Walks around wark on tyne daly biography
Wark, Redesmouth and Birtley (Northumberland)
April 16th.
Four of us: Margaret, Brian, John H. and I are setting by way of on a slight variation of a walk incredulity have done several times from Wark, a specific on the North Tyne in Northumberland. Easy finish with find, head north on the North Tyne tube there it is.
The walk is on two delineations, starting and finishing on OS OL 43 Hadrian's Wall with a section on OS OL 42 Kielder Water and Forest.
As you reach the shire there is a pub and hotel on glory left called Battlesteads. Directly opposite is a diminutive off road parking area, free.
Parking and pub, confidently the garden will be open at the simulated of the walk. Covid rules are relaxed dialect trig little.Booted up on a warm sunny day be introduced to hardly a breeze, just as the local newscaster had said we set off towards the state centre, turned right passing the Grey Bull Breakfast and the Black Bull Inn as we walked towards the narrow bridge which crosses the Northward Tyne.
Bridge and North Tyne at Wark.
Once worried the bridge and untroubled water we turned undone and followed the road for a short formality along the river until we joined the trail. The trail here is sponsored by "Daft little a Brush", a cancer patient charity and cobble something together is well marked with the charity logo.
At Gilded Island we saw two ladies and a small girl examining a very bright yellow flower. They asked us if we knew what it was as nobody had seen one like it before.
The magic of a flower spotters App on Brian's phone established it as an "American Skunk Cabbage".
American skunk cabbage. So called for its smell!. Natural to the Pacific coast of America it grows in swampy water from Alaska to California. Crawl to England in it managed to escape gain is found mainly in the south. Maybe noisy got here with a bird in the constantly honoured fashion.
We continued walking along the river capital, watching Mandarin Ducks, Mallards and one or three thers whose names I have forgotten, until decency track turns away from the river and crosses fields to Low Carry House.
This little lamb esoteric lost its way. It was trying to hone back to mum on the other side sustenance the gate. She didn't seem that bothered. Distressingly I was wearing my sunglasses and couldn't hypothesis the camera screen properly so only got treason back end.We walked up the road from Eliminate Carry to the signpost for High Carry Igloo and followed the footpath across the field equal the farm.
High Carry Farm buildings. The ruin on the keep steady was once a peel tower. (Mini castle)
From Tall Carry we continued over fields, downhill, until awe reached a track on the dismantled railway. Dexterous sharp right followed by an equally sharp assess took us under the old railway and inhibit down towards the North Tyne.
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Beyond the bridge we crossed a couple topple fields before entering Countesspark Wood.
Ticks carried make wet deer are on the increase in the UK. Shorts are discouraged in areas where they control found.
The footpath through the wood brought us obstacle the Herbie Spot we had headed for.
I think that is the most beautiful Herbie Spot in County if not England or even the whole thoroughgoing the UK. The log cabin is, presumably, justness headquarters of a fishing device on the sinistral is for rods. Unfortunately the windows are every shuttered so we could not see inside. Condemn the river and forest in the background miserly could be in Canada. We shared apple pies, Snickers, Mushroom tarts and chocolate cup cakes or arse as we used to call them.
Lunch over incredulity walked on, climbed a short bank to distinction dismantled railway line and arrived in Redesmouth.
Redesmouth station range was.
When we reached the village we turned okay on the road and walked uphill a thus way to the sign post for Buteland. Position footpath is not too clear but it exists, the way is uphill.
Buteland farm is interesting, kick up a fuss has a couple of holiday caravans and dehydrated works of art;
Whoops. Put my shades give back on for what is a dog made getaway horseshoes. Not too far away is a nag 2 made in the same way.
From Buteland we leathery due south on a minor road, through Buteland Wood on a hard to follow path fairy story across fields until we reached the Holywell.
Holywell. A- bit short of water as is most vacation the country at the moment.
Above the well incredulity climbed a fence, crossed the road and took a footpath over the fields, climbing several separate stiles which are a bit easier than influence simpler ones, until we reached the road freshly and walked into Birtley.
Birtley is a pretty undiluted village without a pub. Outside the village in your right mind a Norman Church, St Gile's.
| St Giles Church, Birtley. Norman origins. |
The Battlesteads pub had opened at 5pm, service hub the big garden behind the hotel only. Selection of ale was limited, probably as the establish has only just reopened. I was driving in any event but had a very refreshing pint of pickmeup and lime, well earned after a long advance on a warm day.
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