{"id":1995,"date":"2023-12-16T19:45:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T19:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2023-12-16T21:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T21:24:40","slug":"1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/phoenixwalks.xyz\/index.php\/2023\/12\/16\/1995\/","title":{"rendered":"231114 Bridge End"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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14 – 11 – 23\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0BRIDGE END<\/strong><\/h1>\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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Distance 13.7 Km\u00a0 (8.54 miles)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ascent\u00a0 \u00a0227 m\u00a0 (745 ft)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Average moving speed\u00a0 4.00 Km\/hr\u00a0 (2.49 mph)\u00a0 \u00a0 Start\u00a0 10.15 am\u00a0 \u00a0Finish\u00a0 14.54pm<\/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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On a wet morning, with an unfavourable forecast ahead of us, 10 brave souls left the coach on the B6531 opposite the track leading to Hexham golf course.\u00a0 When Peter Craig had sorted and counted his group, we crossed the road and headed down towards the club house.\u00a0 Bypassing the club house, we continued on the track down to the level crossing.\u00a0 Crossing the railway line, we then headed west along the tarmac track next to the R Tyne.\u00a0 After about 700 m we turned onto a path on our right and down some steps and then followed this path alongside the river.\u00a0 Reaching the A69 road bridge we stopped under the bridge for coffee, not perfect, but at least it kept us out of the rain.<\/p>

On our way again we headed around Kingshaw Haugh\u00a0 on a very muddy track until we reached the bridge over the S Tyne and crossed into Bridge End.\u00a0 It was tempting to head straight into the pub at this point, but being brave souls we walked straight past, under the railway bridge and then turned west on a narrow path adjacent to the railway.\u00a0 After about 500 m, opposite a house, we turned right (N) and started climbing.\u00a0 After passing through a gate we entered a soggy grassy field containing sheep and continued to climb up to Private walk wood.\u00a0 This should have given us an excellent view back towards Hexham but all we could see was mist and cloud.\u00a0 Turning left through a gate, we headed towards the wood below Warden Hill.\u00a0 The rain had more or less stopped by this time although it was still very damp.\u00a0 After leaving the wood, we descended on a path and headed towards Whinney Hill.\u00a0 Turning onto the B6319 at Whinney Hill, after a short distance we arrived at a junction with a couple of long seats, a good lunch spot.<\/p>

After lunch, we headed north along a road and then west\u00a0 on a track to Frankham Fell.\u00a0 This brought us to Frankham Quarry which we entered.\u00a0 Through the woods on muddy paths and down a difficult muddy slope, we arrived at the rock face of the quarry and the lake below it.\u00a0 Leaving the lake we found a reasonable wide track which headed in a SW direction initially before swinging eastwards and then south to descend on a minor road into Frankham,\u00a0 \u00a0Continuing our descent S on this road we then turned east at the road junction and headed into Fourstones.\u00a0 At Fourstones we crossed the railway line and joined the River Tyne Trail along the north\u00a0 bank of the S Tyne.\u00a0 This wet and muddy path headed in a generally SE direction until we reached a factory where we had to join the road beside a level crossing.\u00a0 Heading S and then SE along the road and the pavement where it existed, we arrived at the pub at Bridge End.\u00a0 What could have been an interesting and scenic walk, was unfortunately spoilt by the weather which was either wet or damp all day.<\/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>