{"id":1256,"date":"2022-01-02T17:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T17:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2022-01-02T19:16:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T19:16:21","slug":"22-10-21-morpeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/index.php\/2022\/01\/02\/22-10-21-morpeth\/","title":{"rendered":"22-10-21 MORPETH"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Distance 17.2 Km\u00a0 (10.7 miles)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ascent\u00a0 \u00a0126 m\u00a0 ( 413 ft)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Average moving speed\u00a0 \u00a0 2.63\u00a0 mph\u00a0 \u00a0 Start\u00a0 10.05 am\u00a0 \u00a0Finish\u00a0 3.46 pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>

Leaving the coach at Temple Thornton, east of Hartburn,\u00a0 we navigated our way through the farm and then headed south to Bluebell Wood, not that there were any bluebells to be seen in late October.\u00a0 We then crossed the Hartburn on a reasonable footbridge before continuing south to the Pow burn.\u00a0 Although not very wide, there were steep banks on either side and the footbridge was broken, what were we to do? Fortunately “walks memory man” Jeff was with us and he remembered heading a little way east where there was a bridge for tractors.\u00a0 So following Jeff’s directions, we crossed the stream and headed back west just as the rain started.\u00a0 I then decided that the nearby Poorskye Plantation was a sheltered spot where we could have an early lunch mainly sheltered from the rain.\u00a0 After lunch, with the rain stopped and the clouds breaking, we headed south to Howlett Hall and I am pleased to say there was no “mud” unlike my previous visit.\u00a0 From the Hall we continued SSE, crossed the dismantled railway and then turned east to join the track of the old line.\u00a0 We were only on this for a short distance before heading S to\u00a0 a road and then following the road through a couple of bends followed by taking a track to Penny Hill farm.\u00a0 At the east side of the farm is a RoW heading N back to the dismantled railway.\u00a0 However, on reaching the railway, we found the gate padlocked even though we had joined the railway here on several occasions in previous years.\u00a0 So back-tracking, we headed to Molesden plantation meeting Rob’s group on the way.\u00a0 Leaving them to have a birthday lunch, we once again headed to the railway and this time were able to join the track where we stopped for our lunch.\u00a0 After lunch we headed E along the line which is now becoming slightly overgrown.\u00a0 After <1Km we left the line and took a path NE to Molesden.\u00a0 Following the road eastwards from Molesden we then headed E and then NE across fields and a couple of streams eventually reaching the minor road which passes Mitford Church and Castle.\u00a0 Leaving the road, we dropped down into the woods beside the R Wansbeck and had an afternoon stop.\u00a0 As we prepared to leave, Rob’s group passed us having had an extended lunch – surprised they were still able to walk!!! Footpaths then took us eastwards to the riverside and following the river over the footbridge to the Weatherspoons – our destination.\u00a0 An interesting walk with a couple of unavoidable detours increasing our mileage slightly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0Click on any photo to view full screen.\u00a0 \u00a0 Move through the gallery using the\u00a0 \u00a0<\u00a0 >\u00a0 arrows.<\/p>