Walks
Tyneside Walk - South Shields
May 9th 2012
Step back in time with a walk along one of our most fascinating stretches of coastline Words and pictures by David Taylor
Ingram Valley Walk - Cheviot Hills
April 11th 2012
Allow yourself to be distracted on this glorious walk through the Ingram Valley Words and pictures by David Taylor
North East Coastal Walk - Druridge Bay, Northumberland
March 7th 2012
A coastal walk around Northumberland’s Druridge Bay which takes in some of the region’s most historic sites Words and pictures by David Taylor
North East Coastal Walk - Hartlepool
February 8th 2012
The Hartlepool coast can certainly be associated with bracing walks Words and pictures by David Taylor
Northumberland - County Durham Walk - Blanchland
January 11th 2012
This month’s walk starts from Blanchland, close to the divide between Northumberland and County Durham Words and pictures by David Taylor
Tyne Riverside Walk - Ovingham and Wylam
December 14th 2011
This walk in the countryside around Ovingham and Wylam is the perfect antidote to festive excess Words and pictures by David Taylor
North East Coastal Walk - Tynemouth and Whitley Bay
November 9th 2011
There’s nothing like a bracing walk near the sea to blow the cobwebs away. This month we’re off to take the air in Tynemouth and Whitley Bay Words and pictures by David Taylor
Sunderland Walk - Roker Terrace, Seaburn Marina, Wearmouth Bridge
October 12th 2011
This month’s walk takes in Sunderland, with its rich history of ship building and its modern heart of glass Words and pictures by David Taylor
Northumberland Walk - Pennine Way, Cheviot Hills
September 14th 2011
This month’s walk skirts an army training ground and the Pennine Way in the beautiful Cheviot hills Words and pictures by David Taylor
Summer walk - The Infinity Bridge, Stockton-on-Tees
August 10th 2011
This month we’re in Stockton-on-Tees, starting at the northern end of the Infinity Bridge - a mathematical concept made, literally, concrete Words and pictures by David Taylor
John Martin Walk - Haydon Bridge, Northumberland
July 13th 2011
Haydon Bridge was the birthplace of dramatic painter John Martin. This week’s walk takes in some of his bucolic home territory Words and pictures by David Taylor
WH Auden Walk - Rookhope, Weardale
July 13th 2011
Distinguished poet W H Auden loved nothing better than to escape from industrialised Birmingham to the peace and wilderness of Upper Weardale during his prolific years of writing in the early 20th century. Words by Anthony Toole
Grace Darling Walk - Bamburgh, Northumberland
June 15th 2011
The North East has a long roll call of heroes and heroines. This month’s walk starts nears the tomb of one of Northumberland’s most famous legends Words and pictures by David Taylor
North Pennine Dales Walk - Frosterley, Weardale
May 18th 2011
Frosterley marble has been quarried there for over 700 years. This month we take a walk around this beautifully sculptured part of the North Pennine dales Words and pictures by David Taylor
Warkworth Castle Walk - Northumberland
April 20th 2011
This month’s walk takes us around the countryside that the beautiful Warkworth Castle in Northumberland was built to defend Words and pictures by David Taylor
Penshaw Monument Walk, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear
March 14th 2011
What do you call the big stone folly built in the style of a Greek temple on the top of Penshaw Hill near Houghton-le-Spring in Tyne and Wear? You might be surprised Words and pictures by David Taylor
A tale of two Johns on Sedgefield walk, County Durham
February 9th 2011
This month’s walk features two men with radically different ideas about architecture - one who built for the glory of God, the other to satisfy a fanciful whim
An Alnmouth walk far from the madding crowd
January 3rd 2011
Alnmouth was once a bustling port, busy with ships carrying grain far and wide, but the town’s fortunes changed dramatically on Christmas Eve in 1806
Green and pleasant walk along the River Tees
December 13th 2010
It must have taken a fair amount of rain to fill the full 85-mile stretch of the River Tees. This month’s walk takes in just a bit of it
Top class walk to scale Roseberry Topping, North Yokshire
November 20th 2010
The young James Cook apparently enjoyed climbing this natural landmark – so how about a brisk up and downer to Roseberry Topping?
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