Category Archives: Drove roads

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

Posted on September 16, 2013 by

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

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

Posted on September 12, 2013 by

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

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

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

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Hambleton Hills ??? A Walk and a Sonnet

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

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

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

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

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

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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