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Distance 16 Km\u00a0 (10.0 miles)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ascent\u00a0 \u00a0209 m\u00a0 (686 ft)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Average moving speed\u00a0 4.44 Km\/hr\u00a0 (2.76 mph)\u00a0 \u00a0 Start\u00a0 10.15 am\u00a0 \u00a0Finish\u00a0 15.59 pm<\/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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An unexpected call from Charles Bragg, the afternoon before the walk, resulted in me leading a Phoenix walk for the first time in more than 2 years.\u00a0 This was due to the fact that Ann Brown was in hospital and therefore could not lead.\u00a0 Get well soon Ann.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

Using Ann’s text on the web-site, I plotted the route I thought she was taking, although without the knowledge of the area that Ann has.\u00a0 Anyhow we alighted the coaches in Bellingham just to the west of the parish church and headed to the river. unfortunately missing the graveyard and the Long Pack.\u00a0 Reaching the path adjacent to the river, we found it to be frozen solid.\u00a0 Anyhow, we headed NW then W along the river bank under a fairly grey sky and a strong head-wind.\u00a0 Going under the B6320 road bridge, we continued W along the River Tyne Trail with a fairly impressive hotel building up on our right.\u00a0 At Shaw Banks the river headed SW while we continued NW.\u00a0 The river then having turned NW, the path came alongside the river again and we followed it to Cuddies Loup where we joined the road leading to Charlton.\u00a0 Just before Charlton we took a slight detour into\u00a0 a field with a wall and sat and had a coffee stop.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>

After the stop we continued a short distance along the road before taking a left turn on a minor road, crossed over the route of the old railway line and headed to Newton.\u00a0 Crossing under the railway at Newton we headed north, climbing up\u00a0 a field although most of the group headed NNW before I called them to order.\u00a0 At the top of the field we passed thro a gate and then headed further north before turning west.\u00a0 After waiting a few minutes to allow a farmer to organise his sheep, we continued to Park Cottage and then to Lanehead.\u00a0 Reaching Redmire we turned N through the farm which brought us onto an ill-defined path over frozen ground.\u00a0 Unfortunately, I went a bit off track and finding my way onto the RoW as shown on my GPS, I felt we were too far from the Tarset Burn so backtracked to a gate with a footpath sign and followed the east bank of the burn.\u00a0 The RoW joined the path we were on after about 100 m.\u00a0 While a scenic journey with the burn partly covered by ice, the going was quite difficult with very uneven ground which was frozen solid.\u00a0 \u00a0It had been my plan to have a lunch stop in the wood beside the burn but a wire fence with PRIVATE signs prevented that.\u00a0 So we made our way past Greenhaugh Hall and found a sheltered and sunny spot in a lane just before we joined the road between Greenhaugh and Lanehead.<\/p>

After lunch we headed SE down the road before taking a path on the left which headed diagonally across a field.\u00a0 Once again this was difficult going on a rough icy path.\u00a0 After crossing a minor road we found that the first half of the wood shown on the map and also on Google earth had been felled although the back half was still standing.\u00a0 At the end of the wood we turned S on a good track.\u00a0 The track left the fence line as we headed to Bimmerhill.\u00a0 At this point the views were good as there was a fair amount of sunshine as we headed downhill in a SSE direction.\u00a0 Approaching Charlton Farm we joined the road and proceeded to the dismantled railway line where we went thro a gate on the left.\u00a0 There were 3 options, the middle path looked like the railway but seemed to be overgrown about 100 m further down where it went into a cutting, while to the left there was a nice walk parallel to the railway down a field with short grass.\u00a0 \u00a0I took the field option in the hope we could join the railway before Riding Wood.\u00a0 Sure enough, before we reached the wood, there was a gate on our right which opened to the railway which was now at the same level.\u00a0 Joining the railway line, we made our way to The Riding .\u00a0 Here we found the railway blocked off where it crossed the road, so we headed onto the road in the hope we could rejoin on the other side.\u00a0 There was a gate with a bit\u00a0 of a track which appeared to head towards the railway line.\u00a0 However, at this precise time a farmer was driving a large flock of sheep up the road and he looked far from happy as we stood still as the flock tried to get into the two fields either side of us, some of them jumping over a wall and a barbed wire fence in the process.\u00a0 We therefore decided just to walk down the road to join the main road into Bellingham.\u00a0 Reaching the road, we headed into Bellingham, a couple of people heading straight for the Cheviot pub while others headed for the coaches at the Heritage Centre.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

A good walk covering an area I had never walked before.<\/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>