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Whinfell Forest Walk
Another Wednesday walk and a perfect day for walking in the Eden Valley. We started at the village of Cliburn which is about 6 miles east of Penrith. The 8 mile walk would take us round the edges of...
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Cally Estate Walk
For our weekly Wednesday walk today we decided to head west as the weather forecast gave an excellent forecast for Galloway. We selected an 8 mile walk through the Cally Estate at Gatehouse of Fleet...
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Visit to 7 Stories
This is a superb Children's book and storytelling centre in Newcastle. Gaye and I took Hannah there yesterday and she had a lovely time. There was a special opening of a Viking Display and Hannah was...
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Naked Lady at Northumberlandia
This is an exciting new landscape at the site of an Opencast Coal Mine at Cramlington. There is still a lot to be done but by next summer it will be a superb visitor attraction.The waste bing has been...
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Ennerdale Water & Arctic Charr
Todays Wednesday walk was to Ennerdale water in the northern part of the Lake District about 15 miles from Cockermouth. The weather forecast was good and it looked as if it would be dry all day. It was...
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Leo's Birthday Treat to National Railway Museum
What a fabulous day spent with Leo and his big sister Hannah at the National Railway Museum in York. This was his 3rd Birthday treat as he loves Trains so we took the train from Newcastle to York and...
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Border Stane & Long Cairn
This weeks Wednesday Walk and we were back at 7 Stanes in Newcasleton with John able to join us after his holiday in Australia. This photograph is taken on the English side of the Border at the Border...
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River Annan & Solway Coast Walk
Today's weekly walk we decided to head for the Solway coast to do the river Annan and the footpath to Newbie and then along part of the Solway coast. It was a glorious day for walking but very cold....
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Tom's Birthday Walk and a Numeric Palindrome
This was Tom's Birthday Walk and of course it was held on the 12th day of the 12th month 2012. The weather was cold and dull and the drive to Glenkiln Reservoir was on a very difficult road surface for...
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Tom's 70th Birthday Dinner
Tom's 70th birthday celebrations have lasted 6 months as we all clubbed together in July to buy him a Birthday Suit made up from a Reid & Taylor suit length he has had for many years. He takes over...
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Tom's Birthday Present
Tom has decided to splash out for his 70th Birthday and he has purchased a Helicopter so him and Bowman the dog can get to the tops of the hills a bit quicker. It actually just happened to be on the...
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Happy New Year
A Happy New Year to all my Blog Followers. The last of the Summer Wine walk Group started the year off with a six mile walk timed to finish in the Market Place at 11.00am along with the runners and...
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Drumlanrig Castle Walk
Today's walk started at the beautiful Drumlanrig Castle and included 6 of the Last of the Summer Wine walkers 4 from Langholm and 2 joining us from Edinburgh. It was a 9.5 mile walk following the Nith...
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The Duchess's Drive, Bowhill
This was a 7 mile walk commencing at the car park of Bowhill the Selkirk home of the Duke of Buccleuch. When we started the temperature was reading -5c and it had only warmed up by 3 degrees by the...
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A Walk along the River Esk
Today's Wednesday walk had us on the 9.25am Service Bus from Langholm to Canonbie which arrived bang on time in the Market Place. If it had been yesterday we would have had to wait almost all day as...
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The Tweed Walk to Lyne
Peter, Tom, and I set off from Langholm to meet John, Martin, and Ken coming down from Edinburgh at Peebles for 10.00am. The forecast for this morning was not good and when we arrived at the car park...
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A Walk Round Thirlmere
Another Wednesday and another good walk, this time in the Lake District with a walk round Thirlmere. This was opened in 1894 to provide water for Manchester and these Victorian engineers were really...
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A Walk in the Snow
We had planned to do an 8 mile walk at Melrose but this has been postponed until next week. However not to be done out of a walk we decided to walk round Broomholmshields in the snow. Tom, Peter, John,...
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Melrose Walk
What a difference a week makes. Last Wednesday we had loads of snow and our visit to Melrose was cancelled and we made do with a local 5 mile walk in the snow. We have now had a few good sunny dry days...
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Clifton & Lowther Park Walk
This weeks Wednesday walk started at the village of Clifton in Cumbria. We started just close to this Pele Tower called Clifton Hall which is a 16th Century building maintained by English Heritage....
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