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Route

Route

Walk Leader

Ashley

Route

Wooler (west car park) – Humbleton – Gleadscleugh – north edge of Scald Hill – Gains Law – Browns Law – Greens Castle – Wooler.

Weather

Mainly sunny with some cloud later on. Very windy and bitterly cold. A good covering of snow higher up.

Walkers

Ashley, Bernie, Michael, Michelle, Ron, Sandy, George.

Excuses

Carol - busy

Ken - injured knee

Comments

The walk started three minutes early. Residents on the western edge of Wooler were trapped in their homes by the Gas Board. There was a stag at the entrance to the holiday park. It was very icy underfoot. George fell but wasn't really hurt. There were several gliders airborne from Millfield.
It was the first walk through snow for a long time. We reached the snow line just before lunch, which was had at a spot sheltered by a small wood and a wall. Bernie distributed chocolate baubles – our teeth are still all intact. Michael and Michelle discovered Soreen Orange Malt Loaf. We discussed why the square forestry plantation, which was surrounded by a dry stone wall, had been placed in such an inaccessible place.

It wasn't possible to see the top of Cheviot because of snow showers. Some hills were still green while others were snow-covered. The backward half followed St. Cuthbert’s Way, where the snow was quite deep on the first part, interspersed with boggy bits. We met lots of dog walkers as we neared Wooler including two four-month-old boxer twins. Our second stop was just in the trees. We saw some ornate gardens as we came back into Wooler. There were attractive Christmas lights in the High Street.

Wildlife/flora:

Grouse, 2 buzzards, several robins, cockerels, 4 Mallard ducks, assorted other ducks, including one that posed for its photo on a fence. Sheep that looked like pigs. Horses with coats on.

Meal

Border Minstrel. Joined by Evelyn. Six people out of eight had tomato soup. Very noisy with party-goers.

 

Photo Gallery

walkers

 December Walkers

 

stag

Stag

church

St Ninian's

icy

Icy

 

valley

Valley

 

ascent

Snowy ascent

 

snow

Through the snow

group

Group in the snow

 

view

Snowy view

 

marker

Waymarker

boxed

Boxed in

tea

Afternoon tea

duck

Duck

 

 

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