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When the water goes down there'll be a tree stuck in the stepping stones.

#SteppingStones #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK

An uprooted tree in the middle of the river. This crosses a line of standing waves caused by the submerged stepping stones.

The river in Rothbury is the highest I've seen it since early spring. These waves are caused by stepping stones that are well submerged.

Rothbury Bridge is only a couple of hundred metres away so the frequent winter periods when they are submerged are not a problem.

#Coquet #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #SteppingStones

This must be shared!

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The rain from earlier this week has left the Coquet high, but today is lovely and sunny. Ideal for a morning walk.

#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK

Stepping stones covered by white foaming water.

A view across moorland to the Simonside hills

The Railway Hotel is going to be auctioned with a pretty low guide price of £180,000

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167732789

However I think the purchase price will be a lot lower than what it will cost to make something of it, the interior was videoed by some "urban explorers".

https://youtu.be/XfRHwlzQtn8?si=mtIttjL_qOpYeUoq

I hope something can be done with it. It's a fantastic stone building in a prime location. However it has previously been refused planning permission to convert into multiple flats as it has very limited parking spaces and roadside parking is always busy on the middle of the village.

#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #Derelict #UrbanExplorers #Property

A Screenshot of Rightmove page showing the large three story stone building with a £180,000 guide price.

There's a patch of Access Land to the south east of Rothbury. The path up to it used to have white birch railings, but these fell down a year ago. The path has now become quite overgrown to the point where an unofficial path about 100 metres further along the cutting is easier.

#hiking #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #Footpaths #AccessLand

Selfie as I climb up from the disused railway line. Behind me a steep slope and in the distance forest covered hills

A view from. The access land, the village of Rothbury in the valley past bracken coloured hills and brown fields

A map showing access land above a footpath in a disused rail cutting.

Earlier I was going to walk across the stepping stones and return by the bridge. I ended up taking the bridge both ways!

#SteppingStones #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK

Stepping stones are submerged with a few inches of water pouring over the top.

A beautiful day. I'm just off the Carriageway, I've come from Rothbury and this is just past the Physic Lane turning to Thropton, though I'm not going there today

#Rothbury #Thropton #Northumberland #UK #walking

A wide sandy track through heather. A clump of trees are in the mid ground and Simonside hills in the background

A nicely shaped tree (maybe Sycamore, I'm not good at identifying them)

An unusually wide and pale rainbow over Rothbury.

#rainbow #weather #rothbury #northumberland

I have written up a scenic walk from Rothbury to Alnwick that I did earlier this month. I have mapped it from the bus stop outside the Queen's head in Rothbury to Alnwick bus station. The link allows a gpx download of the route as well as giving a map and directions.

https://out.ac/IbnpxO

I'd like to credit Shepherds Walks for giving me the route from Edlingham to Alnwick. I was having difficulty finding a route for this part on the map, when I came across their "Walk 36". They really do a great service by providing these guides which also give interesting historic information on the walks. If my route is any use to them as a "challenge walk" then I would be very happy for them to use it

https://www.shepherdswalks.co.uk/blogs/self-led-walking-guides-northumberland-free-downloads/walk-36-edlingham-to-alnwick

I found this a really challenging walk (though I did add an extra mile by missing two turnings!). so I would recommend it to confident hikers in good weather. I have noted a couple of escape routes which allow you to return or continue by bus, though there are many other road points where you could call for a lift!

One caveat is that I am not sure that the route between Cartington hill and Long Crag is the easiest route. It involves crossing access land, and none of the routes I have tried is particularly easy.

Also if you miss the last 471 from Alnwick the later buses involve a change and take a long time so set off in good time, or maybe do it in reverse, bus to Alnwick and walk back.

#hiking #walking #Northumberland #Alnwick #Rothbury #UK #Edlingham

A panorama from an unnamed hill in access land. Views of Rothbury and Simonside

#Rothbury #Northumberland #AccessLand

In the foreground is a plateau covered with bracken. In the distance Simonside peak can be seen to the left and the village of Rothbury to the right

A map showing that I am on the high point of an area of access land above a disused railway cutting

I've just taken the dog for a walk and got soaked in a sudden rainstorm. As a consolation I just looked outside and there is one of the brightest and clearest rainbows I've ever seen!

#rainbow #rothbury #northumberland #doubleRainbow

A closeup of the inner rainbow, distinctly showing the colours.

Another lovely day in Rothbury

#Rothbury #Northumbria #UK

A large cairn is in the right of the image. To the left are views of green fields and the small town of Rothbury.

I'm trying a hike that I did not complete last time. I'm walking from Rothbury up Cartington hill, via Hard Heugh to Long Crag, then back again. On the last attempt I only had a third of the water id brought with me when I was probably two thirds or three quarters of my way to the destination, and time was getting on. This s time I set of earlier and have plenty of water.

I've now passed Hard Heugh and having just started the ascent to Long Crag I've stopped for a sandwich and some tea.

#Hiking #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #walking #LongCrag #ThruntonWoods

A view from Cartington hill to Long Crag. A gently sloped green hill

Me eating a sandwich with large rocky outcrops in the background.

I just had a short walk from home today up a nearby peak, Garleigh Hill.

#Walking #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK

Th view from the top, looking past the cairn towards Rothbury in the distance.

I'm late taking my dog for a walk this morning.

#FootpathFriday #Rothbury #Northumberland #UK

A wide track goes through a disused railway cutting. Trees grow to either side and in the steep rocky wall.

I had a nice walk around Rothbury today, through Whitton, then down to Newtown and back along the river.

#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK
#Hiking

Horses eating hay. The closest black and white horse has turned around and is looking towards the camera.

Panorama showing Simonside to the left, almost as a silhouette, and the Cheviots further to the right

A view over Rothbury from the path down to Newtown. The hills in the background are probably Cartington Hill, Long Crag, and something else!

My phone zoom can just capture snow in the Cheviot from the carriageway. It's not as sunny as this morning but a nice walk.

#rothbury #northumberland #uk

White snow on the top of a distant hill. In the foreground a dry stone wall meanders across moorland

The carriageway, a stone track across moorland.

Good morning Rothbury.

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The low sun gives clouds a yellow orange glow. Across a field a wooded hill is streaked with fog patches.

I had the second temporary break in my Facebook free January when I became worried about this Ram I met on a local walk. He was licking and mouthing his leg just above his foot, and unlike any other sheep I've seen. He also let me walk right up to him, within touching distance. I was worried and posted on the local Facebook page. It turns out he is just very used to people and probably has an itchy foot. Nothing to worry about.

#SheepOfMastodon #rothbury #tup #ram

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