Comments for Bill's Walks https://www.billswalks.co.uk/ Rambles and Hikes in the North-East of England Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:03:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Comment on A Look at the Castle Eden Line by June Taylor https://www.billswalks.co.uk/other/a-look-at-the-castle-eden-line.html/comment-page-1#comment-193693 Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:03:39 +0000 http://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=1135#comment-193693 I found this article very interesting and recently visited the mrfieval church at Embleton. It has undergone some restoration around 2018 but is sadly locked now so not able to go inside. No idea who owns or who could be approached for permission to go inside.

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Comment on Walking Round in Circles by bob dixon https://www.billswalks.co.uk/other/walking-round-in-circles.html/comment-page-1#comment-190037 Mon, 17 May 2021 15:50:05 +0000 https://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=1369#comment-190037 Very true

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Comment on College Valley and St Cuthbert’s Way by clabbyeamonn@gmail.com https://www.billswalks.co.uk/scottish-border/college-valley-and-st-cuthberts-way.html/comment-page-1#comment-187199 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:24:15 +0000 https://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=1258#comment-187199 Good stuff,best wishes from the wirral..E

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Comment on East of Beamish on the Heritage Way and then to Brightlea Wood by Patricia King https://www.billswalks.co.uk/county-durham-border/east-beamish-heritage-way-brightlea-wood.html/comment-page-1#comment-187078 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:26:10 +0000 https://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=1244#comment-187078 Hi Bill
I love your website though the walks may be a little long for our group (4-6 miles)
Can you help as I was looking for a guest or guest speaker to come to a zoom meeting
of our walking group ( Bishop Auckland U3A)

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Comment on Burnopfield to Lintz (Co. Durham Border Walks) by J_on_tour https://www.billswalks.co.uk/county-durham-border/burnopfield-lintz-border-walks.html/comment-page-1#comment-186852 Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:50:00 +0000 http://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=12#comment-186852 Hi, I came across this page doing a google search for Scaifes Wood and the footpaths within it. This article and history interests me very much as I live further upstream in The Derwent Valley. As a result of the 2020 Covid 19 Lockdown I have been exploring routes closer to home with my dog. Exhausting routes around Hamsterley, Ebchester, Chopwell and Milkwellburn Woods prompted me to explore all the footpaths of The Derwent Valley from The River Tyne to Blanchland and beyond. I am familiar with large sections of your route but with some large gaps currently in Burnopfield. Some followers on my Instagram page are very interested in the history of the area, so the story of Lintzford and the unsolved murder may appease them. I hope to read more of your articles in the future when time permits. Thank you for a great read.

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Comment on Hedleyhope Fell and Satley by Jonathan T https://www.billswalks.co.uk/other/hedleyhope-fell-satley.html/comment-page-1#comment-184684 Mon, 09 Nov 2020 19:30:04 +0000 http://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=724#comment-184684 Great walk Bill (even in dense November fog!)
FYI the start of this lovely walk from leaving the southern end of Cornsay has changed at
South Farm!
The routeway has been diverted before the old route over a wall, into a boggy track down
the side of a barn then the waymarkers go somewhat awray!
Despite the difficult-to-navigate start to this walk we loved it!

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Comment on Round and About Butterknowle by Karen Roberton https://www.billswalks.co.uk/other/butterknowle.html/comment-page-1#comment-182148 Thu, 06 Aug 2020 15:03:51 +0000 http://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=189#comment-182148 I love your walk descriptions. I am from Durham and now live in the States, married a Yankee Doodle. Your walks take me home. My Grandparents were from the Evenwood, Cockfield area. Like you my Grandad liked nothing better than to walk his beloved countryside.

I especially love your knowledge of local history & geography. I am wondering is Cold Hirst a farm, hamlet or village. I am a genealogist and try to do the appropriate research into where people were born, lived. And I thought I knew Durham. If you can find the time I would love to know a wee bit more about Cold Hirst.

Kind Regards,
Karen Kirkup Roberton

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Comment on The Southern Hills Above Lanchester by John English https://www.billswalks.co.uk/other/southern-hills-lanchester.html/comment-page-1#comment-174972 Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:47:55 +0000 http://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=556#comment-174972 Hi Bill, great walk. Fantastic find….just could you maybe keep the trivia to separate paragraphs so the route is easier to distinguish. Great knowledge but overkill for simpletons like myself.

Won’t stop me from using your walks though, thanks for putting them together.

Lots of love, John Boy x

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Comment on Bishop Auckland to Witton-le-Wear (Weardale Way) by Bill Raper https://www.billswalks.co.uk/weardale-way/bishop-auckland-wittonlewear-weardale.html/comment-page-1#comment-174293 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 07:45:49 +0000 http://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=281#comment-174293 Hi,
Completed this excellent walk yesterday seeing so many things on my doorstep that I never knew were there. The nature reserve was a revelation and as you say well worth a visit on it’s own. However, you can not officially walk straight through now and exit at the end. You have to come out of the reserve the same way as you entered.

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Comment on Pack Horse Bridges by Michael Foley https://www.billswalks.co.uk/packhorse-bridges/pack-horse-bridges.html/comment-page-1#comment-174064 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:50:05 +0000 http://www.billswalks.co.uk/?p=304#comment-174064 I was on Lofthouse Moor last week and saw a stone marked on the OS map as a Benjy
Guide. I can’t find any info on how the name originated – why called Benjy?. I gather it
marks the junction of packhorse routes. Please can you offer reasons for the strange
name etc? Thank you.

The Benjy Guide was beside the road from Lofthouse to Masham (North Yorkshire).

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