Slow Ways Routes – Bisshi one, Wilbis one, Wilbra one, Bradur one – Shildon to Durham Distance 24.3km / 15mi Today was mostly along the Brandon to Bishop Auckland Railway Path so I was expecting an ‘easy’ day. I was looking forward to getting to Durham, it was my next milestone and from there on…
Slow Ways Routes – Durwes two, Weshou one – Durham to Houghton-le-Spring Distance 17km / 11 mi I was up and away early today, grateful I had sorted out my backpack last night. I got the bus into Durham and walked the first bit of today’s route before taking a detour to the Cathedral. I…
Slow Ways Routes – Sunwhi one, Souwhi one – Sunderland to South Shields Distance 18km / 11 mi Back to the start of the trail for a reasonably late start as today I had friends walking with me again. Joing me at Sunderland was Gillian from church. Today’s route was familiar to me as I…
Slow Ways – Jarsou one, Hebjar two, Gatheb one. – South Shields to Gateshead Distance 19.7km / 12.0mi I woke up with a sense of excitement this morning, this was my final day of walking. My excitement was tempered by the weather forecast which was forecasting heavy rain but I didn’t have any choice. I…
Having completed the 790ish km of the Camino Frances across northern Spain I am now planning to walk a mere 600km from London to Gateshead. Glutton for punishment or what? The purpose of this is to support the work of Oasis Community Housing
I think before I started this was I had it in my head that it wasn’t going to be the most scenic or exciting walk I had done. I suppose it was more about ticking off another Slow Ways route review.
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.
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 West Street to the roundabout under the flyover where there is something of a skatepark….
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. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/jun/13/how-the-slow-ways-network-could-change-walking-in-britain I had already decided that walking was going to be a big part of my retirement and this idea really intrigued me. Dan Raven-Ellison summed it…
