Egglestone Hall

Egglestone Hall


Walk leader* Route* Weather* Walkers* Apologies and Excuses* Comments* Evening Meal* Picture Gallery


Walk leader

Ron


Route

Cotherstone - Egglestone - Barney Mill - Cotherstone


Weather

Hot and sunny, a bit hazy, with a bit of a breeze.


Walkers

Ron, Sandy, Lance, George B, and Carol.


Apologies and Excuses

Michael and Michelle - Michelle on EP duty

Alex - revising

Beth - being lazy

Ashley - "on heat" (having a combi-boiler fitted)

Bernie - work and family

Evelyn - family

Julie - in Florida on sabbatical


Comments

Romaldskirk was a very attractive village with a nice church. Pleasant lunch spot on the village green. Unusual cast iron parish markers. Very long breeze block wall. Muddy paths. Abundance of wild garlic, campions, primroses, dandelions, forget-me-nots and wood anemones. Steep gorge and a fast-flowing river. Narrow stone bridge. Saw four canoeists and a frog that swam across a wide, fast-flowing stretch of the River Tees.

Climbed up to Egglestone where the men went to the Three Tuns Inn while Sandy and Carol went to Egglestone Hall for tea (slow service). They met a couple from Knitsley. Passed a ghost encampment and water outlet from Kielder into the Tees. Steep climb up giant steps, funded by the Rambers Association. Lots of bluebells. Good views, steep descent through the gorse, where there was a strong smell of coconut. Had afternoon tea break beside a bridge watching a middle-aged canoeist slaloming as fast as he could. Two lads somersaulted backwards off the bridge into the river - one belly-flopped!

Wildlife: Lots of sheep and lambs. Very feathery cockerel. Two metallic blue ducks. Swimming frog.


Evening meal

The Badger, Ponteland. Joined by Evelyn. Quite good meals.


Picture Gallery

May Walkers

May walkers

STart

At the Start

Bluebells

Bluebells

Cockerel

Feathery cockerel

River Tees

River Tees

Note consultation

Note consultation

Lunch

Lunch

Photographing the Hall

Photographing the Hall

Frog

Intrepid frog

Bridge

On the bridge

Canoeists

Canoeists

Waterfall

Small waterfall

Gorse

Gorse


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