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Breamish Valley hillforts and history
The Breamish Valley is located Northumberland, along the Breamish River. It has been a site of human activity from the Mesolithic to the...
Mar 30
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Ancient drove roads and illicit whisky
Borderlands, no man's land, the Scottish border. The remoteness of the Cheviots combined with often bad weather and featureless terrain...
Sep 15, 2024
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The Lyke Wake walk
The Lyke Wake walk is a 40 mile challenging walk across the North York Moors. With 4,500ft ascent and taking up to 18-20 hours to...
Jun 17, 2024
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Cheviot 99
Cheviot 99 is a peak bagging challenge that was created by Wanney Books a few years back. The challenge is to climb all 99 peaks in the...
Jun 3, 2024
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Ancient gods and Scottish saints
The area around Harbottle in the Coquet valley is steeped in myth and rich in history. Above the village there is a rocky outcrop with a...
Feb 7, 2024
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Historic settlements above Elsdon Burn
The entire northern area of the Cheviot hills is full of history, littered with Bronze and Iron Age hillforts and settlements, standing...
Feb 2, 2024
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Happy Burns Night!
Wild haggis (Haggis scoticus) is a mythical and elusive creature in the Scottish Highlands, rumoured to be the main ingredient in the...
Jan 25, 2024
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Cheviot airplane crash sites
Unfortunately Storm Isha meant that we had to change our plans and our walk to the crash sites on The Cheviot had to be postponed. As we...
Jan 19, 2024
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A murder most horrid
On our recent walk (The Four Cheviot Laws) we stopped for lunch in the clump of woods by the Murder Cleugh, where we encountered this...
Jan 15, 2024
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