired posters. Nor did … Continue reading
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Lindisfarne
A castle (that’s not a castle), on an island (that’s not an island). National Trust 6.01 miles 4h 2m ascent 64m Holy Island is an island, for 12 hours of each day. A pilgrims’ route across the sands is marked … Continue reading
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Itineris Terminus: Hadrian’s Wall IX et X
These were our penultimate and final sections of the Hadrian’s Wall Trail, the official trail ending at Segudunum, the alternate, unofficial, finish at Arbeia, and our own extension to make it into a coast to coast walk. Day IX: Completing the … Continue reading
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The rollercoaster: Hadrian’s Wall V (II – iter repetivit)
9.5 miles 6h 15m ascent 394m Walltown-Housesteads Well this was a different walk from the same route a month earlier. We returned to this section of ridges between Walton and Houseteads, which we had walked in rain, mist and a strong headwind last … Continue reading
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Dandelions and Dead-Nettles: Hadrian’s Wall VIII
10.3 miles 4h 39m 131m ascent Wallhouse-Tyne Riverside Country Park This was a walk of three halves, and I am not referring to beer. The first half was dry with a chilly breeze, the the first half of the second … Continue reading
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