Category Archives: Drove roads

A Pennine Trek, Part 2 ??? A Night Beneath Hangman Hill

McEff continues his backpacking trip to Hexham . . . Continue reading

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A Pennine Trek, Part 1 ??? Moorland and Mustard Gas

The first stage of a three-day walk from Bowes to Hexham . . . Continue reading

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Day Return to Bloworth Crossing . . . and Beyond

A walk along the mineral railways of the North York Moors . . . Continue reading

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Hambleton Hills ??? A Walk and a Sonnet

I???VE been delving into Wordsworth again ??? and like last time I???m going to set him tentatively aside. Despite the pertinent fact he wrote a sonnet entitled Composed After a Journey Across the Hambleton Hills ??? and that???s where I … Continue reading

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Beinn Dearg ??? A Teenage Dream

I LIKE Beinn Dearg. It???s a mountain with character way out in the backcountry. And I like the sound it makes when people pronounce its name correctly. It???s like the call of a bird or the noise of a rock … Continue reading

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The Green Trod ??? A Walk Along a Drove Road

THERE are little doorways in our perception of the world and they open and close unexpectedly to keep us on our toes. I???m walking through Teesdale, across a plateau of bog and heather above the river Tees, when I behold … Continue reading

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