Walking

Wooler to the Coast

Day 4 – St Cuthbert’s Way
Once again I woke up with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and purpose. I only had one more full day to go and I wasn’t far from the coast wasn’t I?

Kirk Yetholm to Wooler

Day 3 – St Cuthberts Way
It’s amazing what a good nights sleep will do. I felt much better though I was beginning to think that yesterday’s struggles might be more than the heat and the weight of my backpack.

Lilliardsedge to Kirk Yetholm

Day Two – St Cuthberts Way
The day dawned fine with mist quickly disappearing and leaving only dew soaked grass in the early sunshine. I wanted to be up and away at six thirty as I knew I had one of my longest days today.

Melrose to Lilliardsedge

Day One - St Cuthberts Way
This first day was full of hope, expectation and awesome views as well as a very steep climb to start off the walk

East Wallhouses to Green Carts Farm

Waking up and looking out of the tent though it sounds a bit over the top filled me with joy. A vista of fields and sunshine put me in a good mood for the day. I am an early riser…

Heddon-on-the-Wall to East Wallhouses

The plan in my head was to walk for 4 days and camp for 3 nights along Hadrian’s Wall Trail but as I sat having breakfast on the morning of Tuesday 12th July 2022 I was still procrastinating. Maybe I…

Newcastle to Heddon

Today is part of my attempt to be completist walking along the line of the wall and also completing Hadrian’s Wall Trail. Today was to tick of the section of the trail from Newcastle to Heddon-on-the- Wall. It was a…

Waljar one – Jarrow to Wallsend

Whilst this was not strictly walking along the line of Hadrian's Wall this was my walk underneath the River Tyne to get to Segundunum, Wallened Fort. It was a not unpleasant walk - with some pleasing views in amongst the industrial and post industrial landscape.

Gatspr One – Gateshead to Springwell

Route Details I walked and reviewed this route in full on January 1st 2022 though parts of this route now form part of my walks to the shops. The route begins at Gateshead Interchange and is a walk up High…

North Shields to Seaton Sluice

Before I attempted my next Nordic Walk I wanted to test myself to see if I could walk the distances required. Eight miles was a distance I hadn't walked since having surgery and my confidence was low. This was also to prove it was practical for me to use public transport to do a liner walk. I picked this walk largely because there were no hills. I am pleased to say that it was a great day and successful on many levels.

Nordic Walking

It was a fateful day in May 2021 when I read an article in The Guardian which gave an account of a Nordic Walking break. It sparked my interest and I followed links via that article and arrived at Strolls with Poles.

Slow Ways – How I began

Back in those lockdown days in 2020 – still ‘working’ but dreaming of what I would do when I retire I remember reading an article in the Guardian. I had already decided that walking was going to be a…