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Archive for June, 2010

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22 Jun 2010

A Walk on Pikestone Fell

Filed under: Other

Approx. Distance: 12 miles Start: Demense Mill Picnic Area, Wolsingham, on B6296 (GR NZ076375) Click to view start position on Google Maps Map : OS Explorer 31 – North Pennines: Teesdale and Weardale This walk is best done on a day of good visibility. It makes a good winter walk as you are not too [...]

22 June, 2010 at 14:25 by Bill

Tags: bronze age, church, hamsterley forest, neolithic
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18 Jun 2010

Bloodybush Edge and Cushat Law

Filed under: Scottish Border Area

Approx. Distance: 11 miles Start: Ewartly Shank (GR 965134) Click to view start position on Google Maps Map : OS Explorer 16 – Jedburgh & Wooler It was some years since l had last been on the top of these hills although they were used quite frequently for our Mountain Rescue Exercises and the recent [...]

18 June, 2010 at 17:00 by Bill

Tags: moors, Pennine Way, salt mining
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10 Jun 2010

A Slice of Pennine Way and a Crust of Crooks o’ Green!

Filed under: Pennine Way

Approx. Distance: 11 miles Start: The Fountain, Middleton-in-Teesdale (GR NY947253) Click to view start position on Google Maps Map: OS Explorer 31 – North Pennines: Teesdale and Weardale This walk was last done as a Durham County Council walk in 2005 as part of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the Pennine Way when [...]

10 June, 2010 at 15:44 by Bill

Tags: Pennine Way, wainwright
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4 Jun 2010

Round and About Butterknowle

Filed under: Other

Approx. Distance: 10 miles Start: The Slack, Butterknowle (GR NZ 113253) Click to view start position on Google Maps Map : OS Explorer 305 – Bishop Auckland. Spennymoor, Newtown Aycliffe, Sedgefield & Crook On previous walks in this area  in Langleydale and to Copley Chimney and the Steele Road I have also noted  many other [...]

4 June, 2010 at 14:05 by Bill

Tags: birdlife, coal mining, railway
Posted in Other | 2 Comments »

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