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A Walk at Talkin Tarn and Brampton
For the first time in many months we crossed the border into England for our Wednesday walk. No David today as he is away to St. Andrews on business and he has missed his first walk for 8 weeks so it...
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A Visit to Beamish and a stay in Newcastle
It is 19 months since we visited Fiona and family in Newcastle so the plan for this visit was to meet them at Beamish on Sunday and then travel to High Heaton to stay a couple of nights with them. It...
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A Selkirk Walk With the Last of the Summer Wine Walkers
It is almost a year since we have all been together on a walk in the Borders so it was great to be back together again. It was a special pleasure to see Ken who has been in hospital recently and now...
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Thistle Viaduct and Netherby Estate Walk
This walk commenced from Kirkandrews on Esk Church and it really shows the difference between walking in England and Scotland. In Scotland we have the right to walk anywhere as long as we walk...
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A Walk, a Shop, and Lunch in Silloth
I feel very small beside this old gent and his dog on the sea front at Silloth. We headed out here for a nice brisk walk along the sea front while Gaye looked at a Charity Shop in Silloth and came away...
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Walking With the Southwells at Kippford
It is 2 years since we last saw Doreen and Norman from South Wales when they visited Langholm in 2019 but at long last they are back in Scotland and staying for 3 weeks at Barend near Sandyhills. Gaye...
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Covid-19 Common Riding 2021
Frankie, Tom, & David at the Whita WellJubilee Cornet Robin Nixon with wife Ann and sister in law MargaretBig Deev McVittie leads the horses up to the Castle Craig'sPart of the crowd up at Castle...
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A Canal Walk from Polmont to Linlithgow
I love when a plan comes together. A few weeks ago on our last group walk Martin and I discussed a walk along the Union Canal from Polmont to Linlithgow so Martin checked the canal sections and I...
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Tom's Shortcut has all gone to Pot
Our walk today took us up to Westerkirk and the site of a brand new factory in the hills. It's a spectacular setting and this secret site is for producing legally a substance that is normally illegal...
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Our First 24 Hours in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
We arrived on Saturday afternoon and within an hour I was walking along the 1 mile promenade and then back along there shoreline of the beach. It is a really nice promenade and the houses are not fancy...
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Day 2 and 3 in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
A visit to Amble on Sunday to see the Market next to the Harbour. The tide was almost fully in so there was plenty going on. We enjoyed a Coffee and a Crab Sandwich.My walk on Monday morning and the...
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A Visit to Holy Isle and Alnwick and then a Promenade Walk
Its 5 years since we last visited Holy Isle and then we stayed overnight. Today we arrived at 10.30am thinking it would be fairly quiet as the schools started in Northumberland today. It was mobbed and...
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Good Friends Visit Us and More Walks
My last morning walk and a circular route round the Golf Course via the Power Station. The Motto of this photo is Let Sleeping Horses Lie.A great block of Sandstone on the BeachBrambles everywhere and...
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Walking With the Glovers at Threave Castle
Tom and I had our Wednesday walk at Threave Castle and we met John and Marion Glover at Threave Gardens so they could take us round this lovely walk. This is the River Dee that surrounds Threave...
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A Weekend at Cally Palace with Last of the Summer Wine Walkers
Our long awaited get together for The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers was at Cally Palace Hotel in Gatehouse of Fleet. The golfers Tom, David, John, and Alix met at 1.00pm to play this excellent long...
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A Walk Along the Brampton Ridge
Normally on a Wednesday I walk with Tom and The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers but none of them were available today so with the weather for tomorrow looking very wet Mike Tinker and I brought forward...
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A Walk Through Gelt Woods and then to Castle Carrock
Tom and I headed to Carlisle to pick up Peter at Aglionby and then go on a walk through the Gelt woods. After two days of heavy rain the Gelt was running quite high and in places it was a little tricky...
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Round Castle Loch at Lochmaben and a Good Crack with Irving Bell
Our Wednesday walk this week was at Lochmaben and a walk round Castle Loch.A lot has been done to make this such an excellent walk.Near the end of the walk going back into LochmabenTom at the yacht...
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A Day Trip to Barrow in Furness and Walney Island
Two years ago we had planned to have a day trip to Barrow-in Furness and then walk on Walney Island. Originally our plan was to go by train from Carlisle to Barrow and then to Lancaster and from there...
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Bentpath to Langholm with Tom
It was a lovely morning for our 6.5 mile walk from Bentpath to Langholm and we had hardly gone more than a few hundred yards before I spotted this Fungi on a tree stump.The road through Westerhall...
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