Archive for October, 2010
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12 mile circular walk from Beamish to Whickham as part of The Sanctuary Way which goes from Whickham to York. The walk is full of the rich history of this area, taking in old steam trains and country manor houses.
What is a pack horse bridge? The simple answer is that it is a bridge that was built so that pack horses and their loads could cross an obstruction which was virtually always a river or fast flowing stream. Pack horse bridges had certain characteristics which separated them from other bridges – a genuine pack […]